G3012 Turpan–Hotan Expressway Explained

Country:CHN
Type:Expwy
Route:3012
Alternate Name:Tuhe Expressway
吐和高速公路
Spur Of:30
Spur Type:Expwy
Length Km:1931
Map:G3012 map.svg
Photo Notes:G3012 Expressway in Onsu County, Aksu
Length Ref:[1]
Direction A:North
Terminus A: in Xiaocaohu, Toksun
Junction: in Korla
in Kuqa
Sansha Expressway in Maralbexi
in Artux
S16 Maika Expressway in Kashgar
S13 Sansha Expressway in Yarkant
in Yecheng
Unbuilt gap
in Karakax
Direction B:South
Terminus B: in Celle
Previous Type:Expwy
Previous Route:3011
Next Type:Expwy
Next Route:3013

The G3012 Turpan–Hotan Expressway (Uighur; Uyghur: تۇرپان-خوتەن يۇقىرى سۈرئەتلىك تاشيولى), commonly referred to as the Tuhe Expressway, is a Chinese expressway that connects the G30 Lianyungang–Khorgas Expressway at Xiaocaohu, in Toksun County, Turpan, with China National Highway 315 in Lop County, Hotan Prefecture. The expressway is a spur of the G30 Lianyungang–Khorgas Expressway and is completely in Xinjiang. It is 1931km (1,200miles) in length, which is unusually long for an expressway under a single sub-national administration, being vastly longer than Interstate 10 in Texas.The expressway is fully complete from its northern terminus in Toksun to Yecheng and from Karakax County to its southern terminus in Lop County, Hotan. Only a section from Kargilik to Karakax County remains to be built. Eventually, the southern terminus will connect with the western end of the G0612 Xining–Hotan Expressway, which is currently in planning.[2]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.chinahighway.org/view/221.html G3012吐和高速公路 (G3012 Tuhe Expressway).
  2. http://news.sina.com.cn/c/nd/2016-05-20/doc-ifxsktkr5802732.shtml 新疆将增加一条出疆高速公路 全长300公里 (Xinjiang to add another expressway to the border, total length 300 kilometres).