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Artux–Erkeshtam Expressway
قەشقەر-ئەرکەشتام چىڭسىخوزا-غۇلجا
Ayi Expressway
阿伊高速公路
The Erkeshtam border checkpoint
The Artux–Erkeshtam Expressway connects the city of Artux with the Erkeshtam border checkpoint, pictured above.
Route information
Auxiliary route of G30
Part of AH61 AH65
Length213.9 km[1] (132.9 mi)
ExistedOctober 2013–present
Major junctions
East end G30 Artux JCT in Artux, Kizilsu
West end Kyrgyzstan, A371 A371 Highway E60 in Irkeshtam
Location
CountryChina
Highway system
← G3012→ G3014

The Artux–Erkeshtam Expressway (Chinese: 阿图什—伊尔克什坦高速公路, Uyghur: ئاتۇش-ئەرکەشتام سۇرئەتلىك یولى‎), commonly referred to as the Ayi Expressway (Chinese: 阿伊高速公路) and designated G3013, is a 213.9-kilometre-long roadway (132.9 mi) in the Chinese autonomous region of Xinjiang.[1] It connects the Artux city and Ulugqat County of Kizilsu. It's a spur route of G30.

Route

The former Kashgar–Erkeshtam Expressway (喀伊高速公路) begins in the east at the Takuti Bridge of the G3012 Turpan–Hotan Expressway, in the county-level city of Artux.[2] It traverses westward through Ulugqat County, through the village of Ulugqat (also known as Wuqia), which serves as the Chinese immigration checkpoint,[3] before terminating at the border with Kyrgyzstan at Erkeshtam.

The highway is not built to expressway standards for its entire length. Its length is 213.9 km (132.9 mi), but only 77.4 km (48.1 mi) of that is expressway-grade and the rest is second-grade highway, consisting of 19.5 km (12.1 mi) of newly built roadway and 117 km (73 mi) of upgraded roadway.[1]

The route and terminius were renamed for several times, originally it's combined with G3012 as "Turpan–Hotan–Erkeshtam Expressway", then in 7918 network G3013 is splitted from G3012, called "Kashgar–Erkeshtam Expressway". In the non-mandatory national standard GB/T 917-2017, the G3013 route is called "Turpan–Erkeshtam Expressway", means that this route is concurrent with G3012 between Turpan and Kashgar, but due to difficults on maintaining route signs, in 2022 plan the G3013 is largely shorten, the current terminius is located at Artux to reflect the actual location of eastern junction.[4]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Kayi Highway will soon be opened to traffic. 23 September 2013. Retrieved 31 December 2013. (in Chinese)
  2. ↑ Construction of Kayi Expressway is projected to be completed by October 2013 (喀伊高速公路项目预计将在2013年10月竣工) 30 March 2013. Retrieved 31 December 2013. (in Chinese)
  3. ↑ Irkeshtam Pass. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
  4. ↑ "国家发展改革委 交通运输部关于印发《国家公路网规划》的通知". Ministry of Transport of the People's Republic of China. 12 July 2022.
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