G3012 Turpan–Hotan Expressway

The G3012 Turpan–Hotan Expressway (Chinese: 吐鲁番—和田高速公路, Uyghur: تۇرپان-خوتەن يۇقىرى سۈرئەتلىك تاشيولى), commonly referred to as the Tuhe Expressway (Chinese: 吐和高速公路), is a Chinese expressway that connects the G30 Lianyungang–Khorgas Expressway at Xiaocaohu, in Toksun County, Turpan, with China National Highway 315 in Lop County, Hotan Prefecture. The expressway is a spur of the G30 Lianyungang–Khorgas Expressway and is completely in Xinjiang. It is 1,931 kilometres (1,200 mi) in length, which is unusually long for an expressway under a single sub-national administration, being vastly longer than Interstate 10 in Texas.

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Turpan–Hotan Expressway
تۇرپان-خوتەن چىڭسىخوزا-غۇلجا
Tuhe Expressway
吐和高速公路
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G3012 Expressway in Onsu County, Aksu
Route information
Auxiliary route of G30
Part of AH4
Length1,931 km[1] (1,200 mi)
Major junctions
North end G30 / G312 (Tuwuda Expressway) in Xiaocaohu, Toksun
Major intersections G218 in Korla
G217 in Kuqa
Sansha Expressway in Maralbexi
G3013 in Artux
S16 Maika Expressway in Kashgar
S13 Sansha Expressway in Yarkant
G315 in Yecheng
Unbuilt gap
G315 in Karakax
South end G0612 in Celle
Location
CountryChina
Highway system
G3011 G3013
G3012 Expressway in Onsu County, Aksu

The expressway is fully complete from its northern terminus in Toksun to Yecheng and from Karakax County to its southern terminus in Lop County, Hotan. Only a section from Kargilik to Karakax County remains to be built. Eventually, the southern terminus will connect with the western end of the G0612 Xining–Hotan Expressway, which is currently in planning.[2]

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