By the end of 2018, Chongqing's expressway mileage had reached 3,096 kilometers, and it will reach 3,800 kilometers by 2020. This was learned on January 8 by reporters from the "High-Speed Transformation—Chongqing Expressway Art and Photography Exhibition Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of Reform and Opening Up."

In 1995, Chongqing's first expressway—the Chengdu-Chongqing Expressway—was completed and opened to traffic. By the end of 2018, Chongqing's expressway mileage had reached 3,096 kilometers. According to Chongqing's three-year action plan for urban upgrading and transportation construction, the city will densify its expressway network in the future. By 2020, the city's expressway mileage will reach 3,800 kilometers, the number of provincial border exits will reach 27, and the coverage rate of expressways in townships will reach 75%.