G2 Beijing–Shanghai Expressway

The Beijing–Shanghai Expressway designated as G2 and commonly abbreviated as the Jinghu Expressway is a major expressway of China, linking the capital Beijing in the north to Shanghai on the central coast. It extends 1262 kilometres in length, and was finished in 2006.

Beijing–Shanghai Expressway
北京－上海高速公路
Jinghu Expressway 京沪高速
Route information
Part of AH3
Length	1,262 km[1] (784 mi)
Existed	18 December 2000 [2]–present
Major junctions
North end	3rd Ring Road in Chaoyang, BJ
Major intersections	G45 / G4501 in Tongzhou, BJ G3 (N) in Wuqing, TJ G2501 in Wuqing, TJ G18 (W) in Wuqing, TJ G18 (E) in Xiqing, TJ G3 (S) in Cangzhou, HE G1811 in Cangzhou, HE G2516 in Jinan, SD G20 / G2001 (W / W) in Jinan, SD G20 (E) in Jinan, SD G2001 (E) in Jinan, SD G22 in Laiwu, SD G1511 in Linyi, SD G30 in Xinyi, JS G25 in Huai'an, JS G2513 in Huai'an, JS G40 (W) in Yangzhou, JS G40 (E) in Taixing, JS G42 (W) in Wuxi, JS G15W in Suzhou, JS G1503 in Kunshan, JS G15 in Qingpu, SH
South end	Middle Ring Road in Putuo, SH
Location
Country	China
Highway system
National Trunk Highway System Primary Auxiliary National Highways Transport in China
← G0122 → G0211

The expressway's name, Jinghu, is a combination of the two cities' one-character Chinese abbreviations: Jing stands for Beijing, while Hu stands for Shanghai. The trip from Beijing to Shanghai by automobile takes about ten hours to complete with multiple drivers taking shifts and under good road conditions.[3]