Expressways of Shanghai

Shanghai has an expansive grade-separated highway and expressway network consisting of 14 city elevated and surface expressways, 9 provincial-level expressways, and 8 national-level expressways. Several city highways and provincial-level expressways are also under construction.

City Expressways

Most city expressways are found in the inner districts of Shanghai, including several elevated highways which run directly above surface-level roadways. In Chinese, these expressways are literally termed City High-speed Roadways (Chinese: 城市快速道路), but the maximum speed is usually 80 kilometres per hour (50 mph). These are still considered expressways or controlled-access highways because of the presence of ramps, grade-separated junctions, and the absence of traffic lights. Most of these expressways are elevated and run above a lower-speed roadway. Two city expressways, the Inner Ring Road and Middle Ring Road, are, or will be ring roads or beltways.

English name	Hanzi name	Termini	Notes
Inner Ring Road Also known as Inner Ring Elevated Road	上海内环线 内环高架路	Ring road	47.7 kilometres (29.6 mi) long. Crosses the Huangpu River using the Yangpu Bridge and Nanpu Bridge.
Yan'an Elevated Road	延安高架路	Hongqiao International Airport The Bund, Bund Tunnel, East Zhongshan No. 1 Road	15 kilometres (9.3 mi) long.
South-North Elevated Road	南北高架路	Jiyang Road and Yaohua Road, Lupu Bridge S20 Outer Ring Expressway	18.1 kilometres (11.2 mi) long.
Yixian Elevated Road	逸仙高架路	Inner Ring Road S20 Outer Ring Expressway and G1501 Shanghai Ring Expressway	9.5 kilometres (5.9 mi) long.
Middle Ring Road	中环路	Jinqiao Road and Pudong Avenue, Pudong Middle Huaxia Road, Shenjiang Road, and Huaxia Elevated Road, Pudong	Sections of Middle Ring Road are still under construction. Its length so far is 59.25 kilometres (36.82 mi). When complete, it will become a ring road. Crosses the Huangpu River using the Jungong Road Tunnel and Shangzhong Road Tunnel.
Humin Elevated Road	沪闵高架路	Inner Ring Road G60 Shanghai–Kunming Expressway, G92 Hangzhou Bay Ring Expressway, S20 Outer Ring Expressway, and S4 Shanghai–Jinshan Expressway	13.32 kilometres (8.28 mi) long.
Jiamin Elevated Road	嘉闵高架路	Beidi Elevated Road S124 Husong Highway	Part of the Hongqiao Comprehensive Transportation Hub.
Huaxia Elevated Road	华夏高架路	Middle Ring Road at Shenjiang Road S1 Yingbin Expressway near Pudong International Airport	15.6 kilometres (9.7 mi) long.
Beidi Elevated Road	北翟高架路	Jiamin Elevated Road Middle Ring Road	7.3 kilometres (4.5 mi) long. Part of the Hongqiao Comprehensive Transportation Hub.
Songze Elevated Road	崧泽高架路	G15 Shenyang–Haikou Expressway Shanghai Hongqiao Railway Station and Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport Terminal 2	Part of the Hongqiao Comprehensive Transportation Hub.
Jianhong Elevated Road	建虹高架路		Part of the Hongqiao Comprehensive Transportation Hub.
Hongdi Elevated Road	虹翟高架路		Part of the Hongqiao Comprehensive Transportation Hub.
Hongyu Elevated Road	虹渝高架路		Part of the Hongqiao Comprehensive Transportation Hub.
Caobao Elevated Road	漕宝高架路		Part of the Hongqiao Comprehensive Transportation Hub.

Provincial-level Expressways

Designations for provincial-level and federal-level expressways in Shanghai had the letter prefix A before the number of the expressway. Starting at the Yingbin Expressway, which was designated the number 1, the numbers increased clockwise around the city. For ring expressways, the designations A20, A30, A40, etc., were used. For expressways connecting to other provinces which already had national designations (beginning with the letter G), designations with the letter A were attached.

In August 2009, Shanghai replaced its system of naming expressways with the prefix A with the letter prefix S, in order to conform to the general designations for provincial-level highways. The S means Shengdao, or provincial-level roads. The letter prefix A was abolished.

Designation	Former designation	English name	Hanzi name	Termini	Notes
S1	A1	Yingbin Expressway	迎宾高速公路	S2 Shanghai–Luhugang Expressway and S20 Outer Ring Expressway Pudong International Airport; continues as S32 Shenjiahu Expressway	12 kilometres (7.5 mi) long.
S2	A2	Shanghai–Luhugang Expressway	沪芦高速公路	S1 Yingbin Expressway and S20 Outer Ring Expressway Yangshan Port	74.8 kilometres (46.5 mi) long including the Donghai Bridge.
S3	A3	Shanghai–Fengxian Expressway	沪奉高速公路		In planning.
S4	A4	Shanghai–Jinshan Expressway	沪金高速公路	Interchange with S20 Outer Ring Expressway, Humin Elevated Road, G60 Shanghai–Kunming Expressway, and G92 Hangzhou Bay Ring Expressway G15 Shenyang–Haikou Expressway
S5	A12	Shanghai–Jiading Expressway	沪嘉高速公路	Middle Ring Road Yecheng Road, Jiading District	20.5 kilometres (12.7 mi) long.
S6	A17	Shanghai–Nanxiang Expressway	沪翔高速公路		In planning.
S7	A13	Yanjiang Expressway (Second Phase)	沿江高速公路 (二期)		In planning.
S19	A6	Xinnong–Jinshanwei Expressway	新卫高速公路	G1501 Shanghai Ring Expressway and S36 Tinglin–Fengjing Expressway Jinshanwei, Jinshan District
S20	A20	Outer Ring Expressway	外环高速公路	Ring road	99 kilometres (62 mi) long. Crosses the Huangpu River using the Xupu Bridge and the Outer Ring Tunnel. It is the third in a series of four ring roads around the city of Shanghai.
S26	A16	Shanghai–Changzhou Expressway	沪常高速公路	G1501 Shanghai Ring Expressway Jiangsu border	Continues into Changzhou, in Jiangsu province.
S32	A15	Shanghai–Jiaxing–Huzhou Expressway	申嘉湖高速公路	Pudong International Airport; continues north as S1 Yingbin Expressway Zhejiang border	Continues to Huzhou, Zhejiang.
S36	A7	Tinglin–Fengjing Expressway	亭枫高速公路	G60 Shanghai–Kunming Expressway G1501 Shanghai Ring Expressway and S19 Xinnong–Jinshanwei Expressway

National Expressways

National highways and expressways in Shanghai both have the prefix G, an abbreviation for Guodao (Chinese: 国道), which literally means National roads. It is important to note that both grade-separated, controlled-access expressways and normal at-grade highways both have the prefix G. Only the national-level expressways are mentioned here. National-highways which are at grade and not controlled-access are also found in Shanghai, and these include G204, G312, G318, and G320. Expressways also have green-coloured signs while their highway counterparts have red-coloured signs.

Designation	Former Shanghai A designation	English name	Hanzi name	Termini in Shanghai	Continues towards	Notes
	A11	Beijing–Shanghai Expressway	京沪高速公路	Middle Ring Road Jiangsu border	Beijing	G2 Beijing–Shanghai Expressway and G42 Shanghai–Chengdu Expressway are concurrencies for their entire length in Shanghai.
		Shanghai–Chengdu Expressway	沪蓉高速公路		Chengdu
	A4, A5	Shenyang–Haikou Expressway	沈海高速公路	Jiangsu border Zhejiang border	Shenyang (north) Haikou (south)
	A14	Shanghai–Xi'an Expressway	沪陕高速公路	G1501 Shanghai Ring Expressway Jiangsu border	Xi'an
	A9	Shanghai–Chongqing Expressway	沪渝高速公路	S20 Outer Ring Expressway and Yan'an Elevated Road Jiangsu border	Chongqing
	A8	Shanghai–Kunming Expressway	沪昆高速公路	S20 Outer Ring Expressway, S4 Shanghai–Jinshan Expressway, and Humin Elevated Road Zhejiang border	Kunming	G60 Shanghai–Kunming Expressway and G92 Hangzhou Bay Ring Expressway are concurrencies for their entire length in Shanghai.
		G92 Hangzhou Bay Ring Expressway	杭州湾环线高速公路		Ningbo
	A30	Shanghai Ring Expressway	上海绕城高速公路	Ring road entirely within Shanghai.

External links

• Map of Shanghai Expressways - Chinese