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badguy2000
March 1st, 2007, 08:48 AM
1,expressway.
Chinese expressways has access control,4 lanes at least and green belts between lanes.
in 2006,Chinese expressways is about 45000 KM long. every years, chinese finish constructing 4500 KM expressways.
Chinese government plans to finish a nation-wide expressways net of 100,000 KM by 2010.
http://photo3.fotolog.net.cn/userimages/93/13/p/pch315/9/500_qIKKH4K5.jpg
http://www.yn.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2007-02/28/xin_0202042816457031171611.jpg


2, Rank 1 highways
Chinese Rank 1 highways has 4 lanes at least. It also has access control as well as expressways.
in 2005,China has 38381 KM Rank 1 highways
http://www.czphoto.cn/photo/wgj/1H~001_060318-396202.jpg



3,Rank 2 highway
Chinese Rank 2 highways have no access controls. they have 2 lanes at least.
because they has no access controls,motorbicycles ,bikes ,even men can both run on the Rank 2 highway,
while only cars,trucks can run on expressways and Rank 1 highways.
in 2005,china had 246,442 KM Rank 2 highways
http://www.gx.xinhuanet.com/gxjt/xin_480803281523781231706.jpg
http://photo2.hexun.com/p/2006/1007/49331/b_905AD21531F1A833.jpg


4 ,Rank 3 highways
In 2005,China had 344,671 KM Rank 3 highways.
http://www.zjj.gov.cn/zhang/zhtp/20051027100034-0.jpg
http://www.tigerspace.net/bbs/attachments/forumid_32/MjAwNMTqx++8vg==_IpHRsPJjDg6Z.jpg


5, Rank 4 highway
In 2005,China had 921,293 KM Rank 4 highways.
http://gx.people.com.cn/gx/fengshanxian/images/bjdhz004.jpg
http://www.jt.hi.cn/hitcglj/images/038.gif




6,village paths.
China has millions of villages paths.such villages paths are so long that even Chinese government doesn't know how many village paths china has now.

here is a typical old unpaved village paths.they are gradually disappearing day by day.

http://www.hsq.gov.cn/uploadfile/200643016284268.jpg
Instead,more and more paved village paths like the following have appeared. since the project of "new socialism villages" started in 2004.
in 2006, over 300,000 KM paved village paths was finished .this year,another 300,000 KM paved village paths are planed to be finished.

http://photo.bababian.com/20061011/D1631004AA5A7B45C57AED4653CA05B2_500.jpg
http://www.sxfx.gov.cn/news/UploadFiles/200692182339555.jpg

cyberjaya
March 1st, 2007, 09:29 AM
What's the difference between expressway and Rank 1 highway then?

I think in Chinese language and definition, highway = expressway, called "高速公路". "Rank 1 Highway", ""Ranked highways" should be translated as "Rank 1 road", "Ranked roads", i.e "一级国道", "等级公路".

You can treat 国道 as highway but it's not a direct translation.

hmmwv
March 1st, 2007, 11:42 AM
The difference is that Guodao (national highway) and Shengdao (provincial highway) do not qualify as Expressway, only intercity highways are considered as Expressway. All Guodaos and Shengdaos are either Rank 1 or Rank 2 highways.

Verso
March 1st, 2007, 11:51 AM
^ So there's no technical difference between them? Maybe Rank 1 Highways are usually busier?

cyberjaya
March 1st, 2007, 12:38 PM
^^ It's also my question.

ChrisZwolle
March 1st, 2007, 02:17 PM
Maybe they have got level crossings?

badguy2000
March 1st, 2007, 07:56 PM
The difference is that Guodao (national highway) and Shengdao (provincial highway) do not qualify as Expressway, only intercity highways are considered as Expressway. All Guodaos and Shengdaos are either Rank 1 or Rank 2 highways.
there are some technically differences between rank 1 highway and expressway,such as lifespans .......

and expressway has much more green belt between lanes.

Rank1 highway usually has 4 lanes while expressway usually has more then 4 lanes.

badguy2000
March 1st, 2007, 08:10 PM
^ So there's no technical difference between them? Maybe Rank 1 Highways are usually busier?
expressways has more lanes usually and more green belt.
their lifespan is also longer than Rank 1 highway.

TheCat
March 2nd, 2007, 08:48 AM
1,expressway.
Chinese expressways has access control,4 lanes at least and green belts between lanes.
in 2006,Chinese expressways is about 45000 KM long. every years, chinese finish constructing 4500 KM expressways.
Chinese government plans to finish a nation-wide expressways net of 100,000 KM by 2010.
45000+(2010-2006)*4500 = 63,000
But nevertheless the growth of the Chinese highway system is amazing :)

badguy2000
March 2nd, 2007, 10:49 AM
45000+(2010-2006)*4500 = 63,000
But nevertheless the growth of the Chinese highway system is amazing :)
well,construction of chinese expressway is accelerating,because Chinese government has more and more money to invest on it.
in 1990's, chinese annual investment on its highway system was only about 300 billion RMB(about 45 billion USD).but in 2005,the investment hit 1.2 trillion RMB( about 145 billion USD).

cyberjaya
March 3rd, 2007, 03:28 AM
well,construction of chinese expressway is accelerating,because Chinese government has more and more money to invest on it.
in 1990's, chinese annual investment on its highway system was only about 300 billion RMB(about 45 billion USD).but in 2005,the investment hit 1.2 trillion RMB( about 145 billion USD).

even that, i don't think it'll reach 100k km by 2010, 60k km is a realistic target. please avoid subjective baseless data in this forum.

gladisimo
March 3rd, 2007, 05:08 PM
Perhaps it is an actual estimate/goal put forth by the Chinese Government.

EDIT: here's the figures given from wiki:

The express highway system is set to expand to 65,000 km by 2010, 85,000 km by 2020, 120,000 km by 2030, and 175,000 km by 2050.

Anyway, from the looks of it, it looks like Rank 1 Highways lack (effective) central dividers, as opposed to Expressways.

EDIT: again from wiki:

There exists a National Trunk Highway System, which consists of the Expressways, which are grade-separated, free-flowing roads, and a separate system,

China National Highways, which are grouped together as another, separate system of roads, which signified by a preceding "G" in front of the route number, which is Chinese for a "National Road"

There exists two other classification of roads, namely "S" and "X" series roads, which are provincial and county levels, respectively.

hzkiller
March 4th, 2007, 03:17 AM
village road
http://files.photojerk.com/zhedc/PIC03120.JPG
http://files.photojerk.com/zhedc/PIC03163.JPG
http://files.photojerk.com/zhedc/PIC03162.JPG
http://files.photojerk.com/zhedc/PIC03164.JPG
http://files.photojerk.com/zhedc/PIC03166.JPG
http://files.photojerk.com/wahahafuture/PIC01729-1.JPG
http://files.photojerk.com/wahahafuture/PIC01737-1.JPG
town road
http://files.photojerk.com/zhedc/PIC03158.JPG
http://files.photojerk.com/zhedc/PIC03174.JPG
http://files.photojerk.com/zhedc/PIC03175.JPG

hzkiller
March 4th, 2007, 03:28 AM
town----town road!county road
http://files.photojerk.com/nini/PIC02250-1.JPG
http://files.photojerk.com/nini/PIC02257-1.JPG
http://files.photojerk.com/nini/PIC02261-1.JPG

national road--G104
http://files.photojerk.com/zhedc/PIC02853.JPG
http://files.photojerk.com/zhedc/PIC02854.JPG
http://files.photojerk.com/zhedc/PIC02857.JPG
http://files.photojerk.com/zhedc/PIC02858.JPG
http://files.photojerk.com/zhedc/PIC02860.JPG
http://files.photojerk.com/zhedc/PIC02893.JPG
http://files.photojerk.com/zhedc/PIC02897.JPG
http://files.photojerk.com/zhedc/PIC02924.JPG
http://files.photojerk.com/zhedc/PIC02909.JPG
http://files.photojerk.com/zhedc/PIC02929.JPG

hzkiller
March 4th, 2007, 03:32 AM
Chinese expressways http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=232957

gladisimo
March 5th, 2007, 08:40 AM
Are there actually "S" and "X" roads?

Either way, very nice pictures of the roads in China.


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