On December 18, 2020, the Xintai to Taierzhuang (Lusujie) highway Xintai to Taierzhuang Malantun section and the reconstruction and expansion project of the Laiwu to Tai’an section of Qinglan Expressway invested and constructed by Shandong High Speed Group were completed and opened to traffic at the same time. So far, Shandong High Speed Group has built 9 expressways with a total length of 875 kilometers and a total investment of 91.4 billion yuan in 2020, successfully completing the annual task of opening to traffic.

Qinglan Expressway is the sixth horizontal line of the 18 east-west horizontal lines of the national expressway network. It is one of China's strategic transportation channels. The eastern coastal area connects the inland areas to the sea and is also the main east-west traffic artery in central Shandong Province. . The Qinglan Expressway was originally a discontinuous "broken-head road". After this new road is opened to traffic, the real interconnection of the Qinglan Expressway will be realized.

The total length of the Laiwu-Taian section of the Qinglan Expressway is 63.860km, of which the length of the reconstruction section is 20.760km, and the length of the new section is 43.1km. The project is 39.37 kilometers long in Tai'an, passing Daiyue District, Taishan District and Tai'an High-tech Zone. On the Laiwu-Taian section of the Qinglan Expressway, three toll stations in Jiaoyu, Tai'an East and Tai'an South will be set up in Tai'an, and Taishan service area will be renovated and expanded. The Laiwu-Taian section of the Qinglan Expressway is interconnected with Jitai Expressway and Taixin Expressway at the Lulai Interchange Interchange, and the Taishan Interchange and Beijing-Taiwan Expressway are interoperable. At the Tai'an South Toll Station, it can be quickly reached to Yingsheng Road through the viaduct. . The opening of the Laiwu-Taian section of the Qinglan Expressway has greatly improved the traffic capacity of the expressway network in Taian, and has become a fast track in the east-west direction of Tai'an, which is of great significance to the development of Tai'an city and economic and social development.

The Xintai-Taierzhuang (Lu-Sujie) Highway Xintai-Taierzhuang Malantun section is an important part of Shandong Province’s "nine verticals, five horizontals, one ring, seven shots and multiple connections" expressway network. It is located between the Beijing-Shanghai and Beijing-Taiwan highways. An important inter-provincial channel between. The project starts from the Xintai hub of Beijing-Shanghai Expressway and ends at Malantun Town, Taierzhuang, passing through Xintai City, Mengyin County, Linyi City, Pingyi County, Shanting District, Shizhong District, Yicheng District, and Taierzhuang District of Zaozhuang City. The main line has a total length of 157.5 kilometers and a total investment of 15.45 billion yuan, of which the Zaozhuang section is 59.052 kilometers in length and a total investment of about 6.585 billion yuan. The whole line adopts a two-way four-lane highway with a design speed of 120 km/h.

The completion of the Xintai project opens to traffic, adding a golden channel to the Lunan Economic Circle to help the economy take off. It is of great significance for meeting the fast-growing traffic demand, stimulating the development of tourism along the route, and promoting the integrated development of the Lunan Economic Circle. Editor/Peng Xue