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| كۇيتۇن-چۆچەك چىڭسىخوزا-غۇلجا | ||||
| Kuita Expressway 奎塔高速公路 | ||||
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| Auxiliary route ofG30 | ||||
| Length | 368 km[1] (229 mi) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| Southeast end |    G30 /G217 /G312 inKuytun,Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture,Xinjiang | |||
| Major intersections |  G3014 inKaramay | |||
| Northwest end |  G335 inTacheng,Tacheng Prefecture, Xinjiang | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | China | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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TheG3015 Kuytun–Tacheng Expressway (Chinese:奎屯—塔城高速公路,Uyghur:كۇيتۇن-چۆچەك يۇقىرى سۈرئەتلىك تاشيولى), commonly referred to as theKuita Expressway (Chinese:奎塔高速公路), is an expressway that connects the cities ofKuytun andTacheng in the Chinese autonomous region ofXinjiang. It is 368 kilometres (229 mi) in length.[1] The expressway is a spur or auxiliary line of theG30 Lianyungang–Khorgas Expressway. In the southeastern end, it connects to theG30 Lianyungang–Khorgas Expressway atKuytun. In the northwestern end, it terminates at Xinjiang Provincial Highway 221 inTacheng, close to the Bakhtu border crossing (Chinese:巴克图口岸) on theChina–Kazakhstan border.
The expressway comprises two sections. The first section betweenKuytun andKaramay is known as the Kuytun–Karamay Expressway (Chinese:奎屯–克拉玛依高速公路), or Kuike Expressway (Chinese:奎克高速公路) for short. It opened on October 13, 2012,[2] and is also designated as part of theG3014 Kuytun–Altay Expressway.
The second section fromKaramay toTacheng is known as the Karamay–Tacheng Expressway (Chinese:克拉玛依–塔城高速公路), or Keta Expressway (Chinese:克塔高速公路) for short. It opened on November 30, 2014.[3]
