Wenchang-Qionghai Expressway to open at year's end

An aerial view of the construction site of the Qionghai section of the Wenchang-Qionghai Expressway in Hainan [Photo by Yuan Chen/hinews.cn]

Construction on the Wenchang-Qionghai Expressway in Hainan province has been moving forward at a steady pace. It is expected to open to traffic by the end of this year.

As a major part of Hainan's expressway network, the Wenchang-Qionghai Expressway has a total length of more than 65.7 kilometers, stretching from Haiwen Expressway to the north corner of the Hainan Loopwire Expressway and Qionghai Boao Airport. When completed, it will cut travel time between Wenchang and Qionghai to just 30 minutes.

The core of Hainan's transportation network has been formed by the Hainan Loopwire Expressway. Three vertical and four horizontal national and provincial highways run across the province, and there is a total of 35,000 km of road, with a density of 103.3 km/100 sq km.

Part of the Wenchang-Qionghai Expressway crosses through rural fields. [Photo by Yuan Chen/hinews.cn]

Local farmers are busy harvesting pumpkins next to the Wenchang-Qionghai Expressway. [Photo by Yuan Chen/hinews.cn]