G6 Beijing–Lhasa Expressway
The Beijing–Lhasa Expressway (simplified Chinese: 北京-拉萨高速公路; traditional Chinese: 北京-拉薩高速公路; pinyin: Běijīng-Lāsà gāosù gōnglù), commonly abbreviated to Jingzang Expressway (Chinese: 京藏高速), is part of the Chinese national expressway network and is planned to connect the nation's capital, Beijing, to the capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region, Lhasa.
It passes through seven of China's administrative regions, including the Beijing municipality, the province of Hebei, the autonomous regions of Inner Mongolia and Ningxia, the provinces of Gansu and Qinghai, and finally the Tibet Autonomous Region.
Passage

Beginning from Beijing and driving southwest to Lhasa, The expressway runs approximately 3,710 kilometers (2,310 miles) through Hebei, Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, Gansu and Qinghai, for a total of seven provincial-level divisions. Excluding the two terminal points, it passes through the major cities of Zhangjiakou, Jining District, Hohhot, Bayannur, Wuhai, Yinchuan, Wuzhong, Baiyin, Lanzhou, Xining and Golmud.
As of August 2010, just over fifty percent of the expressway is open to traffic, which mainly comprises the stretch between Beijing and Xining. Like China National Highway 109 and the Qingzang railway, it is expected to pass west through Golmud before heading southwest into Tibet and Lhasa. Because of climatic conditions, this stretch of the expressway does not yet have a construction timetable.[2]
As of 2019 the expressway is completed between Beijing and Golmud, and the section between Nagqu and Lhasa has completed in August 2021. The mountainous section between Golmud and Nagqu is not yet shown on maps, and reserved for future plans.
The G6 merges with the G7 in Huhhot and does not split until Linhe (now Baynnur).
Ningxia
The expressway is of particular importance in Ningxia, where 86.7% of the urban population lives in cities along the expressway, and over 90% of the provincial GDP is generated in these cities. In 2020, a 2x4 lane bypass around Ningxia's capital Yinchuan was opened, and another 212 kilometers (132 miles) in Ningxia will be widened to 2x3 lanes.[3]
Detailed itinerary
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1 A | Beitucheng W Rd | |||||
1 B | Minzuyuan W Rd
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2 A-B | N 4th Ring Road
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3 A | Zhixin Road Anxiang Road | |||||
3 B | Qinghua Road Datun Road
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4 | Kehui Road | |||||
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8 | Xiaoying Road | |||||
10 | Anningzhuang Road Jiancaicheng Road | |||||
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12 A | Huangtudian Rd Huilongguan | |||||
12 B | Huilongguan Rd Huilongguan | |||||
16 | Huilongguan | |||||
20 | Shahe | |||||
22 | Baisha Road Shahe Towards Baishan-Xiaotangshan | |||||
25 A-B | ||||||
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28 | Baifuquan Road Changping | |||||
32 A | Xiguan Road Towards Changping
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36 | Chenzhuang | |||||
40 | Towards Nankou-Wenquan | |||||
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58 | Badaling
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62 | Towards Kangzhuang-Yanqing | |||||
65 | Kangzhuang | |||||
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76 | Donghuayuan | |||||
96 | Tumu-Huailai | |||||
106 | Towards Huailai | |||||
121 | Old G110 Road Towards Xibali | |||||
128 | Xiahuayuan | |||||
Gujiaying | ||||||
154 | Towards Xuanhua-Centre | |||||
161 | ||||||
Zhangjiakou | ||||||
Binhe S Road Zhangjiakou | ||||||
172 | (North of G6 Expressway to be renamed | |||||
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188 | Towards Wanquan | |||||
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205 | Towards Guoleizhuang | |||||
218 | Huai'an | |||||
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273 | Towards Xinghe | |||||
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Xinghe | ||||||
Towards E'erdong | ||||||
Xiaonao'er | ||||||
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338 | Jining | |||||
360 | Towards Meiligaitu | |||||
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389 | Zhuozi | |||||
Towards Qixiaying | ||||||
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Towards Hohhot-Centre | ||||||
480 | Hohhot-Centre Towards Wuchuan | |||||
489 | Hohhot-West Taigemu | |||||
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509 | Bikeqi | |||||
521 | Chasuqi | |||||
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543 | Taosihao | |||||
Meidaizhao | ||||||
579 | Tumed Youqi | |||||
Baotou-Centre | ||||||
629 | Baotou-Centre | |||||
645 | Baotou-Centre | |||||
655 | Baotou-Centre | |||||
663 | Baotou-West | |||||
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Baiyanhua | ||||||
Gongmiaozi | ||||||
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Urad Qianqi | ||||||
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Xixiaozhao | ||||||
807 | Wuyuan | |||||
Bayannur | ||||||
Shuofang Rd Bayannur | ||||||
868 | Bayannur | |||||
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Towards Chengguan | ||||||
Towards Toudaoqiao | ||||||
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937 | Gangtie N Rd Towards Dengkou | |||||
Towards Balagong-Dengkou | ||||||
951 | Balagong | |||||
1004 | Wuhai-North | |||||
Linyin Ave Wuhai-Centre | ||||||
1027 | Wuhai-South | |||||
Hainan | ||||||
S33 Wuyin Expressway (To be renamed | ||||||
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1079 | Huinong | |||||
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1093 | Towards Towards Hongguozi-Xiayingzi | |||||
1123 | Shizuishan-Pingluo | |||||
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1142 | Yaofu-Xidatan | |||||
1159 | Towards Sishilidian | |||||
1167 | Helan | |||||
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1177 | Helanshan Road Yinchuan-Centre | |||||
1186 | Yinchuan-East | |||||
1189 | ||||||
1202 | Yongning | |||||
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1224 | Yesheng | |||||
1234 | Hanba E Road Qingtongxia | |||||
1238 | Wuzhong | |||||
1253 | Gaozha | |||||
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1280 | ||||||
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1303 | Mingsha | |||||
1317 | ||||||
1323 | Zhongning | |||||
1334 | ||||||
1339 | Changshantou | |||||
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Datanchuan | ||||||
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1414 | Xingren | |||||
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1425 | Wuhe | |||||
1455 | Wangjiashan | |||||
Pingchuan | ||||||
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Pinchuan-Shuiquan | ||||||
1504 | Liuchuan | |||||
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1533 | Baiyin-East | |||||
Baiyin-West | ||||||
1572 | Gaolan | |||||
1582 | Lanqin High-speed way Shuifu | |||||
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1623 | Lanzhou-West
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1635 | Hekou | |||||
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1666 | Huazhuang | |||||
Haishiwan | ||||||
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Machangyuan | ||||||
1709 | Minhe | |||||
1750 | Ledu | |||||
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1779 | Ping'an | |||||
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1784 | ||||||
1779 | Xining-East | |||||
1803 | ||||||
1814 | Xining-Centre | |||||
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1817 | (Formerly named as (To be renamed | |||||
1819 | Haihu Ave Xining-North | |||||
1827 | Dabuzi | |||||
Xining-West | ||||||
Dabuzi | ||||||
Duba | ||||||
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1911 | Daotanghe | |||||
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Gonghe | ||||||
N Huanghua Avenue Gonghe | ||||||
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Towards Gonghe-Nandi | ||||||
Towards Nandi | ||||||
Dashuiqiao | ||||||
Chaka | ||||||
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See also
- Badaling Expressway (part of the G6 in Beijing)
- Expressways of China
- Jingzhang Expressway (part of the G6 in Hebei)
References
- ^ G6 京藏高速 (in Chinese)
- ^ "Get your kicks on Route G6". The Economist. ISSN 0013-0613. Retrieved 2024-07-10.
- ^ "11月1日,京藏高速公路银川过境段全线建成试通车-银川市人民政府门户网站". www.yinchuan.gov.cn. Retrieved 2021-01-11.