G6 Beijing–Lhasa Expressway

Beijing–Lhasa Expressway
北京－拉萨高速公路
Jingzang Expressway 京藏高速公路
The current Beijing–Lhasa Expressway is highlighted in red. The portion between Golmud and Lhasa, highlighted in purple, is still in planning and not constructed.
G6 and the Juyong Pass
Route information
Part of AH3 AH42
Length	3,710 km[1] (2,310 mi) Length when complete.
Major junctions
East end	3rd Ring Road, Xicheng, BJ
Major intersections	G4501 in Changping, BJ G7 in Changping, BJ G7 in Zhangjiakou, HE G95 (S) in Zhangjiakou, HE G95 (N) in Zhangjiakou, HE G7 in Zhangjiakou, HE G55 in Ulanqab, NM G7 in Ulanqab, NM G7 / (E / NE) in Hohhot, NM (NW) in Hohhot, NM G65 in Baotou, NM G7 (W) in Bayannur, NM G18 in Wuhai, NM in Yinchuan, NX G20 in Yinchuan, NX G70 (N) in Yinchuan, NX G2012 (E) in Wuzhong, NX G2012 (W) in Wuzhong, NX G70 (S) in Wuzhong, NX G30 (N) in Lanzhou, GS G30 (S) in Lanzhou, GS G3001 in Lanzhou, GS G0612 in Xining, QH G0612 in Xining, QH in Xining, QH (E) in Delingha, QH (W) in Delingha, QH G3011 in Golmud, QH
West end	G109 in Golmud, QH (current) Lhasa, XZ (when complete)
Highway system
National Trunk Highway System Primary Auxiliary National Highways Transport in China
← G0512 →

The Beijing–Tibet Expressway (Chinese: 北京－西藏高速公路; pinyin: Běijīng－Xīzàng gāosù gōnglù), commonly abbreviated to Jingzang Expressway (Chinese: 京藏高速), also known as Beijing–Lhasa Expressway (Jingla Expressway; Chinese: 京拉高速公路) or China National Expressway 6, is part of the Chinese national expressway network and is planned to connect the nation's capital, Beijing, to the capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region, Lhasa.

It passes through seven of China's administrative regions, including the Beijing municipality, the province of Hebei, the autonomous regions of Inner Mongolia and Ningxia, the provinces of Gansu and Qinghai, and finally the Tibet Autonomous Region.

Passage[]

G6 Expressway at the interchange with the Fifth Ring Road in northern Beijing.

Beginning from Beijing and driving southwest to Lhasa, The expressway runs approximately 3,710 kilometres (2,310 miles) through Hebei, Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, Gansu and Qinghai, for a total of seven provincial-level divisions.^{[clarification needed]} Excluding the two terminal points, it passes through the major cities of Zhangjiakou, Jining District, Hohhot, Bayannur, Wuhai, Yinchuan, Wuzhong, Baiyin, Lanzhou, Xining and Golmud.^{[clarification needed]}

As of August 2010, just over fifty percent of the expressway is open to traffic, which mainly comprises the stretch between Beijing and Xining. Like China National Highway 109 and the Qingzang railway, it is expected to pass west through Golmud before heading southwest into Tibet and Lhasa. Because of climatic conditions, this stretch of the expressway does not yet have a construction timetable.^[2]

As of 2019 the expressway is completed between Beijing and Golmud, and the section between Nagqu and Lhasa has completed in August 2021. The mountainous section between Golmud and Nagqu is not yet shown on maps, and reserved for future plans.

The G6 merges with the G7 in Huhhot and does not split until Linhe (now Baynnur).

Ningxia[]

The expressway is of particular importance in Ningxia, where 86.7% of the urban population lives in cities along the expressway, and over 90% of the provincial GDP is generated in these cities. In 2020, a 2x4 lane bypass around Ningxia's capital Yinchuan was opened, and another 212 kilometres (132 miles) in Ningxia will be widened to 2x3 lanes.^[3]

Detailed itinerary[]

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From Beijing
Continues as Deshengmen Outer Street G110 Road
		N 3rd Ring Road
Concurrent with G110 Road
1 A		Jiandemen station
1 B		Olympic Sports Centre
2 A-B		N 4th Ring Road Asian Games Village Zhongguancun
3 A
3 B		Beishatan station Tsinghua University
4
Qinghe Toll Station
6 A-B		N S50 5th Ring Road
8		Xiaoying Road
10		Anningzhuang Road Jiancaicheng Road
Service Area
Beijing Metropolitan Area
12 A		Huangtudian Rd Huilongguan
12 B		Huilongguan Rd Huilongguan Longze station
16		X023 Road Huilongguan Life Science Park station
20
22		Baisha Road Towards -Xiaotangshan
25 A-B		North G4501 6th Ring Road
Baige Service Area
28		Baifuquan Road Changping
Concurrent with G110 Road
32 A		G110 Road Xiguan Road Towards Changping Ming tombs Ming Tombs station
32 B		G7 Jingxin Expressway
36		Chenzhuang
40		Towards Nankou-  Line S2 S2线  Nankou station
46		Great Wall-Juyong Pass  Line S2 S2线  Juyongguan station
53		Great Wall-
Turn from "Departing Beijing" towards "Beijing"
58		Great Wall-Badaling  Line S2 S2线  Badaling station
62		Towards Kangzhuang-Yanqing
65		Kangzhuang
Kangzhuang Toll Station
Kangzhuang Service Area
Beijing City Hebei Province
Donghuayuan Toll Station
76		X415 Road
96		G7 Jingxin Expressway G110 Road -Huailai
106		Towards G110 Road Huailai
121		Old G110 Road Towards G110 Road
128		G110 Road Xiahuayuan
		G95 Capital Ring Expressway
Concurrent with G95 Capital Ring Expressway
		S32 Xuanda Expressway G110 Road
Xuanhua Urban Area
154		G112 Road Towards G110 Road Xuanhua-Centre
Xuanhua Urban Area
Concurrent with G95 Capital Ring Expressway
161		G95 Capital Ring Expressway (Zhangcheng Expressway)
		G110 Road Zhangjiakou
		Binhe S Road Zhangjiakou
172		(North of G6 Expressway to be renamed )
Zhangjiakou Service Area
188		G207 Road Towards G110 Road Wanquan
Yujialiang Service Area
205		X401 Road Towards G110 Road
218		G110 Road Huai'an
Huai'an Toll Station
Huai'an Service Area
Hebei Province Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region
273		X565 Road Towards G110 Road Xinghe
Xinghe Toll Station
		G110 Road Xinghe
		X201 Road Towards G110 Road
		G110 Road
Jining Service Area
Jining Urban Area
338		G208 Road Jining
Jining Urban Area
		G55 Erguang Expressway
360		X552 Road Towards G110 Road
Zhuozishan Service Area
389		G110 Road Zhuozi
		G110 Road Towards
Hohhot Metropolitan Area
Yulin Service Area
(1 A-B)		G7 Jingxin Expressway G0601 Hohhot Ring Expressway
Concurrent with G7 Jingxin Expressway Concurrent with G0601 Hohhot Ring Expressway
		Towards G110 Road Hohhot-Centre
480		Hohhot-Centre Towards Wuchuan
Hohhot Metropolitan Area
489		G110 Road Hohhot-West
Concurrent with G0601 Hohhot Ring Expressway
(61)		G0601 Hohhot Ring Expressway
Service Area
509		G110 Road
521		G110 Road
Hasuhai Service Area
543		G110 Road
		G110 Road
579		G110 Road Tumed Youqi
Baotou Metropolitan Area
		G65 Baomao Expressway
		G110 Road X606 Road Baotou-Centre
629		G210 Road Baotou-Centre
645		G110 Road Baotou-Centre
655		G110 Road Baotou-Centre
663		G110 Road Baotou-West
Baotou Metropolitan Area
Baiyanhua Service Area
		G110 Road
		G110 Road
Wulashan (Mt Urad) Service Area
		G110 Road Urad Qianqi
Xixiaozhao Service Area
		X708 Road
807		Wuyuan
		G110 Road Bayannur
Concurrent with G7 Jingxin Expressway
		G7 Jingxin Expressway
		Shuofang Rd Bayannur
868		Bayannur
Linhe-Xinqu (Bayannur) Service Area
		X713 Road Towards G110 Road
		Towards G110 Road
Dengkou Service Area
937		Gangtie N Rd Towards G110 Road Dengkou
		Towards G110 Road -Dengkou
951		G110 Road
Wuhai Urban Area
1004		G110 Road Wuhai-North
		Linyin Ave Wuhai-Centre
1027		Wuhai-South
Wuhai Urban Area
		Hainan
		(To be renamed )
Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region
Huinong Toll Station
Service Area
1079		G110 Road Huinong
Huinong Service Area
1093		Towards G109 Road Towards G110 Road -
1123		Shizuishan-Pingluo
Shahu Service Area
1142		X207 Road -
1159		X207 Road Towards G109 Road
1167		G0601 Yinchuan Ring Expressway G109 Road Helan
Helan Service Area
Yinchuan Metropolitan Area
1177		Helanshan Road Yinchuan-Centre
1186		G20 Qingyin Expressway Yinchuan-East
1189		G0601 Yinchuan Ring Expressway
Yinchuan Metropolitan Area
1202		G109 Road Yongning
Yongning Service Area
1224		G109 Road
1234		Hanba E Road Qingtongxia
1238		Wuzhong
1253
Guanmahu Service Area
1280
Mingsha Service Area
1303
1317		G2012 Dingwu Expressway
Concurrent with G2012 Dingwu Expressway
1323		G109 Road Zhongning
Concurrent with G2012 Dingwu Expressway
1334		G2012 Dingwu Expressway
1339		G109 Road
Xiaohongguo Service Area
		G70 Fuyin Expressway
		G109 Road Datanchuan
Xingren Service Area
1414
Xingren Toll Station
Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region Gansu Province
Liuzhaike Toll Station
1425		G109 Road Wuhe
1455		G109 Road
		Pingchuan
Xindun Service Area
		G109 Road -
1504		G109 Road
Baiyin-East Service Area
1533		G109 Road Baiyin-East
		G109 Road Baiyin-West
1572		G109 Road Gaolan
1582		Shuifu
		G30 Lianhuo Expressway
Concurrent with G30 Lianhuo Expressway
		G30 Lianhuo Expressway (Formerly named S1 Lanying Expressway) (To be renamed G1816 Wuma Expressway)
1623		Lanzhou-West Lanzhou Botanical Garden
Lanzhou Metropolitan Area
1635		G109 Road G312 Road
Lanzhou Metropolitan Area
Zhangjiasi Service Area
1666		G109 Road
		G109 Road
Haishiwan Toll Station
Gansu Province Qinghai Province
Machangyuan Toll Station
Machangyuan Service Area
		G109 Road
1709		Minhe
1750		G109 Road Ledu
Ledu Service Area
1779		G109 Road Ping'an
		(To be renamed G0611 Zhangwen Expressway)
Concurrent with (To be renamed G0611 Zhangwen Expressway)
1784		Xining Caojiabao Airport
Xining Metropolitan Area
1779		G109 Road Xining-East
1803
1814		Xining-Centre
Concurrent with (To be renamed G0611 Zhangwen Expressway)
1817		(Formerly named as ) (To be renamed G0611 Zhangwen Expressway)
1819		Haihu Ave Xining-North
1827		Dabuzi
		Xining-West
Xining Metropolitan Area
		Dabuzi
Doba Toll Station
		G109 Road G315 Road Towards Huangyuan
Under Construction
1911		G109 Road G214 Road
Daotanghe Toll Station
		G214 Road
		G214 Road Gonghe
		N Huanghua Avenue Gonghe
		(To be named )
		X301 Road Towards Gonghe-
		X301 Road Towards
		G109 Road Dashuiqiao
		G109 Road Chaka
Chaka Toll Station
Chaka Service Area
		(To be renamed G0612 Xihe Expressway)
		G109 Road Chaka
Under Construction
		G3011 Liyge Expressway
Qinghai Province Tibet Autonomous Region
Towards Beijing

See also[]

• Badaling Expressway (part of the G6 in Beijing)
• Expressways of China
• Jingzhang Expressway (part of the G6 in Hebei)

References[]