4th Ring Road
Controlled-access ring road in Beijing, China / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the Beijing ring road. For other uses, see Fourth Ring Road.
The 4th Ring Road (Chinese: 四环路; pinyin: Sìhuánlù) is a controlled-access expressway ring road in Beijing, China which runs around the city, with a radius of approximately 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) from city centre.[1][2] The total length of the road is 65.3 kilometres (40.6 mi). There are 147 bridges and viaducts that run the length of the Ring Road.
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Length | 65.3 km (40.6 mi) |
Existed | June 2001–present |
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Major intersections | Airport Expressway G1 Beijing-Harbin Expressway G2 Beijing-Shanghai Expressway G3 Beijing-Taipei Expressway G4 Beijing-Hong Kong and Macau Expressway G6 Beijing-Lhasa Expressway G45 Daqing–Guangzhou Expressway |
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Country | China |
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The first section, the northern corridor, was completed in preparation for the 1990 Asian Games. The Ring Road was 'enclosed' in a full circle in June 2001, with standard controlled-access expressway throughout.