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[[File:Shanghai_highway_network.svg|thumb|300px|Map of Expressways in Shanghai]]
[[Shanghai]] has an expansive grade-separated highway and expressway network consisting of 16 municipal express roads, 10 provincial-level expressways, and 8 national-level expressways. Three municipal expressways and four provincial-level expressways are also under construction.

==Municipal express roads==
Most municipal express roads are found in the inner districts of Shanghai, including several elevated highways which run directly above surface-level roadways. In Chinese, these expressways are literally termed ''city high-speed roadways'' ({{lang-zh|c=城市快速道路}}), and their maximum speed is typically {{convert|80|km/h|mph|}}. These are still considered expressways or [[controlled-access highway]]s because of the presence of ramps, grade-separated junctions, and the absence of traffic lights. Most of these expressways are elevated and run above a lower-speed roadway. The [[Inner Ring Road (Shanghai)|Inner Ring Road]] is a beltway, while the [[Middle Ring Road (Shanghai)|Middle Ring Road]], is also a beltway.

===Primary express roads===
These are primary express roads that form a major backbone of expressways within the city core. Of these four, the [[Inner Ring Road (Shanghai)|Inner Ring]], [[North–South Elevated Road (Shanghai)|North–South]], and [[Yan'an Elevated Road|Yan'an]] Elevated Roads form a '''申''' (a Chinese abbreviation for Shanghai) shape. The [[Middle Ring Road (Shanghai)|Middle Ring]] forms a second orbital surrounding the Inner Ring Elevated Road, and is fully complete. The '''申''' shape was originally partial until the recent completion of the Pudong Avenue Ground Way.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! English name
! scope="col"  | [[Simplified Chinese characters|Chinese characters]] name
! Termini
! scope="col" | Notes
|-
| [[Inner Ring Road (Shanghai)|Inner Ring Road]]<br/>Also known as ''Inner Ring Elevated Road''
| {{lang-zh|s=上海内环线|labels=no}}<br />{{lang-zh|s=内环高架路|labels=no}}
| [[Ring road]]
| {{convert|47.7|km|mi}} long. Crosses the [[Huangpu River]] using the [[Yangpu Bridge]] and [[Nanpu Bridge]].
|-
| [[Middle Ring Road (Shanghai)|Middle Ring Road]]
| {{lang-zh|s=中环路|labels=no}}
| [[Ring road]]
| {{convert|70|km|mi}} long. Crosses the [[Huangpu River]] using the Jungong Road Tunnel and Shangzhong Road Tunnel. 
|-
| [[North–South Elevated Road (Shanghai)|North–South Elevated Road]]
| {{lang-zh|s=南北高架路|labels=no}} (''lit. South–North Elevated Road'')
| Pujiang Town<br />{{jct|country=CHN|province=SH|S|20}}
| {{convert|18.1|km|mi}} long.
|-
| [[Yan'an Elevated Road]]
| {{lang-zh|s=延安高架路|labels=no}}
| [[Hongqiao International Airport]]<br />[[The Bund (Shanghai)|The Bund]], [[Bund Tunnel]], East Zhongshan No. 1 Road
| {{convert|15|km|mi}} long.
|}

===Auxiliary express roads===
These are other express roads that serve as part of the municipal expressway network. Of these, six belong to the Hongqiao Comprehensive Transportation Hub, a network of municipal expressways serving [[Shanghai Hongqiao Railway Station]] and [[Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport]].
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! English name
! scope="col" | [[Simplified Chinese characters|Chinese characters]] name
! Termini
! scope="col" | Notes
|-
| Beidi Elevated Road
| {{lang-zh|s=北翟高架路|labels=no}}
| Jiamin Elevated Road<br />[[Middle Ring Road (Shanghai)|Middle Ring Road]]
| {{convert|7.3|km|mi}} long. Part of the Hongqiao Comprehensive Transportation Hub.
|-
| Beiheng Passageway
|{{lang-zh|s=北横通道|labels=no}}
|Middle Ring Road & Beidi Elevated Road junction
Haining Road & North Zhejiang Road
|Eastern underground section under construction, to be extended to [[Yangpu District]]
|-
| [[Bund Tunnel]]
| {{lang-zh|s=外滩隧道|labels=no}}
|
| Speed limit of {{convert|40|kph|mph}}.
|-
| Dujiaqu Elevated Road
| {{lang-zh|s=度假区高架路|labels=no}}
| Middle Ring Road, Disney Shanghai
|Formerly known as Shenjiang Elevated Road.
|-
|Hongdi Elevated Road
| {{lang-zh|s=虹翟高架路|labels=no}}
| 
| Part of the Hongqiao Comprehensive Transportation Hub.
|-
| Hongmei Elevated Road
| {{lang-zh|s=虹梅高架路|labels=no}}
| [[Middle Ring Road (Shanghai)|Middle Ring Road]] at West Shangzhong Road<br />South Hongmei Road Tunnel
| {{convert|10.4|km|mi}} long.
|-
| Hongyu Elevated Road
| {{lang-zh|s=虹渝高架路|labels=no}}
| {{jct|country=CHN|province=SH|Ex|50}}
| Part of the Hongqiao Comprehensive Transportation Hub.
|-
| [[Huaxia Elevated Road]]
| {{lang-zh|s=华夏高架路|labels=no}}
| [[Middle Ring Road (Shanghai)|Middle Ring Road]] at Shenjiang Road<br />[[S1 Yingbin Expressway]] near [[Pudong International Airport]]
| {{convert|15.6|km|mi}} long.
|-
| [[Humin Elevated Road]]
| {{lang-zh|s=沪闵高架路|labels=no}}
| [[Inner Ring Road (Shanghai)|Inner Ring Road]]<br />{{jct|country=CHN|province=SH|Ex|60|S|4|S|20}}
| {{convert|13.32|km|mi}} long.
|-
| ''Husong Elevated Road''
| {{lang-zh|s=沪松高架|labels=no}}
|
| In planning.
|-
| Jiamin Elevated Road
| {{lang-zh|s=嘉闵高架路|labels=no}}
| {{jct|country=CHN|province=SH|S|6}},<br />{{jct|country=CHN|province=SH|S|32}}
| Part of the Hongqiao Comprehensive Transportation Hub.
|-
| Jianhong Elevated Road
| {{lang-zh|s=建虹高架路|labels=no}}
|
| Part of the Hongqiao Comprehensive Transportation Hub.
|-
| Luoshan Elevated Road
| {{lang-zh|s=罗山高架路|labels=no}}
|
| Inner Ring Road at Luoshan Road/Longyang Road/Longdong Avenue, {{jct|country=CHN|province=SH|S|20}}
|-
| Songze Elevated Road
| {{lang-zh|s=崧泽高架路|labels=no}}
| {{jct|country=CHN|province=SH|Ex|15}}<br />Jiamin Elevated Road
| Part of the Hongqiao Comprehensive Transportation Hub.
|-
|-
| Wuzhou Avenue
| {{lang-zh|s=五洲大道|labels=no}}
| Xiangyin Road Tunnel<br />{{jct|country=CHN|province=SH|Ex|1503|S|20}}
| {{convert|7.0|km|mi}} long.
|-
| [[Yixian Elevated Road]]
| {{lang-zh|s=逸仙高架路|labels=no}}
| [[Inner Ring Road (Shanghai)|Inner Ring Road]]<br />{{jct|country=CHN|province=SH|Ex|1503}}
| {{convert|9.5|km|mi}} long.
|-
| ''Caobao Elevated Road''
| {{lang-zh|s=漕宝高架路|labels=no}}
|
| Part of the Hongqiao Comprehensive Transportation Hub. Under planning.
|-
| Longdong Elevated Road
| {{lang-zh|s=龙东高架路|labels=no}}
| Inner Ring Road at Luoshan Road/Longyang Road/Longdong Avenue, {{jct|country=CHN|province=SH|Ex|1503}}
|
|
|}

===Restrictions on Driving===
In Shanghai, there are restrictions on foreign license plates, temporary license plates, drivers with probationary licenses, and taxis not carrying passengers to drive on many municipal elevated roads. This ban is enforced by the police, and affects every day except Saturday, Sunday, and public holidays. They came into effect on November 2020.<ref>https://www.autohome.com.cn/ask/686094.html</ref><ref>https://zhuanlan.zhihu.com/p/683384264</ref>

The affected expressways include:

====1. Municipal freeways, from 7:00 to 20:00 daily====
# Yan'an Elevated Road (entire route)
# North-South Elevated Road (400m section south of Huma Road and Luheng Road, including Lupu Bridge)
# Yixian Elevated Road (entire route)
# Shanghai-Minhang Elevated Road (entire route)
# Middle Ring Road (entire route)
# Huaxia Elevated Road (entire route)
# Luoshan Elevated (entire route)
# Dujia Elevated Road (from Middle Ring Road to Xiupu Road)
# Inner Ring Elevated Road (including Nanpu Bridge, except the section from the inner ring Zhongshan North 2nd Road entrance to the Jinxiu Road exit and the outer ring Jinxiu Road entrance to the Huangxing Road exit)
# Longdong Elevated Road (from Luoshan Road Interchange to S20 Outer Ring Expressway)
# Hongmei Elevated Road (from Middle Ring Road to S20 Outer Ring Expressway)
# Beidi Road Tunnel
# Yan'an East Tunnel
# Beiheng Passageway (from Beihong Interchange to Tianmu Interchange and the grounding point at Wen'an Road).

====2. Inner Ring, 7:00 to 9:00 and 17:00 to 19:00====
Furthermore, there is a prohibition affecting the same categories, within any point inside the Inner Ring Elevated Road and the roads it is with.

==Provincial expressways==
Designations for provincial-level and federal-level expressways in Shanghai had the letter prefix ''A'' before the number of the expressway. Starting at the [[S1 Yingbin Expressway|Yingbin Expressway]], which was designated the number ''1'', the numbers increased clockwise around the city. For ring expressways, the designations A20, A30, A40, etc., were used. For expressways connecting to other provinces which already had national designations (beginning with the letter ''G''), designations with the letter ''A'' were attached.

In August 2009, Shanghai replaced its system of naming expressways with the prefix ''A'' with the letter prefix ''S'', in order to conform to the standard designations for provincial-level highways within China. The ''S'' means ''Shengdao'', or provincial-level roads. The letter prefix ''A'' was abolished.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Signpost
! Designation
! Former designation
! English name
! scope="col" width="100" | Chinese characters name
! Termini
! scope="col" width="300" | Notes
|-
| [[File:Shanghai Expwy S1 sign with name.svg|x70px]]
| S1
| A1
| [[Yingbin Expressway]]
| {{lang-zh|s=迎宾高速公路|labels=no}}
| {{jct|country=CHN|province=SH|S|2|S|20}} in [[Pudong New Area]]<br />{{jct|country=CHN|province=SH|S|32}} at [[Pudong International Airport]]
| {{convert|18.5|km|mi}} long. 
|-
| [[File:Shanghai Expwy S2 sign with name.svg|x70px]]
| S2
| A2
| [[Shanghai–Luchaogang Expressway]]
| {{lang-zh|s=沪芦高速公路|labels=no}}
| {{jct|country=CHN|province=SH|S|1|S|20}} in [[Pudong New Area]]<br />[[Yangshan Port]], [[Zhoushan]], [[Zhejiang]]
| {{convert|74.8|km|mi}} long including the [[Donghai Bridge]].
|-
| [[File:Shanghai Expwy S3 sign with name (old).svg|x70px]]
| ''S3''
| ''A3''
| ''Shanghai–Fengxian Expressway''
| {{lang-zh|s=沪奉高速公路|labels=no}}
| {{jct|country=CHN|province=SH|S|20}}<br />Zhoudeng Highway
| Extension to [[Fengxian District]] has been finished recently.
|-
| [[File:Shanghai Expwy S4 sign with name.svg|x70px]]
| S4
| A4
| [[Shanghai–Jinshan Expressway]]
| {{lang-zh|s=沪金高速公路|labels=no}}
| {{jct|country=CHN|province=SH|Ex|60|Ex|92|S|20}} / [[Humin Elevated Road]] in [[Minhang District]]<br>{{jct|country=CHN|province=SH|Ex|15}} in [[Jinshan District]]
| 
|-
| [[File:Shanghai Expwy S5 sign with name.svg|x70px]]
| S5
| A12
| [[Shanghai–Jiading Expressway]]
| {{lang-zh|s=沪嘉高速公路|labels=no}}
| [[Middle Ring Road (Shanghai)|Middle Ring Road]]<br />Yecheng Road / South Bo'le Road in [[Jiading District]]
| {{convert|20.5|km|mi}} long.
|-
| [[File:Shanghai Expwy S6 sign with name.svg|x70px]]
| S6
| A17
| Shanghai–Nanxiang Expressway
| {{lang-zh|s=沪翔高速公路|labels=no}}
| {{jct|country=CHN|province=SH|Ex|15}} in [[Jiading District]]<br>{{jct|country=CHN|province=SH|S|20}} in [[Baoshan District, Shanghai|Baoshan District]]
| {{convert|9.4|km|mi}} long.
|-
| [[File:Shanghai Expwy S7 sign with name.svg|x70px]]
| ''S7''
| ''A13''
| ''Shanghai–Chongming Expressway''
| {{lang-zh|s=沪崇高速公路|labels=no}}
| 
| In planning, partly under construction.
|-
| [[File:Shanghai Expwy S12 sign with name.svg|x70px]]
| ''S12''
| Never assigned
| ''Chongming–Haimen Expressway''
| {{lang-zh|s=崇海高速公路|labels=no}}
| 
| In planning.
|-
| [[File:Shanghai Expwy S16 sign with name.svg|x70px]]
| ''S16''
| Never assigned
| ''Shanghai–Yixing Expressway''
| {{lang-zh|s=沪宜高速公路|labels=no}}
| 
| In planning.
|-
| [[File:Shanghai Expwy S19 sign with name.svg|x70px]]
| S19
| A6
| [[Xinnong–Jinshanwei Expressway]]
| {{lang-zh|s=新卫高速公路|labels=no}}
| {{jct|country=CHN|province=SH|Ex|1503|S|36}} in Xinnong, [[Jinshan District]]<br />{{jct|country=CHN|province=SH|S|301|name1=Xinwei Highway}} in Jinshanwei, [[Jinshan District]]
| 
|-
| [[File:Shanghai Expwy S20 sign with name.svg|x70px]]
| S20
| A20
| [[Outer Ring Expressway (Shanghai)|Outer Ring Expressway]]
| {{lang-zh|s=外环高速公路|labels=no}}
| [[Ring road]]
| {{convert|99|km|mi}} long. Crosses the [[Huangpu River]] twice, using the [[Xupu Bridge]] to the south and the Outer Ring Tunnel to the north. It is the third in a series of four ring roads around the city of Shanghai.
|-
| [[File:Shanghai Expwy S22 sign with name.svg|x70px]]
| ''S22''
| Never assigned
| ''Jiading–Anting Expressway''
| {{lang-zh|s=嘉安高速公路|labels=no}}
| 
| In planning.
|-
| [[File:Shanghai Expwy S26 sign with name.svg|x70px]]
| S26
| A16
| [[Shanghai–Changzhou Expressway]]
| {{lang-zh|s=沪常高速公路|labels=no}}
| {{jct|country=CHN|Ex|15|dab1=Shanghai}} in [[Qingpu District, Shanghai|Qingpu District]]<br />Continues as {{jct|country=CHN|province=JS|S|58}} at the [[Jiangsu]] border
| 
|-
| [[File:Shanghai Expwy S32 sign with name.svg|x70px]]
| S32
| A15
| [[Shanghai–Jiaxing–Huzhou Expressway]]
| {{lang-zh|s=申嘉湖高速公路|labels=no}}
| {{jct|country=CHN|province=SH|S|1}} at [[Pudong International Airport]]<br />Continues as {{jct|country=CHN|province=ZJ|S|12}} at the [[Zhejiang]] border
| 
|-
| [[File:Shanghai Expwy S36 sign with name.svg|x70px]]
| S36
| A7
| [[Tinglin–Fengjing Expressway]]
| {{lang-zh|s=亭枫高速公路|labels=no}}
| {{jct|country=CHN|province=SH|Ex|1501|S|19|dab1=Shanghai}} in [[Jinshan District]]<br />{{jct|country=CHN|Ex|60}} in [[Jiashan County]], [[Jiaxing]], [[Zhejiang]], just outside Fengjing, [[Jinshan District]]
| 
|-
|}

==National expressways==
National highways and expressways in [[Shanghai]] both have the prefix ''G'', an abbreviation for ''Guodao'' ({{lang-zh|c=国道|labels=no}}), which literally means ''National roads''. It is important to note that both grade-separated, controlled-access expressways and normal at-grade highways both have the prefix ''G''. Only the national-level expressways are mentioned here. National-highways which are at grade and not controlled-access are also found in Shanghai, and these include [[File:Kokudou 204(China).svg|30px]] [[China National Highway 204|G204]], [[File:Kokudou 312(China).svg|30px]] [[China National Highway 312|G312]], [[File:Kokudou 318(China).svg|30px]] [[China National Highway 318|G318]], and [[File:Kokudou 320(China).svg|30px]] [[China National Highway 320|G320]]. Expressways also have green-coloured signs while their highway counterparts have red-coloured signs.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Designation
! scope="col" width="75" | Former Shanghai ''A'' designation
! English name
! scope="col" width="125" | Chinese characters name
! Termini in [[Shanghai]]
! scope="col" width="150" | Continues towards
! scope="col" width="300" | Notes
|-
| [[File:China Expwy G2 sign with name.svg|75px]]
| rowspan="2" | A11
| [[G2 Beijing–Shanghai Expressway|Beijing–Shanghai Expressway]]
| {{lang-zh|s=京沪高速公路|labels=no}}
| rowspan="2" | [[Middle Ring Road (Shanghai)|Middle Ring Road]]<br />[[Jiangsu]] border
| [[Beijing]]
| rowspan="2" | [[G2 Beijing–Shanghai Expressway]] and [[G42 Shanghai–Chengdu Expressway]] are [[Concurrency (road)|concurrencies]] for their entire length in [[Shanghai]].
|-
| [[File:China Expwy G42 sign with name.svg|75px]]
| [[G42 Shanghai–Chengdu Expressway|Shanghai–Chengdu Expressway]]
| {{lang-zh|s=沪蓉高速公路|labels=no}}
| [[Chengdu]]
|-
| [[File:China Expwy G15 sign with name.svg|75px]]
| A4, A5
| [[G15 Shenyang–Haikou Expressway|Shenyang–Haikou Expressway]]
| {{lang-zh|s=沈海高速公路|labels=no}}
| [[Jiangsu]] border<br />[[Zhejiang]] border
| [[Shenyang]] (north)<br />[[Haikou]] (south)
| 
|-
| [[File:China Expwy G40 sign with name.svg|75px]]
| A14
| [[G40 Shanghai–Xi'an Expressway|Shanghai–Xi'an Expressway]]
| {{lang-zh|s=沪陕高速公路|labels=no}}
| {{jct|country=CHN|Ex|1501|dab1=Shanghai|name1=Shanghai Ring Expressway}}<br />[[Jiangsu]] border
| [[Xi'an]] 
| 
|-
| [[File:China Expwy G50 sign with name.svg|75px]]
| A9
| [[G50 Shanghai–Chongqing Expressway|Shanghai–Chongqing Expressway]]
| {{lang-zh|s=沪渝高速公路|labels=no}}
| [[S20 Outer Ring Expressway (Shanghai)|S20 Outer Ring Expressway]] and [[Yan'an Elevated Road]]<br />[[Jiangsu]] border
| [[Chongqing]]
| 
|-
| [[File:China Expwy G60 sign with name.svg|75px]]
| rowspan="2" | A8
| [[G60 Shanghai–Kunming Expressway|Shanghai–Kunming Expressway]]
| {{lang-zh|s=沪昆高速公路|labels=no}}
| [[S20 Outer Ring Expressway (Shanghai)|S20 Outer Ring Expressway]], [[S4 Shanghai–Jinshan Expressway]], and [[Humin Elevated Road]]<br />[[Zhejiang]] border
| [[Kunming]]
| rowspan="2" | [[G60 Shanghai–Kunming Expressway]] and [[G92 Hangzhou Bay Ring Expressway]] are [[Concurrency (road)|concurrencies]] from Dagang Interchange of [[G1503 Shanghai Ring Expressway]] to Zhejiang border.
|-
| [[File:China Expwy G92 sign with name.svg|75px]]
| [[G92 Hangzhou Bay Ring Expressway]]
| {{lang-zh|s=杭州湾环线高速公路|labels=no}}
| [[G1503 Shanghai Ring Expressway]]<br />[[Zhejiang]] border
| [[Ningbo]]
|-
| [[File:China_Expwy_G1503_sign_with_name.svg|75px]]
| A30
| [[G1501 Shanghai Ring Expressway|Shanghai Ring Expressway]]
| {{lang-zh|s=上海绕城高速公路|labels=no}}
| [[Ring road]] almost entirely within [[Shanghai]].{{efn|The G1503/G2/G42 Huaqiao Interchange is located in [[Kunshan]], [[Jiangsu]], but is managed by Shanghai authorities.}}
| Ring road
| 
|-
| [[File:China_Expwy_G4221_sign_with_name.svg|75px]]
| Never assigned
| [[G4221 Shanghai–Wuhan Expressway|Shanghai–Wuhan Expressway]]
| {{lang-zh|s=沪武高速公路|labels=no}}
| 
| Alternate road
| 
|-
|}

==Yangtze River fixed crossing==
Shanghai has one [[Yangtze River bridges and tunnels|bridge-tunnel crossing spanning the Yangtze Delta]] to the north of the city.  The [[G40 Shanghai–Xi'an Expressway]] follows the [[Shanghai Yangtze River Tunnel]] from [[Pudong]] to [[Changxing Island, Shanghai|Changxing Island]], and then over the [[Shanghai Yangtze River Bridge]] from Changxing to [[Chongming Island]] and finally via the [[Chongming–Qidong Yangtze River Bridge]] from Chongming to [[Qidong City|Qidong]] in Jiangsu Province on the north bank of the river. A second fixed crossing is planned to the west of this bridge, and will become part of the S7 Shanghai–Chongming Expressway.

==Notes==
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{{Highway System of Shanghai}}

==References==
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