即位三十五年，猶不息。
Even after he had been on the throne for thirty-five years, his empire knew no rest.
治大馳道，從九原抵雲陽，塹山堙谷，直通之。
He created great avenues for horse-drawn carriages that went all the way from Jiuyuan31 to Yunyang, carving passages through mountains and filling in valleys so that they would be perfectly straight.
厭先王宮室之小，乃於豐鎬之間，文武之處，營作朝宮。
Disgusted with the modest dimensions of the palaces of his predecessors, he built a great palace in Shanglin Park, south of the Wei River between the cities of Feng and Hao, which had been established by Kings Wen and Wu of the house of Zhou.
渭南山林苑中，作前殿阿房，東西五百步，南北五十丈。
上可以坐萬人，下可建五丈旗。
First he built the Epang palace, which extended five hundred paces east and west and for fifty zhang north and south.
周為閣道，自殿直抵南山之嶺。
Ten thousand people could be seated above, and five-zhang flagpoles could be planted below.
以為闕。
There skywalks connecting the palaces on all sides, with ornamental gates and towers, led to the top of South Mountain. He constructed a covered walkway as well that, starting from Epang Palace, went across the Wei River into Xianyang like a heavenly bridge crossing the Milky Way that connected the star Ge Dao with the star Ying Shi.
為複道，自阿房渡渭水，屬咸陽，以象天極閣道，絕漢抵營室也。
He also began the construction of a great mausoleum on Mount Li, blocking the course of three underground streams to do so.
又興驪山之役，錮三泉之底。
There were three hundred places for temporary royal residence within the passes34 and four hundred places outside, each stocked with drums, gongs, gorgeous curtains, women, and performers.
關中離宮三百所，關外四百所，皆有鍾磬帷帳，婦女倡優。
立石闕東海上朐山界中，以為秦東門。
Also, by Mount Qu35 in Donghai Commandery, he erected a monumental stone gateway with towers to serve as the eastern entrance to the Qin empire.