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National Highway 312

Route information
Length:	4,967 km (3,086 mi)
Major junctions
From:	Shanghai
To:	Khorgas
Highway system
Transport in China National Highways Expressways

China National Highway 312 (312国道), also referred to as Route 312 or The Mother Road, is a key east-west route beginning in Shanghai and ending at Khorgas, Xinjiang in the Ili River valley, on the border with Kazakhstan. In total it spans 4,967 km (3,086 mi), passing through Jiangsu, Anhui, Henan, Shaanxi, Gansu before ending in Xinjiang. Besides Shanghai, cities of note on the route include Suzhou, Wuxi, Nanjing, Hefei, Xinyang, Nanyang, Xi'an, Lanzhou, Jiayuguan and Ürümqi.

The road was the subject of Rob Gifford's 2007 book China Road, in which he describes traveling the entire length of Route 312 from the East China Sea to Central Asia.

The G40 Shanghai–Xi'an Expressway has replaced National Highway 312 as the main route between those two cities.

Route and distance [edit]

Route and distance

v t e City of Nanjing

Districts	Xuanwu Qinhuai Jianye Gulou Pukou Luhe Qixia Yuhuatai Jiangning Lishui Gaochun Baixia (defunct) Xiaguan (defunct)

Attractions	Xuanwu Lake City Wall of Nanjing Couple Park Chaotian Palace Defence Park Confucius Temple Jinghai Temple Linggu Temple Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum Zhonghua Gate Qixia Temple Stone City The Porcelain Pagoda of Nanjing Xu Garden Zhan Yuan Garden Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall Presidential Palace, Nanjing Purple Mountain Observatory Jinling Hotel Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge Purple Mountain Yangtze River power line crossings

Culture and history	Nanjing Museum Jiangsu Province Kun Opera Nanjing decade Jiangsu Art Gallery

Education	Nanjing University Southeast University Hohai University Nanjing Agricultural University China Pharmaceutical University Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics Nanjing University of Science & Technology Nanjing Normal University Nanjing University of Technology Nanjing Forestry University Nanjing Medical University Nanjing University of Finance & Economics Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications Nanjing Audit University Sanjiang College Hopkins-Nanjing Center

Transport	Nanjing Railway Station Nanjing Metro Lukou International Airport China National Highway 312 Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge

Category Commons

v t e China National Highways

Radial	101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112

North-south	201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 ~~226~~ 227 228

East-west	301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 309 310 311 312 ~~313~~ 314 315 316 317 318 319 320 321 322 323 324 325 326 327 328 329 330

Note	_{China National Highway 112 runs around Beijing; China National Highway 228 in Taiwan is unilaterally planned by People's Republic of China.}

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