Jingda Expressway
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The Jingda Expressway is an expressway
Expressways of China
The Expressway Network of the People's Republic of China is one of the longest in the world. The network is also known as National Trunk Highway System . The total length of China's expressways was at the end of 2010, the world's second longest only after the United States and slightly longer...

 in the People's Republic of China
People's Republic of China
China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...

, starting from Beijing
Beijing
Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...

 and ending in Datong
Datong
Datong is a prefecture-level city in northern Shanxi Province of North China, located a few hundred kilometres west by rail from Beijing with an elevation of...

, in Shanxi
Shanxi
' is a province in Northern China. Its one-character abbreviation is "晋" , after the state of Jin that existed here during the Spring and Autumn Period....

 province. It is 334 km in length and was completed in full on November 16, 2002.

The Jingda Expressway is formed mainly by the main trunk route from Beijing to Datong in three stages. Leaving Beijing, the Jingda Expressway becomes the Badaling Expressway
Badaling Expressway
The Badaling Expressway is an expressway in the People's Republic of China which links urban Beijing to the Badaling stretch of the Great Wall of China...

. After Kangzhuang in Yanqing County
Yanqing County
Yanqing County is a subdivision of the municipality of Beijing located northwest of the city proper of Beijing...

, it becomes the Jingzhang Expressway
Jingzhang Expressway
The Jingzhang Expressway is an expressway in China which links Beijing to Zhangjiakou. It forms part of the Jingda Expressway from central Beijing through to Datong in Shanxi province....

. Finally, it becomes the Xuanda Expressway
Xuanda Expressway
The Xuanda Expressway , is an expressway in China which links Xuanhua in Hebei province with Datong in Shanxi province....

.

As of September 2004, traffic has been clogging up more and more in the area. Due to the massive transportation of coal, what was a very smooth route in the summer is now clogged up with immense traffic jams.

Specific Information

  • For the beginning section in Beijing
    Beijing
    Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...

     through to Kangzhuang, see Badaling Expressway
    Badaling Expressway
    The Badaling Expressway is an expressway in the People's Republic of China which links urban Beijing to the Badaling stretch of the Great Wall of China...

    .
  • For the section from Kangzhuang, Beijing
    Beijing
    Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...

     through to Xuanhua
    Xuanhua
    Xuanhua may refer to:*Xuanhua District , Zhangjiakou, Hebei, China*Xuanhua County , of Zhangjiakou, Hebei, China*Xuanhua, Gaotai County , town in Gaotai County, Gansu, China*Xuanhua, Dengfeng , town in Dengfeng City, Henan, China...

    , Hebei
    Hebei
    ' is a province of the People's Republic of China in the North China region. Its one-character abbreviation is "" , named after Ji Province, a Han Dynasty province that included what is now southern Hebei...

    , see Jingzhang Expressway
    Jingzhang Expressway
    The Jingzhang Expressway is an expressway in China which links Beijing to Zhangjiakou. It forms part of the Jingda Expressway from central Beijing through to Datong in Shanxi province....

    .
  • For the section from Xuanhua
    Xuanhua
    Xuanhua may refer to:*Xuanhua District , Zhangjiakou, Hebei, China*Xuanhua County , of Zhangjiakou, Hebei, China*Xuanhua, Gaotai County , town in Gaotai County, Gansu, China*Xuanhua, Dengfeng , town in Dengfeng City, Henan, China...

     through to Datong
    Datong
    Datong is a prefecture-level city in northern Shanxi Province of North China, located a few hundred kilometres west by rail from Beijing with an elevation of...

    , Shanxi
    Shanxi
    ' is a province in Northern China. Its one-character abbreviation is "晋" , after the state of Jin that existed here during the Spring and Autumn Period....

    , see Xuanda Expressway
    Xuanda Expressway
    The Xuanda Expressway , is an expressway in China which links Xuanhua in Hebei province with Datong in Shanxi province....

    .

See also

  • China National Highways
    China National Highways
    The China National Highways are a series of trunk roads throughout all of mainland China. Although they are called highways , they are not necessarily expressways...

  • Expressways of Beijing
    Expressways of Beijing
    Beijing was first linked to outside areas by the Jingshi Expressway in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Now, nine expressways link Beijing, and more are to come.-History:...

  • Expressways of China
    Expressways of China
    The Expressway Network of the People's Republic of China is one of the longest in the world. The network is also known as National Trunk Highway System . The total length of China's expressways was at the end of 2010, the world's second longest only after the United States and slightly longer...

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