Haikou Ring Expressway Explained

Country:CHN
Type:Expwy
Route:9801
Lang:zh
Length Km:50.1
Direction A:West
Terminus A: in Chengmai County, Hainan
Direction B:East
Terminus B: in Meilan District, Haikou, Hainan
Previous Type:Expwy
Next Type:Expwy

The Haikou Ring Expressway, designated as G98 and Hainan Provincial Expressway S82, is a 50.1adj=midNaNadj=mid[1] in Haikou, Hainan, China.

History

Opened on 6 August 2008,[2] it is now part of G98 (Haikou section, connecting the original East-West Expressway). The second phase of the project G9812 (Meilan Airport Interchange-Yanfeng Interchange) was opened to traffic on 21 September 2019.[3]

The expressway originally had the G1501 route marker until 2017 when it was renumbered as the G9801. In July 2022, the G9801 designation was officially removed, along with a number of other ring roads of coastal cities in the NTHS, because Haikou is a coastal city and it would be inefficient to route a brand new expressway into the sea for no reason.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.cnyangluo.com/html/200712/19/090203527.htm (chinesisch)
  2. Web site: 海口绕城高速公路实现功能性通车 时速120公里. 6 August 2008. 南海网.
  3. Web site: 文琼高速正式通车 文昌到琼海仅需半小时 . zh-hans . 琼海市人民政府 . 10 January 2020.