Expressways of Shanghai


has an expansive grade-separated highway and expressway network consisting of 16 municipal express roads, 10 provincial-level expressways, and 8 national-level expressways. Three municipal expressways and four provincial-level expressways are also under construction.

Municipal express roads

Most municipal express roads are found in the inner districts of Shanghai, including several elevated highways which run directly above surface-level roadways. In Chinese, these expressways are literally termed city high-speed roadways, and their maximum speed is typically. These are still considered expressways or controlled-access highways because of the presence of ramps, grade-separated junctions, and the absence of traffic lights. Most of these expressways are elevated and run above a lower-speed roadway. The Inner Ring Road is a beltway, while the Middle Ring Road, once fully constructed, will also be a beltway.

Primary express roads

These are primary express roads that form a major backbone of expressways within the city core. Of these four, the Inner Ring, North–South, and Yan'an Elevated Roads form a 申 shape. The Middle Ring forms a second orbital surrounding the Inner Ring Elevated Road, but is not yet fully complete.
English nameChinese characters nameTerminiNotes
Inner Ring Road
Also known as Inner Ring Elevated Road
Ring road long. Crosses the Huangpu River using the Yangpu Bridge and Nanpu Bridge.
Middle Ring RoadJinqiao Road and Pudong Avenue, Pudong
Middle Huaxia Road, Shenjiang Road, and Huaxia Elevated Road, Pudong		Sections of Middle Ring Road are still under construction. Its length so far is. When complete, it will become a ring road. Crosses the Huangpu River using the Jungong Road Tunnel and Shangzhong Road Tunnel.
North–South Elevated Road Jiyang Road and Yaohua Road, Lupu Bridge
 long.
Yan'an Elevated RoadHongqiao International Airport
The Bund, Bund Tunnel, East Zhongshan No. 1 Road		 long.

Auxiliary express roads

These are other express roads that serve as part of the municipal expressway network. Of these, six belong to the Hongqiao Comprehensive Transportation Hub, a network of municipal expressways serving Shanghai Hongqiao Railway Station and Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport.
English nameChinese characters nameTerminiNotes
Beidi Elevated RoadJiamin Elevated Road
Middle Ring Road		 long. Part of the Hongqiao Comprehensive Transportation Hub.
Bund TunnelSpeed limit of.
Dujiaqu Elevated RoadFormerly known as Shenjiang Elevated Road.
Hongdi Elevated RoadPart of the Hongqiao Comprehensive Transportation Hub.
Hongmei Elevated RoadMiddle Ring Road at West Shangzhong Road
South Hongmei Road Tunnel		 long.
Hongyu Elevated RoadPart of the Hongqiao Comprehensive Transportation Hub.
Huaxia Elevated RoadMiddle Ring Road at Shenjiang Road
S1 Yingbin Expressway near Pudong International Airport		 long.
Humin Elevated RoadInner Ring Road
 long.
Husong Highway Elevated RoadIn planning.
Jiamin Elevated Road G312,
Part of the Hongqiao Comprehensive Transportation Hub.
Jianhong Elevated RoadPart of the Hongqiao Comprehensive Transportation Hub.
Luoshan Elevated Road
Songze Elevated Road
Shanghai Hongqiao Railway Station and Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport Terminal 2		Part of the Hongqiao Comprehensive Transportation Hub.
Wuzhou AvenueXiangyin Road Tunnel
 long.
Yixian Elevated RoadInner Ring Road
 long.
Caobao Elevated RoadPart of the Hongqiao Comprehensive Transportation Hub. Under planning.

Provincial expressways

Designations for provincial-level and federal-level expressways in Shanghai had the letter prefix A before the number of the expressway. Starting at the Yingbin Expressway, which was designated the number 1, the numbers increased clockwise around the city. For ring expressways, the designations A20, A30, A40, etc., were used. For expressways connecting to other provinces which already had national designations, designations with the letter A were attached.
In August 2009, Shanghai replaced its system of naming expressways with the prefix A with the letter prefix S, in order to conform to the standard designations for provincial-level highways within China. The S means Shengdao, or provincial-level roads. The letter prefix A was abolished.
SignpostDesignationFormer designationEnglish nameChinese characters nameTerminiNotes
S1A1Yingbin Expressway in Pudong New Area
at Pudong International Airport		 long.
S2A2Shanghai–Luchaogang Expressway in Pudong New Area
Yangshan Port, Zhoushan, Zhejiang		 long including the Donghai Bridge.
S3A3Shanghai–Fengxian Expressway
Zhoudeng Highway		Extension to Fengxian District under construction.
S4A4Shanghai–Jinshan Expressway / Humin Elevated Road in Minhang District
in Jinshan District
S5A12Shanghai–Jiading ExpresswayMiddle Ring Road
Yecheng Road / South Bo'le Road in Jiading District		 long.
S6A17Shanghai–Nanxiang Expressway in Jiading District
in Baoshan District		 long.
S7A13Shanghai–Chongming ExpresswayIn planning, partly under construction.
S12Never assignedChongming–Haimen ExpresswayIn planning.
S16Never assignedShanghai–Yixing ExpresswayIn planning.
S19A6Xinnong–Jinshanwei Expressway in Xinnong, Jinshan District
in Jinshanwei, Jinshan District
S20A20Outer Ring ExpresswayRing road long. Crosses the Huangpu River twice, using the Xupu Bridge to the south and the Outer Ring Tunnel to the north. It is the third in a series of four ring roads around the city of Shanghai.
S22Never assignedJiading–Anting ExpresswayIn planning.
S26A16Shanghai–Changzhou Expressway in Qingpu District
Continues as at the Jiangsu border
S32A15Shanghai–Jiaxing–Huzhou Expressway at Pudong International Airport
Continues as at the Zhejiang border
S36A7Tinglin–Fengjing Expressway in Jinshan District
in Jiashan County, Jiaxing, Zhejiang, just outside Fengjing, Jinshan District

National expressways

National highways and expressways in Shanghai both have the prefix G, an abbreviation for Guodao, which literally means National roads. It is important to note that both grade-separated, controlled-access expressways and normal at-grade highways both have the prefix G. Only the national-level expressways are mentioned here. National-highways which are at grade and not controlled-access are also found in Shanghai, and these include G204, G312, G318, and G320. Expressways also have green-coloured signs while their highway counterparts have red-coloured signs.
DesignationFormer Shanghai A designationEnglish nameChinese characters nameTermini in ShanghaiContinues towardsNotes
A11Beijing–Shanghai ExpresswayMiddle Ring Road
Jiangsu border		BeijingG2 Beijing–Shanghai Expressway and G42 Shanghai–Chengdu Expressway are concurrencies for their entire length in Shanghai.
A11Shanghai–Chengdu ExpresswayMiddle Ring Road
Jiangsu border		ChengduG2 Beijing–Shanghai Expressway and G42 Shanghai–Chengdu Expressway are concurrencies for their entire length in Shanghai.
A4, A5Shenyang–Haikou ExpresswayJiangsu border
Zhejiang border		Shenyang
Haikou
A14Shanghai–Xi'an Expressway
Jiangsu border		Xi'an
A9Shanghai–Chongqing ExpresswayS20 Outer Ring Expressway and Yan'an Elevated Road
Jiangsu border		Chongqing
A8Shanghai–Kunming ExpresswayS20 Outer Ring Expressway, S4 Shanghai–Jinshan Expressway, and Humin Elevated Road
Zhejiang border		KunmingG60 Shanghai–Kunming Expressway and G92 Hangzhou Bay Ring Expressway are concurrencies from Dagang Interchange of G1503 Shanghai Ring Expressway to Zhejiang border.
A8G92 Hangzhou Bay Ring ExpresswayG1503 Shanghai Ring Expressway
Zhejiang border		NingboG60 Shanghai–Kunming Expressway and G92 Hangzhou Bay Ring Expressway are concurrencies from Dagang Interchange of G1503 Shanghai Ring Expressway to Zhejiang border.
A30Shanghai Ring ExpresswayRing road almost entirely within Shanghai.Ring roadSigned as G1501, the old route number.

Yangtze River fixed crossing

Shanghai has one bridge-tunnel crossing spanning the Yangtze Delta to the north of the city. The G40 Shanghai–Xi'an Expressway follows the Shanghai Yangtze River Tunnel from Pudong to Changxing Island, and then over the Shanghai Yangtze River Bridge from Changxing to Chongming Island and finally via the Chongming–Qidong Yangtze River Bridge from Chongming to Qidong in Jiangsu Province on the north bank of the river. A second fixed crossing is planned to the west of this bridge, and will become part of the S7 Shanghai–Chongming Expressway.