Sanchakou–Yarkant Expressway

The Sanchakou–Yarkant Expressway (Chinese: 三岔口–莎车高速公路), commonly referred to as the S13 Sansha Expressway (Chinese: 三莎高速公路), is an expressway that connects the town of Sanchakou [zh] in Maralbexi County with Yarkant County. The route is entirely in the Kashgar Prefecture in the Chinese autonomous region of Xinjiang. It opened on November 17, 2014,^[2] and parallels much of Xinjiang Provincial Highway 215. In some sources, the expressway is referred to as the Maralbexi–Yarkant Expressway (Chinese: 巴楚–莎车高速公路), or Basha Expressway (Chinese: 巴莎高速公路) for short.^[3]

Sanchakou–Yarkant Expressway 三岔口–莎车高速公路
S13 Expressway Sansha Expressway 三莎高速公路
Route information
Length	233.6 km[1] (145.2 mi)
Existed	November 17, 2014–present
Major junctions
North end	G3012 / G314 in Sanchakou, Maralbexi County, Kashgar Prefecture, Xinjiang
Major intersections	Makit–Kashgar Expressway in Makit County, Kashgar Prefecture
South end	G3012 / G315 in Yarkant County, Kashgar Prefecture
Location
Country	China
Province	Xinjiang
Highway system
Transport in China

The expressway connects with the G3012 Turpan–Hotan Expressway at both ends, serving as a bypass of the city centre of Kashgar. It was built with the help of resources from the municipality of Shanghai.^[3]

References

1. 三莎高速公路 (Sansha Expressway). (in Chinese)
2. 三莎高速公路试通车 新疆南疆环状高速公路网形成 (Sansha Expressway to open for trial operation; expressway network of Southern Xinjiang takes shape). (in Chinese)
3. 上海在新疆沙漠4年建成巴莎高速 (Shanghai builds Basha Expressway in Xinjiang desert in four years). (in Chinese)