the g1811 huanghua–shijiazhuang expressway connects cangzhou to shijiazhuang, the provincial capital, and is linked to beijing via both the g2 beijing–shanghai expressway and g3 beijing–taipei expressway, which are concurrent within the province, and to shanghai via g2. cangzhou's huanghua harbour is the end of a main chinese coal shipping railway, the shuohuang railway. other major highways serving cangzhou's urban area are china national highway 104 and 307.