| Jingshi Expressway Facts |
| Road numbering |
G030 |
| Length |
c. 270 km |
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BeijingBeijing , 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...
, 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...
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Liuliqiao Liuliqiao is situated on the southwestern stretch of Beijing's 3rd Ring Road."Liu Li Qiao" literally means "Six Li Bridge", where the li refers to a Chinese unit of distance ....
, BeijingBeijing , 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...
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ShijiazhuangShijiazhuang is the capital and largest city of North China's Hebei province. Administratively a prefecture-level city, it is about south of Beijing...
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| Exits |
28 |
| Service Areas |
4 |
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The
Jingshi Expressway is an
expresswayA controlled-access highway is a highway designed exclusively for high-speed vehicular traffic, with all traffic flow and ingress/egress regulated...
in
ChinaChinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
which links
BeijingBeijing , 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...
to the
ShijiazhuangShijiazhuang is the capital and largest city of North China's Hebei province. Administratively a prefecture-level city, it is about south of Beijing...
. It is c. 270 km in length. Its road numbering is
G030. It forms part of the
Jingzhu ExpresswayThe Jingzhu Expressway is the first completed north-south expressway in the People's Republic of China, starting from Beijing and ending in Zhuhai, on the border with the Macau SAR....
.
Opened in full in 1993, the expressway runs in a southwest direction, linking the capital of China with the capital of
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...
province.
The Jingshi Expressway gets its name by the combination of two one-character Chinese abbreviations of both Beijing and Shijiazhuang (Beijing—Jing, Shijiazhuang—Shi).
Beijing Section
The expressway starts from
LiuliqiaoLiuliqiao is situated on the southwestern stretch of Beijing's 3rd Ring Road."Liu Li Qiao" literally means "Six Li Bridge", where the li refers to a Chinese unit of distance ....
on the southwestern 3rd Ring Road, passes through the 4th Ring Road at Yuegezhuang, and then approaches a heavily industrialised area, the Xidaokou area near Shougang. On the way out of Beijing, one passes through the famous Luguoqiao area - home to the Marco Polo Bridge and Wanping, marking where the Sino-Japanese war began in 1937.
The Dujiakan toll gate (for the Beijing stretch) follows after a bridge crossing what used to be a vast Yongding River. (Sadly, it has now apparently dried up.) After the toll gate, the expressway links to roads connecting to
Fangshan DistrictFangshan District is situated in the southwest of Beijing, 38 km away from the downtown Beijing. It has an area of 2,019 square kilometers and a population of 814,367...
and
LiangxiangLiangxiang is a township-level division situated in Anqing, Anhui, China....
satellite town. A link to the
6th Ring RoadThe 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....
opened on December 20, 2004.
The expressway also links Beijing to the
ZhoukoudianZhoukoudian or Choukoutien is a cave system in Beijing, China. It has yielded many archaeological discoveries, including one of the first specimens of Homo erectus, dubbed Peking Man, and a fine assemblage of bones of the gigantic hyena Pachycrocuta brevirostris...
Peking Man cave, as well as
Yunju Temple-History:The temple was first built in the early 7th century. In 616, the first Buddhist stone scripture tablet was made at the temple by a monk named Jingwan. Because there were debates going between Buddhists and Daoists, and Jingwan feared reprisals from Daoists, he decided to carve his...
.
The Beijing portion of the expressway ends after the Liulihe exit (Exit No. 18). Maps
incorrectly point out that the final exit in the Beijing portion ends at Doudian (Exit No. 16 leaving Beijing, Exit No. 17 entering Beijing). Before the Beijing portion ends, a service area appears. A toll gate follows just outside of city/municipality limits.
Hebei Section
The Hebei portion of the expressway starts right before the Beijing South Toll Gate. As of the Hebei portion (strictly speaking, as of just before the Beijing portion ends), the expressway shrinks from 6 lanes (3 up, 3 down) to 4 lanes (2 up, 2 down). The large "lawn" in the middle of the expressway separate the two sets of carriageways going in different directions is no more as of the Hebei portion.
Some distance after the toll gate when entering Hebei, a service area appears as well.
The naming of the very expressway gets confusing after one enters the Hebei portion. The expressway toll invoices claim the
Jingshi Expressway. However, entrance signs welcome drivers onto the
Jingshen Expressway (heading toward
ShenzhenShenzhen is a major city in the south of Southern China's Guangdong Province, situated immediately north of Hong Kong. The area became China's first—and one of the most successful—Special Economic Zones...
, not
ShenyangShenyang , or Mukden , is the capital and largest city of Liaoning Province in Northeast China. Currently holding sub-provincial administrative status, the city was once known as Shengjing or Fengtianfu...
). Yet, the smaller signs indicating the kilometrage announces the expressway as the
Jingzhu Expressway heading toward
ZhuhaiZhuhai is a prefecture-level city on the southern coast of Guangdong province in the People's Republic of China. Located in the Pearl River Delta, Zhuhai borders Jiangmen to the northwest, Zhongshan to the north, and Macau to the south. Zhuhai was one of the original Special Economic Zones...
.
History
Claimed as the first completed expressway in
mainland ChinaMainland China, the Chinese mainland or simply the mainland, is a geopolitical term that refers to the area under the jurisdiction of the People's Republic of China . According to the Taipei-based Mainland Affairs Council, the term excludes the PRC Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and...
, construction began in April 1986 and was completed in segments, culminating eventually in November 1993, although the Beijing section was opened around the start of the 1990s.
In early February 2004, a traffic accident occurred when a lorry driver, who was in the middle of repairing a tyre, was literally thrown into the middle of the road, as a result of a huge jet of air which came from the tyre change. The driver then was hit by an oncoming vehicle, causing a deadly casualty.
By July 2004, the Beijing section was fully fitted with physical carriage separation facilities, making a U-turn on the expressway impossible.
News from September 2004 spread that the central toll gate at Beijing South/
ZhuozhouZhuozhou is a county-level city with 628,000 inhabitants in Hebei province of China. It is administered by Baoding prefecture. Zhuozhou has 3 subdistricts, 6 towns, 5 townships, and 1 development zone.-Administrative Divisions:Subdistricts:...
would soon be expanded to twenty lanes instead of the current ten lanes. The current central toll gate is often home to traffic jams, as its size is way too small.
There will be a direct link to the expressway from Caihuying Bridge on the
2nd Ring RoadEncircling the centre of Beijing, the 2nd Ring Road is just a few kilometres away from the city centre and is a convenient alternative road to avoid congestion there. One can divide the road into two parts: the original ring road , and the newly extended ring road...
through Fengbei Bridge.
Beijing Section: Major roadworks began on the surface of the expressway on April 15, 2005. For 2005, roadworks are expected to finish on September 30; remaining segments of the expressway will remain under construction for part of 2006. The central reservation and road signage were all vastly improved with the roadworks.
Nonstandards
As one leaves Beijing on the expressway from the Southwestern 3rd Ring Road at Liuliqiao, one enters into what is apparently one of the oldest expressways in the area. Road conditions reveal the age of expressway. Signs are nonstandard, exit numbering looks erratic, and often English is lacking on the road signs (in contrast to other expressways around Beijing). Arabic numbers on the signposts, more often than not, appear deformed or stretched.
The fonts in English are another problem. Older signs have English/Pinyin in very small type, making them a real challenge to read. The problems are being solved now, as most plates are being replaced with newer signs which have English letters in much more legible type.
Emergency Services
Except for a short part of the road from Dujiakan to Zhaoxindian, there is virtually no hard shoulder to speak of. Cars in need must be driven to the next emergency bay, of which there are many along the way.
Signpost Oddities
- The exit number is shown at the bottom right hand corner of the exit sign, instead of being at the bottom left hand corner as is standard everywhere else on PRC expressways.
- Road signs signalling the reduction of lanes use a previous, archaic and abandoned image.
- Exit numbering is chaotic. Exits number 1 through 5 in the Beijing portion appear before the Dujiakan toll gate. After that, the numbering is instantly raised to exits number 10 through 18. Following a switch of jurisdiction to Hebei, the numbering is reset and recommences at zero. All other Chinese expressways use a numbering system which is uniform throughout the entire expressway and does not change or jump figures when toll gates, jurisdiction changes, etc... are passed through.
- When entering the Hebei portion, the first exit to the TV and Cinema city is numbered zero.
- Signs indicating the overtaking lane, the carriageways and the hard shoulder are completely in Chinese characters in the Beijing segment (except for one single sign on the way out of Beijing).
However, modernised and newer signs
do exist. The entire exit number 15 (with the 6th Ring Road) uses brand-new signs of the new standard that even indicate the level of the expressway and the expressway road numbering. The exit number is shown on the
bottom left hand corner at this very exit.
Speed Limit
Beijing Section: 90 km/h from
LiuliqiaoLiuliqiao is situated on the southwestern stretch of Beijing's 3rd Ring Road."Liu Li Qiao" literally means "Six Li Bridge", where the li refers to a Chinese unit of distance ....
through to Dujiakan Toll Gate; 110 km/h from Dujiakan Toll Gate through to the border with
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...
. Negligible section around 6th Ring Road intersection imposes a maximum speed limit of 100 km/h.
Hebei Section: Uniform maximum speed limit of 120 km/h.
Tolls
The section southwest of the SW
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...
charges tolls. There are toll gates at Dujiakan (
BeijingBeijing , 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...
), South Beijing, and at
ShijiazhuangShijiazhuang is the capital and largest city of North China's Hebei province. Administratively a prefecture-level city, it is about south of Beijing...
.
For the expressway (apart from the 6th Ring Road), there is currently no networked toll system—one pays upon entering a different jurisidiction. However, an IC-card system is, apparently, on the drawing board. Tolls are only networked with the 6th Ring Road in Beijing.
Lanes
Beijing Section: 6 lanes (3 up, 3 down) uniformly.
Exception: Dujiankan Toll Gate - Zhaoxindian has 4 lanes (2 up, 2 down). No emergency belt where there are 6 lanes.
Hebei Section: 4 lanes (2 up, 2 down), with emergency belt.
Surface Conditions
Beijing Section: Average to poor at times.
Hebei Section: Good to fair.
Conditions are mediocre to poor in some areas in the Beijing segment, but it gets better in the Hebei part. Before this was rectified in July 2004, one of the oddest features of this expressway's Beijing segment was that, at times, there was no central physical structure—not even a barrier—to separate the carriageways running in opposite directions in the Beijing portion. (This made it potentially insecure in the case of a car crash from the carriageways running in the opposite direction, and made it possible to do a complete U-turn on the expressway—something that's against the expressway management regulations.) Relief came by the end of July 2004, when the entire Beijing segment was fitted with a central barrier.
Major Exits
3rd Ring Road, 4th Ring Road, 5th Ring Road, Yancun,
6th Ring RoadThe 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....
, Doudian,
ZhuozhouZhuozhou is a county-level city with 628,000 inhabitants in Hebei province of China. It is administered by Baoding prefecture. Zhuozhou has 3 subdistricts, 6 towns, 5 townships, and 1 development zone.-Administrative Divisions:Subdistricts:...
, Dingxing,
Baoding-Administrative divisions:Baoding prefecture-level city consists of 3 municipal districts, 4 county-level cities, 18 counties:-Demographics:The Baoding urban area has a population of around 1,006,000 . The population of the Baoding administrative area is 10,890,000. The considerable majority are...
,
ShijiazhuangShijiazhuang is the capital and largest city of North China's Hebei province. Administratively a prefecture-level city, it is about south of Beijing...
Connections
Ring Roads of BeijingBeijing is one of the very few cities to possess multiple ring roads .-1st Ring Road:The 1st Ring Road no longer exists under that name. In the 1920s, around half a dozen routes were established in Beijing for the first tram lines of the city...
: Connects with the SW 3rd Ring Road at
LiuliqiaoLiuliqiao is situated on the southwestern stretch of Beijing's 3rd Ring Road."Liu Li Qiao" literally means "Six Li Bridge", where the li refers to a Chinese unit of distance ....
, the SW 4th Ring Road at
YuegezhuangYuegezhuang is a part of the city of Beijing to the southwest.Yuegezhuang is a transportational node; the 4th Ring Road and the Jingshi Expressway interconnect at Yuegezhuang....
, the SW 5th Ring Road at Wanping, and the SW 6th Ring Road at Liyuan Bridge.
Baojin ExpresswayThe Baojin Expressway is a highway in north China, linking Baoding in Hebei province with Tianjin municipality.The expressway was first built in 1995 and opened to the general motoring public in mid-December 1999...
: Connects with the Baojin Expressway near
Baoding-Administrative divisions:Baoding prefecture-level city consists of 3 municipal districts, 4 county-level cities, 18 counties:-Demographics:The Baoding urban area has a population of around 1,006,000 . The population of the Baoding administrative area is 10,890,000. The considerable majority are...
(just north of it).
Shitai ExpresswayThe Shitai Expressway links Shijiazhuang, capital of China's Hebei province, to Taiyuan in the west, capital of Shanxi province.Spanning a distance of over 150 kilometres, it passes through Jiuguan, Niangzi Pass, Pingding, Yangquan, Shouyang and Jinzhong before arriving at Taiyuan.It is also known...
: Connects with the Shitai Expressway to
TaiyuanTaiyuan is the capital and largest city of Shanxi province in North China. At the 2010 census, it had a total population of 4,201,591 inhabitants on 6959 km² whom 3,212,500 are urban on 1,460 km². The name of the city literally means "Great Plains", referring to the location where the Fen River...
(
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) at
ShijiazhuangShijiazhuang is the capital and largest city of North China's Hebei province. Administratively a prefecture-level city, it is about south of Beijing...
(heading west).
Shicang Expressway: Connects with the Shicang Expressway to
CangzhouCangzhou is a prefecture-level city in Hebei province, People's Republic of China. Cangzhou's urban center has a population of approximately 514,074 at the 2010 census which correspond to the built up area), while the prefecture-level administrative region in total has a population of 7,134,053...
(near the Bohai Gulf) at
ShijiazhuangShijiazhuang is the capital and largest city of North China's Hebei province. Administratively a prefecture-level city, it is about south of Beijing...
(heading east).
Shian Expressway: Connects with the Shian Expressway to
AnyangAnyang is a prefecture-level city in Henan province, People's Republic of China. The northernmost city in Henan, Anyang borders Puyang to the east, Hebi and Xinxiang to the south, and the provinces of Shanxi and Hebei to its west and north respectively....
and
ZhengzhouZhengzhou , is the capital and largest city of Henan province in north-central China. A prefecture-level city, it also serves as the political, economic, technological, and educational centre of the province, as well as a major transportation hub for Central China...
(
HenanHenan , is a province of the People's Republic of China, located in the central part of the country. Its one-character abbreviation is "豫" , named after Yuzhou , a Han Dynasty state that included parts of Henan...
province) at
ShijiazhuangShijiazhuang is the capital and largest city of North China's Hebei province. Administratively a prefecture-level city, it is about south of Beijing...
(heading south).
List of Exits
Symbols: ↗ = exit (→ = only on way out of Beijing; ← = only on way into Beijing), ✕ = closed exit, ⇆ = main interchange; ¥ = central toll gate;
S = service area
Beijing Section
Listed are exits heading southwest as of Beijing (3rd Ring Road)
- ⇆ 1: (Interchange with 3rd Ring Road) Gongzhufen
Gongzhufen is a major traffic and public transportation hub in the Haidian District of western Beijing, China. The name literally means "Tomb of the Princess"....
, YuquanyingYuquanying is a major traffic intersection in Beijing, linking the Jingkai Expressway with the southern part of the 3rd Ring Road. It is accessible via a connection road from Caihuying on the 2nd Ring Road....
- ↗ (→)
- ⇆ 3: (Interchange with 4th Ring Road
The 4th Ring Road is an expressway-like ring road in Beijing, China which runs around the city approximately 8 kilometres from the centre of the city.Although it is the city's third ring road, it is named the 4th Ring Road.- Route :...
) Xisihuan, FengtaiFengtai District is a suburban district of the municipality of Beijing. It lies to the southwest of the urban core of the city.-History:In Qing Dynasty times, Fengtai was where the Imperial Manchu Army had its camps, trained, and held parades on festive occasions.It is 304.2 square kilometers in...
, Fuxing RoadFuxing Road is a road in western Beijing, China, forming part of the extended Chang'an Avenue.The entire road lies within the confines of Haidian District...
- ↗ 4: (←) Yuquan Road, Wulidian
- ↗ (←) Xidaokou
- ⇆ 5: (Interchange with 5th Ring Road
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...
) Wanping Town, 5th Ring Road
- Dujiakan Toll Gate
- ↗ 10: Zhaoxindian/Changxindian, Yungang
- ↗ 11: Changyang, Daxing
Daxing District is a suburb of Beijing, situated to the south of the city.-Overview:...
- ↗ 12: (→) Liangxiang Airport
- ↗ 14: Liangxiang
Liangxiang is a township-level division situated in Anqing, Anhui, China....
, Yancun, FangshanFangshan District is situated in the southwest of Beijing, 38 km away from the downtown Beijing. It has an area of 2,019 square kilometers and a population of 814,367...
- ⇆ 15: (←) (Interchange with 6th Ring Road
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....
) 6th Ring RoadThe 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....
- ⇆ 15A: (→) (Interchange with 6th Ring Road
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....
) -- 6th Ring RoadThe 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....
(MentougouMentougou District is in west Beijing.Spanning 1,321 square kilometres, with 266,591 inhabitants , it is subdivided into 4 subdistricts of the city proper of Beijing and 9 towns ....
)
- ⇆ 15B: (→) (Interchange with 6th Ring Road
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....
) -- 6th Ring RoadThe 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....
(DaxingDaxing District is a suburb of Beijing, situated to the south of the city.-Overview:...
)
- ↗ 16 (→) / ↗ 17 (←): Doudian, Jiaodao
- S Service Area
- ↗ 18: Nanzhao, Liulihe, Hancun River -- this exit is not shown on some maps
- ¥ Beijing South Toll Gate
Hebei Section
Listed are exits heading south and southwest as of Beijing South Toll Gate
- ↗ 0: TV and Film Centre
- ↗ 1: Gu'an, Zhuozhou
Zhuozhou is a county-level city with 628,000 inhabitants in Hebei province of China. It is administered by Baoding prefecture. Zhuozhou has 3 subdistricts, 6 towns, 5 townships, and 1 development zone.-Administrative Divisions:Subdistricts:...
- S Zhuozhou
Zhuozhou is a county-level city with 628,000 inhabitants in Hebei province of China. It is administered by Baoding prefecture. Zhuozhou has 3 subdistricts, 6 towns, 5 townships, and 1 development zone.-Administrative Divisions:Subdistricts:...
- ↗ 2: 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...
, Gaobeidian
- ↗ 3: 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...
, Dingxing
- ↗ 4: 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...
, Xushui
- ⇆ (Interchange with Baojin Expressway
The Baojin Expressway is a highway in north China, linking Baoding in Hebei province with Tianjin municipality.The expressway was first built in 1995 and opened to the general motoring public in mid-December 1999...
) Baojin ExpresswayThe Baojin Expressway is a highway in north China, linking Baoding in Hebei province with Tianjin municipality.The expressway was first built in 1995 and opened to the general motoring public in mid-December 1999...
- S Service Area
- ↗ Baoding
-Administrative divisions:Baoding prefecture-level city consists of 3 municipal districts, 4 county-level cities, 18 counties:-Demographics:The Baoding urban area has a population of around 1,006,000 . The population of the Baoding administrative area is 10,890,000. The considerable majority are...
- ↗ Baoding
-Administrative divisions:Baoding prefecture-level city consists of 3 municipal districts, 4 county-level cities, 18 counties:-Demographics:The Baoding urban area has a population of around 1,006,000 . The population of the Baoding administrative area is 10,890,000. The considerable majority are...
South
- ↗ Qingyuan
Qingyuan , historically known as Tsingyün, is a prefecture-level city in northwestern Guangdong province of Southern China. Its total population is 3.7 million, and the primary language spoken is Cantonese. With an area of 19,015 km², Qingyuan is the city of the largest land area in Guangdong...
- S Service Area
- ↗ Wangdu
- ↗ Dingzhou
Dingzhou |subdistricts]], 13 towns, 8 townships, and 1 autonomous township. Dingzhou is southwest of Beijing, northeast of Shijiazhuang.-History:...
- ↗ Xinle
- ↗ Shijiazhuang Airport
- ↗ Zhengding
Zhengding is a county in Hebei Province approximately 260 kilometers south of Beijing, China. It comes under the administration of nearby Shijiazhuang City and has a population of 594,000. Zhengding has been an important religious center for more than 1,000 years, from - at least - the times...
- ⇆ Shijiazhuang
Shijiazhuang is the capital and largest city of North China's Hebei province. Administratively a prefecture-level city, it is about south of Beijing...