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Yangtze River Delta Saw Another Expressway Open to Traffic(SinoCast)ZHEJIANG, Dec 28, 2005 (SinoCast via COMTEX) --On December 26, the first phase project of Hangzhou-Qiandaohu expressway, which connects the city of Hangzhou and Jiande in eastern China's Zhejiang Province, officially opened for traffic. From the day on, it will take just 60 minutes to drive from Hangzhou to Jiande, nearly half time less than before. As the major part of Hangzhou-Xin'anjiang-Jingdezhen expressway, the Hangzhou-Qiandaohu expressway (Hangqian expressway) will be 191 kilometers long and is planned to be invested in totally CNY 12.1 billion. And it will be the largest ever traffic project for the city of Hangzhou, capital of Zhejiang Province. The entire road of Hangqian expressway will have five super-large bridges, over one hundred big or small bridges, 18 tunnels, 14 crossovers and two service areas. The planned driving speed on the expressway is 120 kilometers per hour. The whole project will be carried out in two phases. The beginning-mentioned first phase project, with a total length of 108 kilometers, started from March 2003, while the second phase is expected to open for traffic by the end of next year. From www.nbd.com.cn, Page 1, Tuesday, December 27, 2005 [email protected] |