The tunnel on Huitang South Road (from Provincial Highway 203 to Longjing Road) in Changle District, Fuzhou, has been holed through! Construction began in November 2019, and the project is scheduled for completion by the end of this year.

The project starts at the intersection of Provincial Highway 203 and the existing Huitang South Road, and ends at the intersection of Longjing Road and the existing Huitang South Road. It includes one tunnel and one bridge, and is designed as an urban arterial road with a design speed of 40 km/h. The road is about 1.42 km long and 40–58 m wide. The Huitang South Road tunnel is divided into left and right tubes. The left tube is 658 m long, and the right tube is 670 m long.

▲ Rendering of the tunnel after completion

▲ Rendering of the tunnel after completion

▲ Rendering of the tunnel after completion

▲ Rendering of the tunnel after completion

Once officially opened, the tunnel will break the bottleneck of the north-south corridor in Changle, ease north-south traffic pressure, improve the road network layout of the new and old urban areas, and strengthen connections between the new and old urban areas and Fuzhou's main urban area as well as the townships of Changle District.