On September 29, 2022, the construction of the Lanzhou-Yongjing-Linxia Expressway project in Gansu Province was fully started.

Lanzhou-Yongjing-Linxia Expressway

According to reports, the main line of the project starts from Shioping, Xigu District, Lanzhou City. A hub interchange is set up to connect with the existing G2201 Lanzhou South Ring Expressway, and it ends at Guowujia Village, Huangniwan Town, Linxia County, where it connects with the G1816 Uma Expressway. Connected by a hub interchange. The total length of the main line is 80.858 kilometers, the Dongxiang connection line is 15.63 kilometers, and the Lotus connection line is 20.434 kilometers, all adopting the technical standard of two-way four-lane expressway, with a design speed of 80 km/h; the Linxia Airport connecting line is 8.28 kilometers, using two-way four-lane first-class highway technology Standard, the design speed is 80 km/h; the Linxia East Interchange connection line is 1.925 kilometers, using the two-way six-lane first-class highway technical standard, the design speed is 60 km/h; the Kaole Interchange connection line is 4.731 kilometers, using the second-class highway technical standard , the design speed is 40 km/h. The construction period of the project is 48 months, with an estimated total investment of 24.004 billion yuan.

The Lanzhou-Yongjing-Linxia Expressway Project is a key expressway construction project in the National Highway Network Planning and the 14th Five-Year Transportation Development Plan of Gansu Province. , the construction of the project will greatly shorten the operating mileage from Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia and Northeast China to the cooperation direction, improve the layout of the expressway network in Gansu Province, increase the southbound exit channel of Lanzhou City, play a leading role in transportation, optimize the external transportation conditions of Linxia, promote Gansu's economic and social development, consolidating the achievements of poverty alleviation, and promoting rural revitalization are of great significance. Editor/He Yuting