The Hang (Hangzhou)-Yong (Ningbo) Expressway, covering a distance of 145km, opened in December 1996. Being the first expressway in Zhejiang Province, Hang-Yong Expressway reduces greatly the time used for traveling from Ningbo to Hangzhou, Shanghai, Nanjing, Suzhou and Wuxi etc. Now, the Hang-Yong Expressway has been extended to Beilun. The Ningbo section of the "Tongsan Xian" Expressway is now under construction.