山西东倚太行,西临黄河,历来有“表里山河”之称。这种自然环境对经济社会发展产生了很大制约,使山西长期处于相对封闭的环境中。从这样的实际出发,山西省委、省政府带领全省人民先后掀起了三次公路建设高潮,投资规模一次比一次大,建设标准一次比一次高。1993年开工建设第一条高速公路——太旧高速公路,18年建成3002公里,居全国第11位。特别是2008年以来,为 Shanxi East reliance Taihang, west of the Yellow River, has always been “inside and outside mountains and rivers ” said. This natural environment has great constraints on economic and social development, making Shanxi a relatively closed environment for a long time. From such a practical point of view, the Shanxi Provincial Party Committee and Government led the entire province to set off three major road construction climaxes in succession. The scale of investment was larger than once and the construction standards were higher than once. Started construction of the first highway in 1993 - too old highway, 18 years built 3002 kilometers, ranking 11th in the country. Especially since 2008, for