Shengzhen Outer Ring Expressway in Guangdong province
Shenzhen Outer Ring Express Way opened to traffic on Dec 29, 2020. The highway begins from the Guangzhou-Shenzhen Riverside Expressway in the west and ends at the Yanba Expressway in the east, weaving its way through Shenzhen's districts of Baoan, Guangming, Longhua, Longgang, Pingshan, Dapeng and the city of Dongguan. Spanning 93 kilometers, it is a two-direction six-lane road, with a design speed of 80 to 100 km per hour.
The expressway is able to monitor and forecast traffic and accidents in real time based on data and a monitoring system. It is also the first expressway equipped with multi-function smart piles along the road with total 5G network coverage in China.
Tianjin-Shijiazhuang Expressway in Beijng-Tianjin-Hebei region
The Tianjin-Shijiazhuang Expressway opened to traffic on Dec 22, 2020. With a total investment of 35.53 billion yuan ($5.42 billion), the road is 233.5 km long and has a designed speed of 120 km per hour.
It shortens travel hours from four to three and aims to help realize an all-weather traffic with a "smart-expressway" system.
Chengdu-Yibin Expressway in Sichuan province
The Chengdu-Yibin Expressway opened to traffic in the end of 2020. With a total investment of 24.6 billion yuan ($3.75 billion), the two-direction six-lane road is constructed following the highest design standard in Sichuan province. The 157 km long road has reduced travel from Chengdu's Tianfu International Airport to Yibin to 90 minutes.
The road will be digitalized in the next three to five years. "Auto pilot" infrastructures will first be mounted in a 10 km long section, making it comply with the level 3.5 auto pilot standard. Next, a car-to-road coordination system will be established along the road, realizing functions such as video analysis, traffic forecast and alerting. The 5G signal coverage of the road will be completed by June 2021.
Shaoxing section of the Hangzhou-Shaoxing-Taizhou Expressway in Zhejiang province
The Shaoxing section of the Hangzhou-Shaoxing-Taizhou Expressway in Zhejiang province is the first smart expressway in the province in nearly 20 years. The 67 km long section starts at the Jianhu Transportation Hub and ends at the Jingling Intersection, connecting Shaoxing's districts of Yuecheng and Keqiao, the city of Shengzhou and the county of Xinchang.
The cloud control platform of the section that enables information sharing and interacting realizes the road to conduct active traffic control and offer active service, and makes the road support pilot driving in technical respect.
Changsha-Yiyang Section of Changsha-Chengde Expressway (North Line) in Hunan
On August 31, 2020, with the official opening of the Changsha-Yiyang Section of Changsha-Chengde Expressway (North Line), Changsha, Hunan province, built China's first intelligent expressway at the time that supports collaborative autonomous driving between vehicles and the road.
The 93 km long project has created a total of 98 scenes related to intelligent connected cars, which mainly meet the functions of intelligent traffic management, intelligent connected car testing and connected auxiliary driving.
The section can realize the testing of level 3 or above autonomous driving and smart road operation supervision.