China National Highway 110
China National Highway 110 (G110) runs from Beijing to Yinchuan, via Hohhot and Baotou, in Inner Mongolia. It heads northwest from Beijing to Zhangjiakou then heads straight west, and runs to approximately 1,100 kilometres.
In October 2004 and November 2004, it was overwhelmed with traffic diverted from the Jingzhang Expressway, occurring as a result of a massive traffic jam on the expressway. In a related incident in August 2010, a 60-mile traffic jam occurred on this route (See 2010 China National Highway 110 traffic jam).[1]
Traffic jams
Slow moving traffic and recurrant traffic jams on Highway 110 between Beijing and Inner Mongolia result from an overload of coal trucks transporting coal from newly opened mines in Inner Mongolia to sea ports on the coast of China. Rail lines are under construction which would relieve the bottleneck but will not be competed until 2012 at the earliest.[2]
Route and Distance
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See also
References
- ^ MSNBC (2010-08-23). "Worst traffic jam ever? Gridlock spans 60 miles - World news - Asia-Pacific - China - msnbc.com". Retrieved 2010-08-23.
- ^ "China’s Growth Leads to Problems Down the Road" article by Michael Wines in The New York Times August 27, 2010, accessed August 28, 2010