G30 Lianyungang–Khorgas Expressway


The Lianyungang–Khorgas Expressway, commonly referred to as the Lianhuo Expressway, is in the People's Republic of China that connects the cities of Lianyungang, in the province of Jiangsu, and Khorgas, in the autonomous region of Xinjiang, on the border with Kazakhstan. At Khorgas, there is a border crossing into Kazakhstan. The expressway is the longest contiguous expressway in China with a single numeric designation, stretching across the country from the Yellow Sea on the east coast to the Kazakhstan border in the west. It passes through the provinces of Jiangsu, Anhui, Henan, Shaanxi, Gansu, and Xinjiang.
The east route from Lianyungang to Xi'an is named in Asian Highway Network, as well as the west route from Xi'an to Khorgas is one part of, and from Urumqi to Toksun is part of.
Part of the Expressway passes through the historically significant Hexi Corridor in Gansu and Xinjiang.

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The expressway passes through the following cities:
On February 1, 2013, a truck carrying fireworks exploded on the Yichang Bridge, which carries the Lianyungang–Khorgas Expressway, in Mianchi County, Sanmenxia, Henan, causing an 80 m section of bridge to collapse. 13 people died in the accident and 9 were injured.

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