Inner Ring Road (Tianjin)
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The Inner Ring Road of 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...

 is a system of roads incircling the downtown of Tianjin. It is not an expressway in any way as the road user has to turn to get on to the next road and not exit. There are traffic light
Traffic light
Traffic lights, which may also be known as stoplights, traffic lamps, traffic signals, signal lights, robots or semaphore, are signalling devices positioned at road intersections, pedestrian crossings and other locations to control competing flows of traffic...

s or roundabout
Roundabout
A roundabout is the name for a road junction in which traffic moves in one direction around a central island. The word dates from the early 20th century. Roundabouts are common in many countries around the world...

s at most intersections with other roads.

This road is extremely busy at most times of the day, even with the divided road having over 2 lanes in each direction with a separate bike
Bicycle
A bicycle, also known as a bike, pushbike or cycle, is a human-powered, pedal-driven, single-track vehicle, having two wheels attached to a frame, one behind the other. A person who rides a bicycle is called a cyclist, or bicyclist....

lane, giving proof to how fast the economic growth of Tianjin is (many people have a car now, and taxis are everywhere, but there are still more bikes).

The name of the roads of the Inner Ring Road in a counterclockwise direction are Nanjing Road, Qufu Road, Shiyi Jing Road and a few other roads.
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