China National Highway 110

China National Highway 110
Route information
Length:	1,100 km (700 mi)
Major junctions
From:	Beijing
To:	Yinchuan
Highway system
China National Highways

China National Highway 110 (G110) runs from Beijing to Yinchuan, via Hohhot and Baotou, in Inner Mongolia. It heads northwest from Beijing to Zhangjiakou then heads straight west, and runs to approximately 1,100 kilometres.

In October 2004 and November 2004, it was overwhelmed with traffic diverted from the Jingzhang Expressway, occurring as a result of a massive traffic jam on the expressway. In a related incident in August 2010, a 60-mile traffic jam occurred on this route (See 2010 China National Highway 110 traffic jam).^[1]

Traffic jams

See also: China National Highway 110 traffic jam

Slow moving traffic and recurrent traffic jams on Highway 110 between Beijing and Inner Mongolia result from an overload of coal trucks transporting coal from newly opened mines in Inner Mongolia to sea ports on the coast of China. Rail lines are under construction which would relieve the bottleneck but will not be competed until 2012 at the earliest.^[2]

Route and distance

Route and distance

City Distance (km) Beijing 0 Changping District, Beijing 32 Yanqing, Beijing 75 Huailai, Hebei 131 Xiahuayuan, Hebei 156 Xuanhua, Hebei 183 Zhangjiakou, Hebei 218 Wanquan, Hebei 238 Huai'an County, Hebei 269 Xinghe, Inner Mongolia 335 Jining, Inner Mongolia 410 Huhhot, Inner Mongolia 564 Tumd Zuoqi, Inner Mongolia 616 Tumd Youqi, Inner Mongolia 675 Donghe District, Inner Mongolia 721 Baotou, Inner Mongolia 747 Urad Qianqi, Inner Mongolia 858 Wuyuan, Inner Mongolia 922 Linhe, Inner Mongolia 1010 Dengkou, Inner Mongolia 1077 Wuhai, Inner Mongolia 1164 Hainan District, Inner Mongolia 1191 Huinong District, Ningxia 1216 Shizuishan, Ningxia 1266 Yinchuan, Ningxia 1357

See also

• China National Highways

References

1. ^ MSNBC (2010-08-23). "Worst traffic jam ever? Gridlock spans 60 miles - World news - Asia-Pacific - China - msnbc.com". http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38812252/ns/world_news-asiapacific/. Retrieved 2010-08-23. 
2. ^ "China’s Growth Leads to Problems Down the Road" article by Michael Wines in The New York Times August 27, 2010, accessed August 28, 2010