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There is a pair of easily accessed on-ramps about an hour '''东湖收费站：'''Take the subway to 马鞍山公园 (Maanshan Gongyuan), and exit thru Exit C. Find the bus stop just a half walk north bit south east of the airportexit, and wait for bus 29. One from the east The bus leaves as early as 7:00, and one from probably late into the west leading to evening, but the same tollgatetimes I know that are listed are: 9:00, 10:00, 11:00, 12:30, and 14:00. There is a little walled "oasis" between However, the road bus did not leave on time, and the carpark I ended up taking a taxi for the local shops and restaurants15 RMB. If it gets late you can camp under the palm tree and nobody The bus will bother take you. The tollgate staff are not friendly and told me I couldn't be to a strange on -ramp where all cars going onto the onhighway have to do a U-turn before going onto the ramp. Unfortunately, though making the base of the on-ramp is clearly signed a perfect spot for Shaoguan (韶关) which is on hitching. Interestingly, a few cars pulled over offering rides to Shenzhen before one took me all the way to 茶陵, a few hours Southeast of Changsha. There are a few good service stations on the highway along the way though, it seems nobody using this on-ramp is so if you get a ride only going that part of the way. One friendly local suggested I aim for Conghua and are in a hurry, you could almost certainly get a ride straight to Changsha (从化or farther) insteadfrom one of the service stations. Alternatively you can look down The 炎帝 service station is particularly touristy, so there may be more long distance rides passing through there. I noted that my “湘” sign caught more fish than my "长沙“ sign, 湘 being the access roads character representing Hunan, and find a way to climb up to thus not scaring off the expressway. Be careful if you have traffic that was not headed exactly to cross the expressway like I did! I got a ride in a couple of minutes this wayChangsha.