Downtown road set to become an expressway
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A congested downtown road is to become an urban expressway with a new tunnel in a bid to solve traffic problems in west Shanghai, the city government said yesterday.
The 2.9-kilometer tunnel will be built beneath Wuning Road in Putuo District between the city’s Middle Ring Road and Dongxin Road near Suzhou Creek. It will have two lanes in each direction with a speed limit of 60 kilometers per hour.
The road will become three lanes in each direction with the speed limit of 50 kilometers per hour.
The road has been suffering severe traffic jams because of the large number of vehicles entering the city from the Shanghai-Nanjing (Huning) Highway, according to the city’s transport committee.
The road’s Taopu Bridge over the Taopu River will be demolished and rebuilt to meet expressway standards. Three pedestrian bridges will be built over the road.
No details have been announced of when work will start.
Meanwhile, busy Jiyang Road in Pudong will undergo a major renovation with an elevated expressway built above it. Construction will start by the end of the year with completion scheduled for July 2019.
The work is expected to relieve traffic pressure on Lupu Bridge which is connected to the South-North Elevated Road, one of the busiest in the city, and serves as a major channel for vehicles to cross the Huangpu River.
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