G8011 Kaiyuan–Hekou Expressway

The Kaiyuan–Hekou Expressway (Chinese: 开远—河口高速公路), commonly referred to as the Kaihe Expressway (Chinese: 开河高速公路) is an expressway that connects Kaiyuan, Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan, China and Hekou Yao Autonomous County, Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan. It is a spur of G80 Guangzhou–Kunming Expressway and is entirely in Yunnan Province.[1]

Kaiyuan–Hekou Expressway
开源-河口高速公路
Kaihe Expressway
开河高速公路
Route information
Auxiliary route of G80
Part of
Length222 km (138 mi)
Major junctions
North endKaiyuan, Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan (when complete)
China National Highway 326 Honghe Road, Mengzi, Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan (current)
South endYunnan Provincial Highway 209, Hekou, Hekou Yao Autonomous County, Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan
Towards / Hanoi-Lao Cai Expressway
Highway system
National Trunk Highway System
G80 G8012

It was fully complete by 2018.[2]

Hekou, the southern terminus of the expressway, is located on the China–Vietnam border and there is a border crossing available to Lào Cai, Vietnam, where the Hanoi-Lao Cai Expressway starts.

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