| Country: | CHN |
| Type: | Expwy |
| Route: | 55 |
| Map: | G55 map.svg |
| Alternate Name: | Erguang Expwy Chinese: 二广高速 |
| Length Km: | 2685 |
| Photo Notes: | The G55 crossing the Jingzhou Yangtze River Bridge in Hubei province |
| Length Ref: | [1] |
| Direction A: | North |
| Terminus A: | Erenhot, Xilin Gol League, Inner Mongolia |
| Direction B: | South |
| Terminus B: | G1501 Guangzhou Ring Expressway, S55 Erenhot–Guangzhou Expressway Guangzhou Spur Line, Guangzhou, Guangdong |
| Previous Type: | Expwy |
| Previous Route: | 5021 |
| Next Type: | Expwy |
| Next Route: | 5511 |
| Next Dab: | Jining–Arun Expressway |
The Erenhot–Guangzhou Expressway, designated as G55 and commonly referred to as the Erguang Expressway is an expressway that connects the cities of Erenhot, Inner Mongolia, and Guangzhou, Guangdong. When fully complete, it will be 2685km (1,668miles) in length.
Erenhot, the northern terminus of the expressway, is a border town with Mongolia and has a border checkpoint. The expressway is under construction from Erenhot to Baiyinchagan town in Ulanqab, and complete from Baiyinchagan to the Shanxi border.
The entire portion of the expressway in Shanxi is complete.
The entire portion of the expressway in Henan is complete.
The entire portion of the expressway in Hubei is complete except for 3km (02miles) of expressway to the Hunan border.
In 2000, a cache of Warring States period artifacts was discovered in eastern Wulipu's Zuozhong village during the construction of the Xiang(yang) - Jing(zhou) Highway (Chinese: 襄荆高速公路).[2] [3]
The entire portion of the expressway in Hunan is under construction. This section has been beset by delays and cost overruns.[4]
The expressway is under construction from the Hunan border to mountainous Huaiji County, Zhaoqing, and complete from Huaiji County to the southern terminus, Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong province.
