Yan'an Elevated Road is an elevated expressway in the city of Shanghai

Shanghai

Shanghai is the largest city by population in China and the largest city proper in the world. It is one of the four province-level municipalities in the People's Republic of China, with a total population of over 23 million as of 2010...

, China

People's Republic of China

China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...

. It runs in Puxi

Puxi

Puxi is the historic center of Shanghai, China, and remains the home of approximately 48% of Shanghai's residents in an area of 288 km². Puxi is distinguished from Pudong to its east, which is separated from it by the Huangpu River...

 in its entirety, from Hongqiao International Airport to The Bund

The Bund

The Bund is a waterfront area in central Shanghai, People's Republic of China. The area centres on a section of Zhongshan Road within the former Shanghai International Settlement, which runs along the western bank of the Huangpu River, facing Pudong, in the eastern part of Huangpu District...

 and the newly constructed Bund Tunnel. Motorists continuing east can cross the Huangpu River

Huangpu River

The Huangpu River is a -long river in China flowing through Shanghai...

 using the East Yan'an Road Tunnel to Pudong

Pudong

Pudong |Bank]]") is an area of Shanghai, China, located along the east side of the Huangpu River, across from the historic city center of Shanghai in Puxi. Formerly a little-developed agricultural area linked only by ferries, Pudong has grown rapidly since the 1990s and emerged as China's financial...

.

The maximum speed on the expressway is 80 km/h.

Construction on the first portion of the elevated roadway, from the Inner Ring Road

Inner Ring Road (Shanghai)

Inner Ring Road , also known as Inner Ring Elevated Road , is an elevated expressway in the city of Shanghai, China. It was the first ring road around the city of Shanghai. The Puxi section of the road was completely grade-separated and complete in 1994, while the Pudong section of the road was...

 to Hongqiao Airport, began on 28 November 1995 and was completed on 2 December 1996.