The Sanchakou–Yarkant Expressway (Chinese: 三岔口–莎车高速公路), commonly referred to as the S13 Sansha Expressway (Chinese: 三莎高速公路), is an expressway that connects the town of Sanchakou [zh] in Maralbexi County with Yarkant County. The route is entirely in the Kashgar Prefecture in the Chinese autonomous region of Xinjiang. It opened on November 17, 2014,[2] and parallels much of Xinjiang Provincial Highway 215. In some sources, the expressway is referred to as the Maralbexi–Yarkant Expressway (Chinese: 巴楚–莎车高速公路), or Basha Expressway (Chinese: 巴莎高速公路) for short.[3]

The expressway connects with the G3012 Turpan–Hotan Expressway at both ends, serving as a bypass of the city centre of Kashgar. It was built with the help of resources from the municipality of Shanghai.[3]

References

  1. ^ 三莎高速公路 (Sansha Expressway). (in Chinese)
  2. ^ 三莎高速公路试通车 新疆南疆环状高速公路网形成 (Sansha Expressway to open for trial operation; expressway network of Southern Xinjiang takes shape). (in Chinese)
  3. ^ a b 上海在新疆沙漠4年建成巴莎高速 (Shanghai builds Basha Expressway in Xinjiang desert in four years). (in Chinese)
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanchakou%E2%80%93Yarkant_Expressway
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