A 112-kilometer-long expressway, linking the Anhui provincial capital Hefei and the city of Bangbu in the province, opened to traffic Saturday.

The four-lane expressway is part of the national highway that runs from Beijing to Fuzhou, capital of Fujian Province in east China.

The construction of the expressway cost 2.24 billion yuan.

(Eastday.com.cn 06/30/2001)