New expressway to quake epicenter opens

Source: China Daily | 05-13-2009 15:02

A 26-km highway connecting Yingxiu town and Dujiangyan city, both hard-hit by last year's massive earthquake in southwest China's Sichuan province, was opened Tuesday.

This photo taken on May 11, 2009 shows the inside of a tunnel on Yingxiu-Dujiangyan expressway which connects Yingxiu  town and Dujiangyan city, both hard-hit by last year's massive  earthquake in southwest China's Sichuan province. [CFP]

The newly finished expressway, with two lanes in each direction, will help boost transport capacity between Dujiangyan and Yingxiu to better serve reconstruction in quake areas.

Previously, vehicles carrying reconstruction material could only go to the epicenter area through a section of the No. 213 national highway between Dujiangyan and Yingxiu. Heavy traffic has hindered reconstruction efforts at the epicenter areas.

The expressway linking Yingxiu with Dujiangyan was ruined in the quake before it was put into use.