# Expressways of Shanghai

Shanghai has an expansive grade-separated highway and expressway network consisting of 16 municipal express roads, 10 provincial-level expressways, and 8 national-level expressways. Three municipal expressways and four provincial-level expressways are also under construction.

## Municipal express roads

Most municipal express roads are found in the inner districts of Shanghai, including several elevated highways which run directly above surface-level roadways. In Chinese, these expressways are literally termed city high-speed roadways (Chinese: 城市快速道路), and their maximum speed is typically 80 kilometres per hour (50 mph). These are still considered expressways or controlled-access highways because of the presence of ramps, grade-separated junctions, and the absence of traffic lights. Most of these expressways are elevated and run above a lower-speed roadway. The Inner Ring Road is a beltway, while the Middle Ring Road, once fully constructed, will also be a beltway.

### Primary express roads

These are primary express roads that form a major backbone of expressways within the city core. Of these four, the Inner Ring, North–South, and Yan'an Elevated Roads form a 申 (a Chinese abbreviation for Shanghai) shape. The Middle Ring forms a second orbital surrounding the Inner Ring Elevated Road, but is not yet fully complete.
| English name | Chinese characters name | Termini | Notes |
| Inner Ring Road Also known as Inner Ring Elevated Road | 上海内环线 内环高架路 | Ring road | 47.7 kilometres (29.6 mi) long. Crosses the Huangpu River using the Yangpu Bridge and Nanpu Bridge. |
| Middle Ring Road | 中环路 | Ring road | 70 kilometres (43 mi) long. Crosses the Huangpu River using the Jungong Road Tunnel and Shangzhong Road Tunnel. |
| North–South Elevated Road | 南北高架路 (lit. South–North Elevated Road) | Pujiang Town Shanghai S20 | 18.1 kilometres (11.2 mi) long. |
| Yan'an Elevated Road | 延安高架路 | Hongqiao International Airport The Bund, Bund Tunnel, East Zhongshan No. 1 Road | 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) long. |

### Auxiliary express roads

These are other express roads that serve as part of the municipal expressway network. Of these, six belong to the Hongqiao Comprehensive Transportation Hub, a network of municipal expressways serving Shanghai Hongqiao Railway Station and Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport.
| English name | Chinese characters name | Termini | Notes |
| Beidi Elevated Road | 北翟高架路 | Jiamin Elevated Road Middle Ring Road | 7.3 kilometres (4.5 mi) long. Part of the Hongqiao Comprehensive Transportation Hub. |
| Beiheng Passageway | 北横通道 | Middle Ring Road & Beidi Elevated Road junction Haining Road & North Zhejiang Road | Eastern underground section under construction, to be extended to Yangpu District |
| Bund Tunnel | 外滩隧道 | | Speed limit of 40 kilometres per hour (25 mph). |
| Dujiaqu Elevated Road | 度假区高架路 | Middle Ring Road, Disney Shanghai | Formerly known as Shenjiang Elevated Road. |
| Hongdi Elevated Road | 虹翟高架路 | | Part of the Hongqiao Comprehensive Transportation Hub. |
| Hongmei Elevated Road | 虹梅高架路 | Middle Ring Road at West Shangzhong Road South Hongmei Road Tunnel | 10.4 kilometres (6.5 mi) long. |
| Hongyu Elevated Road | 虹渝高架路 | G50 | Part of the Hongqiao Comprehensive Transportation Hub. |
| Huaxia Elevated Road | 华夏高架路 | Middle Ring Road at Shenjiang Road S1 Yingbin Expressway near Pudong International Airport | 15.6 kilometres (9.7 mi) long. |
| Humin Elevated Road | 沪闵高架路 | Inner Ring Road G60 / Shanghai S4 / Shanghai S20 | 13.32 kilometres (8.28 mi) long. |
| Husong Elevated Road | 沪松高架 | | In planning. |
| Jiamin Elevated Road | 嘉闵高架路 | Shanghai S6, Shanghai S32 | Part of the Hongqiao Comprehensive Transportation Hub. |
| Jianhong Elevated Road | 建虹高架路 | | Part of the Hongqiao Comprehensive Transportation Hub. |
| Luoshan Elevated Road | 罗山高架路 | | Inner Ring Road at Luoshan Road/Longyang Road/Longdong Avenue, Shanghai S20 |
| Songze Elevated Road | 崧泽高架路 | G15 Jiamin Elevated Road | Part of the Hongqiao Comprehensive Transportation Hub. |
| Wuzhou Avenue | 五洲大道 | Xiangyin Road Tunnel G1503 / Shanghai S20 | 7.0 kilometres (4.3 mi) long. |
| Yixian Elevated Road | 逸仙高架路 | Inner Ring Road G1503 | 9.5 kilometres (5.9 mi) long. |
| Caobao Elevated Road | 漕宝高架路 | | Part of the Hongqiao Comprehensive Transportation Hub. Under planning. |
| Longdong Elevated Road | 龙东高架路 | Inner Ring Road at Luoshan Road/Longyang Road/Longdong Avenue, G1503 | |

## Provincial expressways

Designations for provincial-level and federal-level expressways in Shanghai had the letter prefix A before the number of the expressway. Starting at the Yingbin Expressway, which was designated the number 1, the numbers increased clockwise around the city. For ring expressways, the designations A20, A30, A40, etc., were used. For expressways connecting to other provinces which already had national designations (beginning with the letter G), designations with the letter A were attached.
In August 2009, Shanghai replaced its system of naming expressways with the prefix A with the letter prefix S, in order to conform to the standard designations for provincial-level highways within China. The S means Shengdao, or provincial-level roads. The letter prefix A was abolished.
| Designation | Former designation | English name | Chinese characters name | Termini | Notes |
| S1 | A1 | Yingbin Expressway | 迎宾高速公路 | Shanghai S2 / Shanghai S20 in Pudong New Area Shanghai S32 at Pudong International Airport | 18.5 kilometres (11.5 mi) long. |
| S2 | A2 | Shanghai–Luchaogang Expressway | 沪芦高速公路 | Shanghai S1 / Shanghai S20 in Pudong New Area Yangshan Port, Zhoushan, Zhejiang | 74.8 kilometres (46.5 mi) long including the Donghai Bridge. |
| S3 | A3 | Shanghai–Fengxian Expressway | 沪奉高速公路 | Shanghai S20 Zhoudeng Highway | Extension to Fengxian District has been finished recently. |
| S4 | A4 | Shanghai–Jinshan Expressway | 沪金高速公路 | G60 / G92 / Shanghai S20 / Humin Elevated Road in Minhang District G15 in Jinshan District | |
| S5 | A12 | Shanghai–Jiading Expressway | 沪嘉高速公路 | Middle Ring Road Yecheng Road / South Bo'le Road in Jiading District | 20.5 kilometres (12.7 mi) long. |
| S6 | A17 | Shanghai–Nanxiang Expressway | 沪翔高速公路 | G15 in Jiading District Shanghai S20 in Baoshan District | 9.4 kilometres (5.8 mi) long. |
| S7 | A13 | Shanghai–Chongming Expressway | 沪崇高速公路 | | In planning, partly under construction. |
| S12 | Never assigned | Chongming–Haimen Expressway | 崇海高速公路 | | In planning. |
| S16 | Never assigned | Shanghai–Yixing Expressway | 沪宜高速公路 | | In planning. |
| S19 | A6 | Xinnong–Jinshanwei Expressway | 新卫高速公路 | G1503 / Shanghai S36 in Xinnong, Jinshan District Shanghai S301 (Xinwei Highway) in Jinshanwei, Jinshan District | |
| S20 | A20 | Outer Ring Expressway | 外环高速公路 | Ring road | 99 kilometres (62 mi) long. Crosses the Huangpu River twice, using the Xupu Bridge to the south and the Outer Ring Tunnel to the north. It is the third in a series of four ring roads around the city of Shanghai. |
| S22 | Never assigned | Jiading–Anting Expressway | 嘉安高速公路 | | In planning. |
| S26 | A16 | Shanghai–Changzhou Expressway | 沪常高速公路 | G15 in Qingpu District Continues as Jiangsu S58 at the Jiangsu border | |
| S32 | A15 | Shanghai–Jiaxing–Huzhou Expressway | 申嘉湖高速公路 | Shanghai S1 at Pudong International Airport Continues as Zhejiang S12 at the Zhejiang border | |
| S36 | A7 | Tinglin–Fengjing Expressway | 亭枫高速公路 | G1501 / Shanghai S19 in Jinshan District G60 in Jiashan County, Jiaxing, Zhejiang, just outside Fengjing, Jinshan District | |

## National expressways

National highways and expressways in Shanghai both have the prefix G, an abbreviation for Guodao (国道), which literally means National roads. It is important to note that both grade-separated, controlled-access expressways and normal at-grade highways both have the prefix G. Only the national-level expressways are mentioned here. National-highways which are at grade and not controlled-access are also found in Shanghai, and these include G204, G312, G318, and G320. Expressways also have green-coloured signs while their highway counterparts have red-coloured signs.
| Former Shanghai A designation | English name | Chinese characters name | Termini in Shanghai | Continues towards | Notes |
| A11 | Beijing–Shanghai Expressway | 京沪高速公路 | Middle Ring Road Jiangsu border | Beijing | G2 Beijing–Shanghai Expressway and G42 Shanghai–Chengdu Expressway are concurrencies for their entire length in Shanghai. |
| A11 | Shanghai–Chengdu Expressway | 沪蓉高速公路 | Middle Ring Road Jiangsu border | Chengdu | G2 Beijing–Shanghai Expressway and G42 Shanghai–Chengdu Expressway are concurrencies for their entire length in Shanghai. |
| A4, A5 | Shenyang–Haikou Expressway | 沈海高速公路 | Jiangsu border Zhejiang border | Shenyang (north) Haikou (south) | |
| A14 | Shanghai–Xi'an Expressway | 沪陕高速公路 | G1501 (Shanghai Ring Expressway) Jiangsu border | Xi'an | |
| A9 | Shanghai–Chongqing Expressway | 沪渝高速公路 | S20 Outer Ring Expressway and Yan'an Elevated Road Jiangsu border | Chongqing | |
| A8 | Shanghai–Kunming Expressway | 沪昆高速公路 | S20 Outer Ring Expressway, S4 Shanghai–Jinshan Expressway, and Humin Elevated Road Zhejiang border | Kunming | G60 Shanghai–Kunming Expressway and G92 Hangzhou Bay Ring Expressway are concurrencies from Dagang Interchange of G1503 Shanghai Ring Expressway to Zhejiang border. |
| A8 | G92 Hangzhou Bay Ring Expressway | 杭州湾环线高速公路 | G1503 Shanghai Ring Expressway Zhejiang border | Ningbo | G60 Shanghai–Kunming Expressway and G92 Hangzhou Bay Ring Expressway are concurrencies from Dagang Interchange of G1503 Shanghai Ring Expressway to Zhejiang border. |
| A30 | Shanghai Ring Expressway | 上海绕城高速公路 | Ring road almost entirely within Shanghai. | Ring road | Signed as G1501, the old route number. |

## Yangtze River fixed crossing

Shanghai has one bridge-tunnel crossing spanning the Yangtze Delta to the north of the city. The G40 Shanghai–Xi'an Expressway follows the Shanghai Yangtze River Tunnel from Pudong to Changxing Island, and then over the Shanghai Yangtze River Bridge from Changxing to Chongming Island and finally via the Chongming–Qidong Yangtze River Bridge from Chongming to Qidong in Jiangsu Province on the north bank of the river. A second fixed crossing is planned to the west of this bridge, and will become part of the S7 Shanghai–Chongming Expressway.