The project includes:

• Expressway and bridge component: construction of a 65 km 4-lane access-controlled toll expressway from Houma to Yumenkou in Shanxi including construction of a 4,566-meter long Yellow River bridge and construction of 4 interchanges with 4 toll stations, 1 toll station on the Yellow river bridge, 11 large bridges, and 1 service area.
• Local roads component: improvement of 70 km of a local roads, which includes rebuilding 5 km of local link roads in Xinjiang county and 15 km of local roads in Jishan to meet Class II highway standards, upgrading 20 km of village roads in Xinjiang county and 30 km of local county roads in Hejin to Class III highway standards, and reconstructing 2 bridges (300 m and 350 m) across the Fenhe and Fenxi rivers, Jishan county (Supplementary Appendix E).
• Equipment component: procurement of equipment for road maintenance, toll collection, surveillance and communications, load testing, ecological monitoring, soil erosion control, and office administration.
• Land component: land acquisition and resettlement.