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4th Ring Road

January 01, 1970

This article is about the Beijing ring road. For other uses, see Fourth Ring Road.

The 4th Ring Road (Chinese: 四环路; pinyin: Sìhuánlù) is a controlled-access expressway ring road in Beijing, China which runs around the city, with a radius of approximately 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) from city centre.[1][2] The total length of the road is 65.3 kilometres (40.6 mi). There are 147 bridges and viaducts that run the length of the Ring Road.

Fourth Ring Road
4th Ring Road in May 2021
Route information
Length65.3 km (40.6 mi)
ExistedJune 2001–present
Major junctions
Major intersectionsAirport Expressway
G1 Beijing-Harbin Expressway
G2 Beijing-Shanghai Expressway
G3 Beijing-Taipei Expressway
G4 Beijing-Hong Kong and Macau Expressway
G6 Beijing-Lhasa Expressway
G45 Daqing–Guangzhou Expressway
Location
CountryChina
Highway system

The first section, the northern corridor, was completed in preparation for the 1990 Asian Games. The Ring Road was 'enclosed' in a full circle in June 2001, with standard controlled-access expressway throughout.

Route edit

The 4th Ring Road is entirely within the city limit of Beijing, and while it is called a ring, the road is shaped rectangularly.

The route travels past: Siyuan Bridge - Chaoyang Park Area - Sihui - Sifang Bridge - Shibalidian - Dahongmen - Majialou - Yuegezhuang Bridge - Fengtai Area - Sijiqing Area - Zhongguancun Area - Jianxiang - Asian Games Village Area - Wanghe Bridge - Siyuan Bridge

History edit

 
4th Ring Road in February 2007 with the Pangu Plaza visible in the background
 
4th Ring Road in 2011

In the early 1990s, the northern stretch of the 4th Ring Road from Zhongguancun to Siyuan Bridge existed as a ring road, albeit with far narrower road conditions and with traffic lights. Only three flyover viaducts—those at Jianxiang Bridge, Anhui Bridge and Siyuan Bridge—existed.

To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the People's Republic of China, the eastern stretch of the 4th Ring Road was opened from Siyuan Bridge to Shibalidian around October 1, 1999. This was the first part of the ring road to be opened as an 8-lane expressway (4 lanes per direction, not including an emergency belt).

The northern part of the 4th Ring Road from Jianxiang Bridge to Siyuan Bridge was converted to an 8-lane expressway in late September 2000. Later that year, the southern part from Shibalidian through to Fengtai opened to traffic, as was the case with the northwestern part.

By June 2001, the entire 4th Ring Road had been converted into an expressway-standard thoroughfare.

In early 2004, the speed limit was reduced to a unified 80 km/h (minimum speed limit: 50 km/h).

In September 2004, the 4th Ring Road underwent a massive sign change. Exit numberings were unified at last—bidirectionally (this was previously not the case).

A new overpass in the northern stretch was put into operation in October 2004, near the Beichen area.

Road conditions edit

Speed limit edit

Previously: first lane, min. 80 km/h, max. 100 km/h; second lane, min. 70 km/h, max. 90 km/h; third lane, min. 60 km/h, max. 80 km/h; fourth lane, min. 50 km/h, max. 80 km/h; auxiliary road, uniform max. speed limit of 70 km/h. Readjusted in 2004 so that all lanes have a uniform min. speed limit of 50 km/h and a max. speed limit of 80 km/h; aux. road max. speed limit of 70 km/h remains unchanged.

Tolls edit

This express road does not charge tolls.

Lanes edit

8 lanes (4 in each direction) throughout.

Traffic conditions edit

 
4th Ring Road in 2023

The portion from Jianxiang to Siyuan Bridge, in both directions, is especially vulnerable to horrible traffic jams. The remainder of the northern and eastern portions are also vulnerable. Apart from the Fengtai area, the remainder of the 4th Ring Road has a lesser risk of being clogged up by traffic jams.

Major exits edit

Siyuan Bridge, Sihui, Sifang Bridge, Shibalidian, Majialou, Fengtai, Yuegezhuang, Zhongguancun, Jianxiang Bridge, Wanghe Bridge.

Service areas edit

No full-scale service areas exist; however, filling stations (gas stations) are plentiful in number.

Connections edit

Badaling Expressway: Connects to the Badaling Expressway at Jianxiang Bridge.

Jingcheng Expressway: Connects to the Jingcheng Expressway at Wanghe Bridge (for the time being, only heading for Laiguangying and Chengde).

Airport Expressway: Connects to the Airport Expressway at Siyuan Bridge (only heading for the airport).

Projected Jingping Expressway: Would most likely connect at Dongfeng North Bridge.

Jingtong Expressway: Connects to the Jingtong Expressway at Sihui.

Jingshen Expressway: Connects to the Jingshen Expressway at Sifang Bridge (only heading for Shenyang).

Jingjintang Expressway: Connects to the Jingjintang Expressway at Shibalidian.

Jingkai Expressway: Connects to the Jingkai Expressway at Majialou.

Jingshi Expressway: Connects to the Jingshi Expressway at Yuegezhuang.

Signs edit

 
New signs on 4th Ring Road in September 2004
 
The highway in September 2004

When it was opened by 2001, the 4th Ring Road's signs were plagued by inconsistency. Mixing of Hanyu Pinyin and English on the signs confused drivers, but what was most confusing was the exit numbering. It so happened that the same exit had two different exit numbers—one for each direction of the ring road.

Beijing authorities had three years' lapse before they dealt with the problem. Old signs were progressively replaced by newer signs which had standardised English and, finally, a new exit numbering system was in place. A sketch map of each exit, formerly only for expressways and isolated spots, was also introduced along with the new sign numbering.

Another change was the use of traffic sign language to signal traffic regulations instead of relying completely on Chinese Hanzi. Some bridge names (e.g. Sihe Bridge) are also getting a name change at the same time.

The project was somewhat Herculean since 441 signs were to be replaced. Of those, exit and entrance signs formed 202 signs; other, mainly larger-sized signs, formed the remaining 239 signs. Earlier in the summer of 2004, similar measures for the 5th Ring Road (which had an absent-to-chaotic exit numbering system) were announced.

In a show of speed, within the first 100 hours, new exit numberings were put up for almost all of the western stretch of the 4th Ring Road (despite new/old signs being alternated on a different stretch of the ring road).

Reaction to the new signs are mixed. There is a definitive plus side: the exits are now matched with their equivalent exit/bridge names on the 3rd and 5th ring roads. Unfortunately, many complain of an information overkill. Signs are now complex enough to hold five different directions (on some bridges). Meanwhile, the mixing of lowercase and uppercase English in small font sizes is another concern.

On both the 4th Ring Road and the 5th Ring Road, some speed cameras were put into place, along with the general sign changes.

List of exits edit

[Heading in a clockwise direction as of the Northern 4th Ring Road—please note, Exit No. 1 begins at Wanghe Bridge]

Notes:

  • Exits present only in a clockwise direction are indicated by the symbol ↩; anticlockwise only, ↪; not yet open, ✕
  • Exit sign symbols: ↗ = exit, ⇆ = interchange with an expressway or China National Highway;

North 4th Ring Road edit

East 4th Ring Road edit

South 4th Ring Road edit

West 4th Ring Road edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Map of Hejia Inn Beijing North 4th Ring Road". Trip Advisor.Com. Retrieved 4 September 2013.
  2. ^ "Beijing East 4th Ring Road". You Tube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved 4 September 2013.

January 01, 1970
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This article is about the Beijing ring road For other uses see Fourth Ring Road This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources 4th Ring Road news newspapers books scholar JSTOR November 2014 Learn how and when to remove this message The 4th Ring Road Chinese 四环路 pinyin Sihuanlu is a controlled access expressway ring road in Beijing China which runs around the city with a radius of approximately 8 kilometres 5 0 mi from city centre 1 2 The total length of the road is 65 3 kilometres 40 6 mi There are 147 bridges and viaducts that run the length of the Ring Road Fourth Ring Road4th Ring Road in May 2021Route informationLength65 3 km 40 6 mi ExistedJune 2001 presentMajor junctionsMajor intersectionsAirport ExpresswayG1 Beijing Harbin ExpresswayG2 Beijing Shanghai ExpresswayG3 Beijing Taipei ExpresswayG4 Beijing Hong Kong and Macau ExpresswayG6 Beijing Lhasa ExpresswayG45 Daqing Guangzhou ExpresswayLocationCountryChinaHighway systemTransport in China The first section the northern corridor was completed in preparation for the 1990 Asian Games The Ring Road was enclosed in a full circle in June 2001 with standard controlled access expressway throughout Contents 1 Route 2 History 3 Road conditions 3 1 Speed limit 3 2 Tolls 3 3 Lanes 3 4 Traffic conditions 4 Major exits 5 Service areas 6 Connections 7 Signs 8 List of exits 8 1 North 4th Ring Road 8 2 East 4th Ring Road 8 3 South 4th Ring Road 8 4 West 4th Ring Road 9 ReferencesRoute editThe 4th Ring Road is entirely within the city limit of Beijing and while it is called a ring the road is shaped rectangularly The route travels past Siyuan Bridge Chaoyang Park Area Sihui Sifang Bridge Shibalidian Dahongmen Majialou Yuegezhuang Bridge Fengtai Area Sijiqing Area Zhongguancun Area Jianxiang Asian Games Village Area Wanghe Bridge Siyuan BridgeHistory edit nbsp 4th Ring Road in February 2007 with the Pangu Plaza visible in the background nbsp 4th Ring Road in 2011 In the early 1990s the northern stretch of the 4th Ring Road from Zhongguancun to Siyuan Bridge existed as a ring road albeit with far narrower road conditions and with traffic lights Only three flyover viaducts those at Jianxiang Bridge Anhui Bridge and Siyuan Bridge existed To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the People s Republic of China the eastern stretch of the 4th Ring Road was opened from Siyuan Bridge to Shibalidian around October 1 1999 This was the first part of the ring road to be opened as an 8 lane expressway 4 lanes per direction not including an emergency belt The northern part of the 4th Ring Road from Jianxiang Bridge to Siyuan Bridge was converted to an 8 lane expressway in late September 2000 Later that year the southern part from Shibalidian through to Fengtai opened to traffic as was the case with the northwestern part By June 2001 the entire 4th Ring Road had been converted into an expressway standard thoroughfare In early 2004 the speed limit was reduced to a unified 80 km h minimum speed limit 50 km h In September 2004 the 4th Ring Road underwent a massive sign change Exit numberings were unified at last bidirectionally this was previously not the case A new overpass in the northern stretch was put into operation in October 2004 near the Beichen area Road conditions editSpeed limit edit Previously first lane min 80 km h max 100 km h second lane min 70 km h max 90 km h third lane min 60 km h max 80 km h fourth lane min 50 km h max 80 km h auxiliary road uniform max speed limit of 70 km h Readjusted in 2004 so that all lanes have a uniform min speed limit of 50 km h and a max speed limit of 80 km h aux road max speed limit of 70 km h remains unchanged Tolls edit This express road does not charge tolls Lanes edit 8 lanes 4 in each direction throughout Traffic conditions edit nbsp 4th Ring Road in 2023 The portion from Jianxiang to Siyuan Bridge in both directions is especially vulnerable to horrible traffic jams The remainder of the northern and eastern portions are also vulnerable Apart from the Fengtai area the remainder of the 4th Ring Road has a lesser risk of being clogged up by traffic jams Major exits editSiyuan Bridge Sihui Sifang Bridge Shibalidian Majialou Fengtai Yuegezhuang Zhongguancun Jianxiang Bridge Wanghe Bridge Service areas editNo full scale service areas exist however filling stations gas stations are plentiful in number Connections editBadaling Expressway Connects to the Badaling Expressway at Jianxiang Bridge Jingcheng Expressway Connects to the Jingcheng Expressway at Wanghe Bridge for the time being only heading for Laiguangying and Chengde Airport Expressway Connects to the Airport Expressway at Siyuan Bridge only heading for the airport Projected Jingping Expressway Would most likely connect at Dongfeng North Bridge Jingtong Expressway Connects to the Jingtong Expressway at Sihui Jingshen Expressway Connects to the Jingshen Expressway at Sifang Bridge only heading for Shenyang Jingjintang Expressway Connects to the Jingjintang Expressway at Shibalidian Jingkai Expressway Connects to the Jingkai Expressway at Majialou Jingshi Expressway Connects to the Jingshi Expressway at Yuegezhuang Signs edit nbsp New signs on 4th Ring Road in September 2004 nbsp The highway in September 2004 When it was opened by 2001 the 4th Ring Road s signs were plagued by inconsistency Mixing of Hanyu Pinyin and English on the signs confused drivers but what was most confusing was the exit numbering It so happened that the same exit had two different exit numbers one for each direction of the ring road Beijing authorities had three years lapse before they dealt with the problem Old signs were progressively replaced by newer signs which had standardised English and finally a new exit numbering system was in place A sketch map of each exit formerly only for expressways and isolated spots was also introduced along with the new sign numbering Another change was the use of traffic sign language to signal traffic regulations instead of relying completely on Chinese Hanzi Some bridge names e g Sihe Bridge are also getting a name change at the same time The project was somewhat Herculean since 441 signs were to be replaced Of those exit and entrance signs formed 202 signs other mainly larger sized signs formed the remaining 239 signs Earlier in the summer of 2004 similar measures for the 5th Ring Road which had an absent to chaotic exit numbering system were announced In a show of speed within the first 100 hours new exit numberings were put up for almost all of the western stretch of the 4th Ring Road despite new old signs being alternated on a different stretch of the ring road Reaction to the new signs are mixed There is a definitive plus side the exits are now matched with their equivalent exit bridge names on the 3rd and 5th ring roads Unfortunately many complain of an information overkill Signs are now complex enough to hold five different directions on some bridges Meanwhile the mixing of lowercase and uppercase English in small font sizes is another concern On both the 4th Ring Road and the 5th Ring Road some speed cameras were put into place along with the general sign changes List of exits editThis article contains a bulleted list or table of intersections which should be presented in a properly formatted junction table Please consult this guideline for information on how to create one Please improve this article if you can November 2021 Heading in a clockwise direction as of the Northern 4th Ring Road please note Exit No 1 begins at Wanghe Bridge Notes Exits present only in a clockwise direction are indicated by the symbol anticlockwise only not yet open Exit sign symbols exit interchange with an expressway or China National Highway North 4th Ring Road edit 43 Summer Palace Landianchang North Road Huoqiying Bridge 44 Wanquanhe Road Suzhou Bridge 45 Haidian Bridge 46 Zhongguancun Sitong Bridge 47 Xueyuan Road Jimen Bridge Xueyuan Bridge 48 Zhixin East Street Beitaiping Bridge Zhixin Bridge 49 Interchange with Badaling Expressway Badaling Expressway Jianxiang Bridge 49A Madian Bridge 49B Badaling Expressway Changping 49C Beichen West Road max height 3 5 m 50 Beichen Road Beichen East Road Beichen West Road Beichen Bridge 51 Anzhen Bridge Anli Road Anhui Bridge 52 Beiyuan Road Lishuiqiao 53 Heping East Bridge Xiaoying Road Huixin East Bridge Yuhui South Street 1 Interchange with Jingcheng Expressway Jingcheng Expressway Wanghe Bridge 1A 3rd Ring Road 1B N 5th Ring Road Shunyi Jiangzhuanghu 2 Wangjing West Road 3 4 Interchange with the Airport Expressway and China National Highway 101 Siyuan Bridge 4A Sanyuan Bridge Xiaoyun Road 4B Jingshun Road Shunyi 4C Airport Expressway East 4th Ring Road edit 5 Sanyuan East Bridge Dashanzi Xiaoyun Bridge 6 Yansha Bridge Jiuxianqiao Dongfeng North Bridge 7 Yaojiayuan Road Changhong Bridge Chaoyuangongyuan Bridge 8 Changhong Bridge Chaoyang Park Yaojiayuan Road Chaoyang North Road Honglingjin Bridge 9 10 Interchange with Jingtong Expressway Guomao Bridge Jingtong Expressway Sihui Bridge 11 Shuangjing Bridge Guangqu Road Dajiaoting Bridge 12 Jinsong Bridge Huagong Road Yaowahu Bridge 13 Gongda Bridge 14 Interchange with Jingshen Expressway Jingshen Expressway bound for 5th Ring Road and Beidaihe 15 Hongyan Road Fatou Hongyan Bridge 16 Shibalidian North Bridge 17 Interchange with Jingjintang Expressway Jingjintang Expressway bound for 5th Ring Road Tianjin Shibalidian Bridge South 4th Ring Road edit 18 Fenzhongsi Bridge Boda Rd Shibalidian Shibalidian South Bridge 19 Longzhuashu Xiaohongmen Bridge 20 Chengshousi Yizhuang Xiaocun Bridge 21 Dahongmen Xiaohongmen Liuxiang Bridge 22 Dahongmen Jiugong Dahongmen East Bridge 23 Interchange with China National Highway 104 Nanyuan Road G104 Muxiyuan Bridge Nanyuan Airport Dahongmen Bridge 24 Wanfang Bridge Majiapu Road Gongyi Bridge 25 Caoqiao 26 Interchange with Jingkai Expressway Jingkai Expressway Majialou Bridge 27 Xinfadi 28 Huaxiang Sihe Bridge West 4th Ring Road edit 29 Baiqiang Ave Beijing World Park Sci Tech Park Kandan Bridge 30 Fengtai S Rd Fufeng Rd Kexing Rd Kefeng Bridge 31 Fengtai Town 32 Interchange with Jingshi Expressway Jingshi Expressway headed for Fangshan road link under construction Fengbei Bridge 33 Interchange with Jingshi Expressway Jingshi Expressway headed for Fangshan Yuegezhuang Bridge 34 Liuli Bridge Zhengchangzhuang 35 Wukesong Bridge 36 Yongding Rd Xicui Rd 37 Fushi Road Hangtian Bridge Dinghui Bridge 38 Wuluju 39 Xingshikou Bridge Eight Great Sites Zizhu Bridge Sijiqing Bridge 40 Yuanda Road 41 Xijiao Airport Landianchang Nanwu Bridge 42 Fragrant Hills Jade Spring Hills Sihai Bridge References edit Map of Hejia Inn Beijing North 4th Ring Road Trip Advisor Com Retrieved 4 September 2013 Beijing East 4th Ring Road You Tube Archived from the original on 2021 12 21 Retrieved 4 September 2013 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