page_title: China National Highway 209
section_title: Route and distance
hierarchical_section_title: China National Highway 209 / Route and distance
caption_attribution_description: English: On China National Highway 209 just north of Wenshui village, Hongping town, Shennongjia Forestry District. (Wenshui is a small village located on China National Highway 209 between Yazikou Junction and Hongping Town)
context_page_description: China National Highway 209 runs from Hohhot, Inner Mongolia to Beihai, Guangxi province. It is
  3,435 kilometres in length and runs south from Huhhot towards Shanxi province, Henan province, Hubei province, Hunan province, and ends in Guangxi province.
  Despite the "National Highway" designation, G209 is not of uniform quality throughout its length. For example, as of 2009, the 20-kilometer section north of Badong is nothing but a very poor dirt road. Nonetheless, even that section is of importance for the national highway system: it is used e.g. by long-distance buses plying the route between Badong and points east. Many parts of the Muyu to Hongping section are not much better. On the other hand, the section from the Shennongjia National Park entry to Muyu to Baishahe Village is part of a recently upgraded Yichang-Shennongjia Highway.
caption: Near Wenshui village (Hongping Town, Shennongjia)
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