A highway opened to traffic on Tuesday linking the cities of Shaoguan and Xinfeng in South China’s Guangdong Province. (Photos: People's Daily/ Shi Jiamin)

The Shaoguan-Xinfeng Highway, the province’s first public private partnership project, offers another route from Shaoguan in northern Guangdong to Huizhou and Shenzhen, two southeastern Guangdong cities.

With 49 bridges and nine tunnels, the six-lane, 85-kilometer highway improves the regional transportation network in the mountainous areas of northern Guangdong.

A highway opened to traffic on Tuesday linking the cities of Shaoguan and Xinfeng in South China’s Guangdong Province.

The Shaoguan-Xinfeng Highway, the province’s first public private partnership project, offers another route from Shaoguan in northern Guangdong to Huizhou and Shenzhen, two southeastern Guangdong cities.

With 49 bridges and nine tunnels, the six-lane, 85-kilometer highway improves the regional transportation network in the mountainous areas of northern Guangdong.