The Jingping Expressway is an expressway

Expressways of China

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 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...

, China

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, with construction commencing in early 2005.

Construction stages

Construction is expected to follow in early 2005, with a stretch opened by 2006. By 2007, the entire expressway will have been completed in full. It is unknown when the expressway will head into Tianjin

Tianjin

' is a metropolis in northern China and one of the five national central cities of the People's Republic of China. It is governed as a direct-controlled municipality, one of four such designations, and is, thus, under direct administration of the central government...

 and link up with the Jinji Expressway

Jinji Expressway

Opened in late September 2003, just days before October 1 - China's National Day holiday - the Jinji Expressway runs entirely within Tianjin, and links Tianjin city in the south with Ji County in the north. Hence the name Tianjin - Ji County - Jinji Expressway. The expressway runs for 104...

.

Route

This expressway is projected to head east. It is projected to begin at Yaojiayuan Bridge on the eastern 5th Ring Road

5th Ring Road (Beijing)

Beijing's 5th Ring Road is a ring road encircling the city about 10 kilometres away from the city centre. It takes the form of an expressway and is 98 kilometres in length...

 and stretch to central Pinggu

Pinggu District

Pinggu District , formerly Pinggu County , lies at the extreme eastern end of Beijing municipality, and borders Tianjin municipality near Ji County. It has an area of 950 square kilometers and a population of 396,701...

 in eastern Beijing.

The route was "agreed in principle" by the planning authorities; however, the route was slightly altered. It would start at Liqiao on the 6th Ring Road

6th Ring Road (Beijing)

The 6th Ring Road is an expressway ring road in Beijing, China which runs around the city approximately 15-20 kilometres from the centre of the city....

 and the Litian Expressway would link it. It is unclear if the original route (Yaojiayuan - Liqiao) still remains.

Connections

There would be connections at the following points:

• 5th Ring Road (Beijing)
  5th Ring Road (Beijing)
  Beijing's 5th Ring Road is a ring road encircling the city about 10 kilometres away from the city centre. It takes the form of an expressway and is 98 kilometres in length...
  
  : Yaojiayuan Bridge -- uncertain
• 6th Ring Road (Beijing)
  6th Ring Road (Beijing)
  The 6th Ring Road is an expressway ring road in Beijing, China which runs around the city approximately 15-20 kilometres from the centre of the city....
  
  : Liqiaozhen area

In addition, a modified, express route version of Yaojiayuan Road would hook up the Jingping Expressway into central Beijing.