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Yingze Street (YINGZE STREET) is located in Yingze District, Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province, China. It is known as the “First Street of Sanjin.” Yingze Street is a landmark, traffic artery, scenic corridor, and vital living thoroughfare of Taiyuan. It also serves as the urban central axis in successive master plans of the city.

Yingze Street was originally an official road during the Ming Dynasty and was planned and built in 1954. From the 9th year of the Hongwu reign of the Ming Dynasty (1376) to the 1st year of the Shunzhi reign of the Qing Dynasty (1644), its predecessor, the “East Official Road” and the “West Official Road,” was a muddy dirt path outside the southern city wall of Taiyuan. The road connected two city gates and was mainly used by government officials, playing an important role in facilitating east–west transportation in the city.

In the 2nd year of the Xuantong reign of the Qing Dynasty (1910), Qing officials began constructing a highway from Taiyuan to Jundu. The starting point was located southwest of Wuyi Square, proceeding along the eastern shore of Yingze Lake to the south bank of the Shaying River, and crossing the Fen River north of its mouth. The section from Wuyi Square to the intersection with Qingnian Road later became the predecessor of Yingze Street.

In 1954, Taiyuan’s first-phase urban construction master plan proposed building a 70-meter-wide street based on an existing dirt road south of the old city.

Yingze Street thus became the second widest street in China, following Beijing’s Chang’an Avenue (100 meters wide).

Taiyuan is the capital of Shanxi, China. Taiyuan is the political, economic, cultural and international exchange center of Shanxi Province, containing an industrial base focusing on energy and heavy chemicals. Throughout its long history, Taiyuan was the capital or provisional capital of many dynasties in China, hence the name Lóngchéng.

迎泽大街（YINGZE STREET）位于中国山西省太原市迎泽区境内，被称为“三晋第一街” 。迎泽大街是太原市的标志性、交通性、景观性、生活性主干道，也是历届总体规划中的太原市城市中轴线 。
迎泽大街原为明朝官道；于1954年规划建设；明洪武九年（1376年）至清顺治元年（1644年），迎泽大街的前身“东官道”和“西官道”原为太原城南城墙外的一条泥泞土路，连接两座城门，主要供官员公干使用，承担着太原城东西交通的重要职责。
清宣统二年（1910年），清朝官员开始修建太原至军渡的公路，起点位于五一广场西南方位，经迎泽湖东岸，至南沙河出汾河口北侧过河。其中，五一广场至青年路口段就是迎泽大街的前身。
1954年，制定了太原市第一期城市建设总体规划，提出在南城外的一条土路基础上，规划建设一条宽70米的街道。
迎泽大街成为继北京长安街（宽100米）之后，中国第二宽的街道。