China National Highway 209 (G209) runs from Sonid Left Banner, Inner Mongolia to Beihai, Guangxi province. It is 3,435 kilometres in length and runs south from Huhhot towards Shanxi province, Henan province, Hubei province, Hunan province, and ends in Guangxi province.

Despite the "National Highway" designation, G209 is not of uniform quality throughout its length.See e.g. the characterization of the China National Highway 318 and China National Highway 209 as "unstable and unsafe" in: Yichang-Wanzhou Railway (SEIA) (Asian Development Bank, June 2003), p.6 For example, as of 2009, the 20-kilometer section north of Badong is nothing but a very poor dirt road. Nonetheless, even that section is of importance for the national highway system: it is used e.g. by long-distance buses plying the route between Badong and points east. Many parts of the Muyu to Hongping section (in Hubei's Shennongjia Forestry District) are not much better. On the other hand, the section from the Shennongjia National Park entry to Muyu to Baishahe Village (in Nanyang Town, Xingshan County) is part of a recently upgraded Yichang-Shennongjia Highway.

Route and distance

Route and distance City Distance (km) Huhhot, Inner Mongolia 0 Horinger, Inner Mongolia 57 Qingshuihe, Inner Mongolia 136 Pianguan, Shanxi 231 Wuzhai, Shanxi 312 Kelan, Shanxi 351 Lanxian, Shanxi 419 Fangshan, Shanxi 485 Lishi, Shanxi 531 Zhongyang, Shanxi 558 Jiaokou, Shanxi 605 Xixian, Shanxi 652 Daning, Shanxi 692 Jixian, Shanxi 744 Xiangning, Shanxi 774 Hejin, Shanxi 836 Linyi County, Shanxi 891 Yuncheng, Shanxi 911 Pinglu, Shanxi 960 Sanmenxia, Henan 968 Lingbao, Henan 1028 Lushi, Henan 1109 Xixia, Henan 1230 Xixian, Henan 1304 Yunxian, Hubei 1366 Shiyan, Hubei 1398 Fangxian, Hubei 1501 Muyu, Hubei Nanyang Town, Hubei Badong, Hubei 1775 Jianshi, Hubei 1923 Enshi, Hubei 1978 Xuan'en, Hubei 2068 Laifeng, Hubei 2158 Longshan, Hunan 2167 Yongshun, Hunan 2224 Baojing, Hunan 2281 Huayuan, Hunan 2307 Jishou, Hunan 2377 Fenghuang, Hunan 2431 Mayang, Hunan 2466 Huaihua, Hunan 2525 Zhongfang, Hunan 2544 Hongjiang, Hunan 2575 Huitong, Hunan 2627 Jingzhou, Hunan 2667 Tongdao, Hunan 2748 Sanjiang, Guangxi 2826 Rong'an, Guangxi 2909 Liuzhou, Guangxi 3028 Wuxuan, Guangxi 3123 Lingshan, Guangxi 3286 Hepu, Guangxi 3407 Beihai, Guangxi 3435

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See also China National Highways

References

External links Official website of Ministry of Transport of PRC