The infrastructure of Shanghai is improving at amazing speed. After the new outer ring tunnel opened in Shanghai last weekend, the 6th bridge on Huangpu river opens today.
When I first came to Shanghai in 1995, the Yang Pu bridge was just completed. There are one tunnel and two bridges over the river. Now, from the north to south, six bridges are ready:
- Yangpu
- Nanpu
- Lupu
- Xupu
- Fengpu
- Songpu
Meanwhile, five tunnels are ready (from the north are outer ring tunnel, Yanan Rd tunnel, Tourism tunnel, Metro Line #2 tunnel, Dapuqiao tunnel). Two more (Dalian Road Tunnel and Fuxing Road tunnel) are under construction. By the year 2005, 20 tunnels will connects the Pudong area and the Puxi area.
Express ways
With increasing number of the new express way, I suggent found the new names for the express ways. Here are a list I found on the Internet.
A20 The outer ring
外环线(吴淞区-浦东新区-闵行区-吴淞区)
原路名:环南一大道、环南二大道、环西一大道、环西二大道
A30 The county ring
郊环线(吴淞区-浦东新区-奉贤县-青浦区-吴淞区)
原路名:(规划远东、大亭高速公路)
A1
起讫点:A20公路-浦东机场
原路名:迎宾大道
A2
起讫点:A20公路-芦潮港
原路名:(规划沪芦高速公路)
A3
起讫点:A20公路-A30公路
原路名:(规划5号线)
A4
起讫点:A20公路-浙江省界
原路名:(规划4号线)
A5
起讫点:A12公路-A4公路(嘉定区-淞江区-金山区)
原路名:(规划嘉金高速公路)
A6
起讫点:A30-戚家墩码头
原路名:(规划新卫高速公路)
A7
起讫点:A30-浙江省界(新农镇-枫泾)
原路名:(规划新枫高速公路)
A8 Shanghai-Hangzhou Expressway
起讫点:A20公路-浙江省界
原路名:沪杭高速公路
A9 Huqingping
起讫点:A20公路-江苏省界
原路名:(规划沪青平高速公路)
A11 Shanghai-Nanjing Expressway
起讫点:真北路立交-江苏省界
原路名:沪宁高速公路
A12 Shanghai-Jiading Expressway
起讫点:真北路-江苏省界
原路名:(规划沪嘉浏高速公路,已建成沪嘉高速公路)
A13 Shanghai-Chongming Expressway
起讫点:A20公路-宝山区-崇明县-江苏省界
原路名:(规划三号线、越江西线)
A14
起讫点:A30公路-长兴岛-崇明县-江苏省界
原路名:(规划越江东线、北沿高速公路)
After Lupu opens, Nanpu bridge’s traffic pressure dropped dramatically.