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The Hubei Province segment of the Beijing-Zhuhai expressway was completed when the central province's southern section opened to traffic Saturday.
The expressway connects Beijing to Zhuhai via Guangzhou, both in south China's Guangdong Province, for a total length of 2,310 km.
The northern section and the Junshan Yangtze River Bridge, Wuhan city, section of the three-part expressway project were completed and put into service late last year. With the completion of the 110-km southern section, the 339-km Hubei portion of Beijing-Zhuhai expressway has been fully finished.
Construction of Beijing-Zhuhai expressway in Hubei broke groundin late 1998. The project cost 12.26 billion yuan (about US$1.48 billion), including 400 million US dollars in loans from World Bank.
( People's Daily September 30, 2002)
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