China road numbering
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Roads in the People's Republic of China
are numbered G, S or X, and four different categories (not including expressways and express routes) exist:
G, S, and X roads often become city roads as of the delimitation of the city. At the city border, control of the road switches from the gonglu side (public road administration) to the shizheng side (city government).
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Express routes are numbered in a similar manner.
People's Republic of China
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are numbered G, S or X, and four different categories (not including expressways and express routes) exist:
Non-expressways and non-express routes
- G routes stand for Guodao, or China National Highways. These roads often exist to liaise between different centres.
- S routes stand for Shengdao, or provincial roads.
- X routes stand for Xiandao, or county-level roads.
- A rank below them are the xiangdao, or township-level roads.
G, S, and X roads often become city roads as of the delimitation of the city. At the city border, control of the road switches from the gonglu side (public road administration) to the shizheng side (city government).
Expressways and express routes
Expressways and express routes are not given any specific numbering at the moment. One possibility, however, has been to label them 0-series G routes (e.g. G020 would be the Jingjintang ExpresswayJingjintang Expressway
Opened in September 1993, the Jingjintang Expressway , also known as the Jingtang Expressway, links Beijing via central Tianjin to the Tanggu District in eastern Tianjin...
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Express routes are numbered in a similar manner.
See also
- China National HighwaysChina National HighwaysThe China National Highways are a series of trunk roads throughout all of mainland China. Although they are called highways , they are not necessarily expressways...