宜张高速起于荆宜高速当阳市双莲枢纽互通段，对接在建的保宜高速，途经当阳市、夷陵区、枝江市、宜昌高新区、宜都市、五峰土家族自治县等地，止于湖南省张家界市慈利县。设计为双向四车道。其中宜昌段全长118.3公里，估算总投资146.6亿元。

Appropriate is a high speed up in JingYi high speed DangYangShi double lotus hub interflow section，Butt under the appropriate high speed，Via DangYangShi、Yi coring、ZhiJiangShi、Yichang high-tech zone、YiDouShi、Five mountains tujia autonomous county, etc，Stop at zhangjiajie in hunan province CiLiXian。Design for bidirectional four lane。The yichang section length of 118.3 km，Estimate the total investment capital is 14.66 billion yuan。

　　按照项目报批和建设时序的要求，宜张高速公路宜昌段分三段进行建设：当阳至枝江段，工期为36个月；白洋长江大桥段，工期为48个月；宜都至鄂湘界段，工期为48个月。

According to the project approval and the requirements of the construction sequence，Appropriate zhang highway yichang section three section of construction：DangYang to ZhiJiang section，Time limit for a project for 36 months；Sunlit baiyang Yangtze river bridge section，Time limit for a project for 48 months；Transportation to hubei xiang boundary segment，Time limit for a project for 48 months。

　　湖北省交通投资公司董事长张嗣义在签约仪式上介绍，宜张高速宜昌段是湖北省规划的“七纵五横三环”高速公路网中“纵六”的重要路段，是构建南北公路主通道的控制性工程，是连接鄂西生态文化旅游圈和湘西的旅游黄金通道。

Hubei traffic investment company chairman ZhangSiYi introduced at a signing ceremony，Appropriate zhang high-speed yichang section is the planning of hubei province“Seven longitudinal and five horizontal tricyclic”High speed highway network in“Longitudinal six”Important sections，Is to build north and south highway main channel control engineering，Is the connection of ecological culture in western hubei province above and xiangxi tourism golden channel。

　　宜昌市市长李乐成说，宜张高速连接的宜昌、张家界两地，年均游客达5000万人次。宜张高速建成后，将串联起武当山、神农架、三峡大坝、张家界等著名旅游风景区，形成一条“旅游观光高速路”。

Yichang LiLe mayor Lin，Appropriate a high-speed connection of yichang、Zhangjiajie both，With an average annual visitors to 50 million people。After the completion of appropriate piece of high speed，Will connect to wudang mountain、shennongjia、Three gorges dam、Zhangjiajie, and other famous tourist scenic spot，Form a“Tourism highway”。