武隆位于渝东南乌江下游,地处武陵山系和大娄山系结合部。幅员2900平方公里,海拔160~2033米,总人口40万,是国家贫困县和三峡库区淹没县也是发展中的旅游大县,能源大县和山区型经济强县。长期以来,武隆交通闭塞,信息不畅、经济落后、生活贫困、在交通发展上存在着三大困难。一是基础差。解放以后,全县仅有一条140公里川湘公路(国道319线四级公路)盘山穿越武隆境 Wulong is located in the southeastern Wujiang River downstream, is located in the Wuling Mountains and the Department of large Loushan Department. It covers an area of ​​2,900 square kilometers and has an elevation of 160-2033 meters and a total population of 400,000. It is a national county of poverty and a flooded county in the Three Gorges Reservoir Area. It is also a large tourism county, a big energy county and a strong county economy in mountainous areas. For a long time, Wulong traffic blocked, poor information, economic backwardness, living in poverty, there are three major difficulties in transport development. First, the foundation is poor. After the liberation, the county has only one 140 km Chuan-Xiang Highway (State Road 319 Line 4 Road) through the Wulong mountain