公　路

　　中华人民共和国成立以后，公路建设发展迅速，公路运输网已遍布全国各地，实现了“县县通公路”。到2000年底，公路通车里程已达140多万千米。

　　Since the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, road construction has developed rapidly so that the transportation network has spread all over the country and every county has been connected by road. By the end of 2000, 1.4 million km of roads were open to traffic.

　　从20世纪80年代后期开始建设高速公路，到2000年底，中国大陆的高速公路总长度达1.6万千米。北京、上海、天津、沈阳、大连、武汉、南京、广州、深圳等主要城市都开通了高速公路。

　　From late 1980s, when expressways began to be constructed, to the end of 2000, a total of 16,000 km of expressways had been completed. Many of the major cities like Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin, Shenyang, Dalian, Wuhan, Nanjing, Guangzhou and Shenzhen all have their expressway networks.