China National Highway 109 connects Beijing with Lhasa . It runs westwards from Beijing via Datong , Yinchuan and Xining to Golmud before turning southwest to Lhasa. The portion of the highway from Xining to Lhasa is known as the Qinghai-Tibet Highway . The total length of the route is 3,901 km.
5-734: Fushi Road or Jinglan Road forms the stretch of G109 in Beijing, as it begins from Fuchengmen and traverses through Shijingshan . The majority of the Beijing section is in Mentougou District . The section of the highway within western Qinghai and Tibet , from Golmud to Lhasa , is paralleled by the Qinghai-Tibet Railway . The highway reaches its highest elevation of 5,231 meters (17,162 ft) at Tanggula Pass . Construction of this section started on 11 May 1954. "Tasked with carrying upwards of 85 per cent of goods in and out of Tibet,
10-443: Is not recognized by Republic of China (Taiwan). This observation was eventually dropped in new National Highway plans, replaced by Dandong-Dongxing Highway. A extension plan of the highway system was announced in 2013, including extension of existing highways(101-112, 201-227, 301-330) and new highways (North-South 228-248, East-West 331-361, Connections 501-581). Only small portions of them needs to be constructed from scratch; most of
15-638: The Qinghai-Tibet Highway has been dubbed the "Lifeline of Tibet." ... Since it was opened to traffic in 1954, the central government has spent nearly 3 billion yuan (US$ 362 million) on three major overhauls. It was asphalted in 1985." The route also holds importance as one of the main coal transport routes in southern Inner Mongolia . China National Highway 112 runs around Beijing Before 2013, Mainland China observed National Highway 228 as Taiwan Ring, composed of several National Expressway (Republic of China) and Taiwan provincial highways, this designation
20-409: The new highways would be upgraded provincial/county highways. Another extension plan was announced in 2022, including new small purpose connection highways (601-701). Fuchengmen Fuchengmen ( simplified Chinese : 阜成门 ; traditional Chinese : 阜成門 ; pinyin : Fùchéngmén ; Manchu : ᡝᠯᡤᡳᠶᡝᠨ ᡳ ᠮᡠᡨᡝᡥᡝ ᡩᡠᡴᠠ ; Möllendorf :elgiyen i mutehe duka), formerly known as Pingze Gate,
25-515: Was a gate on the western side of Beijing 's city wall . The gate was torn down in the 1960s, and has been replaced by the Fuchengmen overpass on the 2nd Ring Road . Even though it has been destroyed, it is still used as a place name. Fuchengmen Station is a transportation node, where a number of public buses and Line 2 of the Beijing Subway stop. The street that once passed through the gate
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