China National Highway 312


China National Highway 312 (312国道), also referred to as Route 312 (G312) or The Mother Road, is an important highway that runs east-west across the breadth of People's Republic of China. It begins at the port city Shanghai and ends at Khorgas in the Ili River valley, on the border with Kazakhstan. In total it spans 4,967 km (2,998 miles). Other important cities on the route include Nanjing, Hefei, Xinyang, Xian, Lanzhou, Jiayuguan and Urumqi. 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.
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Coordinates:   37°37'15"N   102°51'40"E
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