Key expressway to be built in south China
( 2003-10-25 14:30) (Xinhua)
Construction work on a 54.5-km-long expressway is expected to start at the
end of the year in south China's Guangdong Province, at cost of 3.8 billion yuan
(US$457million).
The expressway, running from Shantou to Jieyang, is expected tobe open to
traffic in 2006. The construction will include 12 bridges and 45 culverts.
The expressway will have four or six lanes at different sections traversing
different landforms. It is a key local construction project of the 10th
five-year plan period (2001-2005),and part of the national expressway trunk
linking Shantou and Kunming, capital of southwest Yunnan Province.
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