1984年11月,上海市政府决定按高速公路标准建造沪嘉新线,曾任上海市市政工程管理局局长的王泽华被委以重任,成为沪嘉高速公路建设指挥部总指挥。当年12月21日,沪嘉高速公路正式奠基。这是中国大陆第一条高速公路。工程竣工后, In November 1984, the Shanghai municipal government decided to build the Shanghai-Jiaxing Expressway according to the expressway standards. Wang Zehua, former director of Shanghai Municipal Administration of Engineering, was entrusted with the task of becoming the commander-in-chief of Shanghai-Jiaxing Expressway Construction Headquarters. December 21 that year, the Shanghai-Jia Expressway officially laid the foundation stone. This is the first expressway in mainland China. After the completion of the project,