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China unveils blueprint for highway development in 2008(Xinhua)
Updated: 2008-01-06 16:57 BEIJING -- China will finish the planned construction of national highway system that comprises five north-south highway trunk roads and seven east-west trunk roads and build eight inter-provincial roads this year, communication minister Li Shenglin said on the weekend. So far, the highway system, which has a total mileage of 35,000km, has taken shape, Li said at a national communication work conference held in Beijing. Meanwhile, China is to build new expressway roads with a total length of 5,000 km and expand construction of eight inter-provincial highways, he said. More important, Li said, the country will start building a road to Medog, the last roadless county in southeastern part of Tibet, this year. By the end of 2007, China had built roads with a total length of 116,000 km. The mileage of highway opening to traffic totals 3.57 million km, Li said. Work has completed on 80 percent of the eight inter-provincial highway roads. Constructions on bridges over the Yangtze River, Hangzhou Bay and some other key rivers are in final touches. |
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