Guiyang, November 11 (Reporter Qu Honglun Yang Qian) An important part of the Guiyang-Chengdu Expressway (Zhurong Expressway), Guiyang City, Guizhou Province through Jinsha County, Bijie City to Sichuan Gulin (Qianchuan Boundary) Expressway (Guijin Expressway) was officially opened to traffic on the 24th.
After the opening of traffic, the travel time from Guiyang to Jinsha has been shortened from the original 2 hours to about 1 hour; The journey from Guiyang to Chengdu will be shortened from 7 hours to 6 hours.
The picture shows an aerial photograph of the General Mountain toll station of the Guijin Expressway. Photo by Chinanews reporter Qu Honglun
After the opening of the Guijin Expressway, it will be connected with the Sichuan Gulin (Qianchuan boundary) to Luzhou Expressway under construction, which will become the most convenient expressway passage connecting the two core provincial capitals from Guiyang to Chengdu, and is also one of the twelve ray expressways in Guiyang City.
The picture shows an aerial photograph of the Laomazhai Bridge of Guijin Expressway. Photo by Chinanews reporter Qu Honglun
The main line of Guijin Expressway has a total length of 165.284 kilometers, starting from the intersection of Fenglin Road and Yuntan North Road on the west side of Guiyang City, connecting Donglinsi Road, passing through Guanshanhu District, Baiyun District, Xiuwen County, Xifeng County, Guiyang City, Jinsha County, Bijie City, and ending at Chishui River (Qianchuan boundary) in Qingchi Town, northwest of Jinsha County, Bijie City, and connecting with Chenggui Expressway (Luzhou through Gulin to Jinsha section).
The picture shows an aerial photograph of the Jinfeng Wujiang Bridge on the Guijin Expressway in Guizhou. Photo by Chinanews reporter Qu Honglun
There are 109 large and small bridges, 16 tunnels, 15 toll stations and 4 service areas on the Guijin Expressway. Among them, the Jinfeng Wujiang Bridge, located at the junction of Guiyang and Bijie City, is the longest bridge in the project, with a total length of 1473.5 meters and a main span of 650 meters, and is also the first ultra-wide lane steel truss girder suspension bridge in Guizhou Province that adopts prefabricated parallel steel wire cable strand construction.
The picture shows the aerial photography of the Dujiashan hub of the Guijin Expressway. Photo by Chinanews reporter Qu Honglun
Zhang Shengli, chairman of Guizhou Guijin Expressway Co., Ltd., introduced that as a large inter-provincial channel, Guijin Expressway carries important transit traffic functions, which is of great significance to enhance the transportation capacity of the passage from Guiyang to Chengdu Economic Zone, accelerate the construction of Guizhou Central Economic Zone, and promote regional cultural tourism, resource development, and investment promotion. (ENDS)