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Beijing 6th Ring Expressway
北京绕城高速公路
6th Ring Road
六环路
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Route information
Auxiliary route of G45
Length220 km (140 mi)
Location
CountryChina
Highway system
← G45→ G4511
The northeastern section of the 6th Ring Road
Baige Junction with the G6 Beijing–Lhasa Expressway in Changping District in 2022

The 6th Ring Road (Chinese: 六环路; pinyin: Liùhuán Lù) is an expressway ring road in Beijing, China, which runs around the city approximately 15–20 kilometres (9.3–12.4 mi) from the center of the city. The 6th Ring Road is approximately 220 kilometres (140 mi) long.[1][2][3]

The road is numbered G4501 and is considered a peripheral segment of the G45 Daqing-Guangzhou Expressway. The Sixth Ring Road was opened for regular traffic on 12 September 2009.[1]

Route

The 6th Ring Road runs within the confines of the municipality of Beijing.

Basic Route: Liuyuan Bridge - Liqiaozhen - Sanhui Bridge - Zhangjiawan - Majuqiao - Huangcun - Liangxiang - Mentougou - Zhaikou/Wenquan - Xishatun - Gaoliying - Huosiying - Liuyuan Bridge

It is on the outer fringes of Beijing, and even beyond Beijing Capital International Airport. The expressway ring road is the only one to link with the equally remote Tongyan Expressway.

History

As early as 2000 or 2001, the southeastern stretch from Sanhui Bridge (interchange with the Jingha Expressway) through to Majuqiao (interchange with the Jingjintang Expressway) was put into operation. The route was first referred to as the projected 2nd Expressway Ring Road, much like the 5th Ring Road was once referred to as the 1st Expressway Ring Road; however, that name was abandoned in favour of the present-day 6th Ring Road.

By 2002, a road section starting in Xishatun (interchange with the Badaling Expressway) through to Sanhui Bridge, as well as a stretch from Majuqiao through to Huangcun/Shuangyuan Bridge (interchange with the Jingkai Expressway), were complete and opened to the general public.

Another 43 km of the expressway ring road opened behind schedule (the portion linking it up with the Jingshi Expressway and ultimately ending in Liangxiang in December 2004 and the section from the Badaling Expressway to Wenquan/Zhaikou in Mentougou in early January 2005). They were slated for a November 2004 opening. In the first case, the expressway was opened on December 20, 2004, at 14:00 local time, with over a month's delay. The entire road was opened in 2010.

To re-connect several break-of-roads in MC region, Beijing Municipality government decided in 2019 that part of eastern 6th Ring, approximately 16 km, will be widen from 4-lane bidirectional to 6-lane, of which the middle 9.2km section will renovate as an underground section.[4] After renovation, the on-ground sections will re-construct as a high line park. In September 2020, the biggest tunnel boring machine in China has built in Changsha to join the renovation works.[5]

Road conditions

Speed limit

The minimum speed limit of 50 km/h, maximum 100 km/h, throughout. Potential speed checks at Zhangjiawan and 500 metres to the east of Yongdingmen/Langfang exit; otherwise, none. It is not rare for passenger cars to zip well in excess of that speed limit, while to see lorries underperform in speed.

Southwestern 6th Ring Road: carriageway-separated; note: there are no "overtaking lanes" on this part of the ring road; left lane, maximum speed limit 100 km/h, minimum 80 km/h, designated "car only"; right lane, maximum speed limit 100 km/h, minimum 60 km/h, designated "carriageway".

Tolls

CNY 0.5/km, minimum charge of CNY 5, based on price for a small passenger vehicle. There have been (a few) calls to eradicate all toll gates within the confines of, and including, the 6th Ring Road. However, little to no action has been taken on this matter.
The 6th Ring Road is linked with Jingshi, Jingcheng, and Jingkai Expressways toll systems.

Lanes

Most sections are having 4 lanes (2 in each direction). There are some sections later wided to be 6 lanes (3+3).

Traffic & Surface Conditions

The traffic is usually very smooth; however, on weekends, tourists flock to suburban districts causing occasional traffic jams. The exit at Baige Bridge is also usually jammed due to heavy police presence at the exit. Car crashes also cause rare traffic jams. Surface conditions are generally excellent.

Major exits

Xishatun, Gaoliying, Sanhui Bridge, Zhangjiawan, Majuqiao, Huangcun/Shuanghui Bridge, Liuyuan Bridge

Service areas

None; Beihuofa Service Area is projected (E. 6th Ring Road), as is a gas station on the Southwestern 6th Ring Road

Connections

Vast distances

At a distance of 20 kilometres from the centre of town, the expressway covers a much larger distance than the inner ring roads. Equally large is the distance between two points.

For example, the distance between Jingtong Expressway to Jingshen Expressway is approximately 2 kilometres on the 4th Ring Road. It expands to nearly 4 kilometres on the 5th Ring Road. On the 6th Ring Road, 10 kilometres elapse from one expressway to the other—and the Jingtong to Jingshen Expressway (on the 6th Ring Road, the Jingha to Jingshen Expressway) is one of the shortest distances between expressways in Beijing.

Anything up to 30 - 35 kilometres can lapse between the Jingcheng Expressway and the Jingha Expressway.

For most people, travel on the 6th Ring Road is extremely rare. Although, strictly speaking, it is still on the perimeters of city limits, this is one massive ring road for a motorist to travel around.

List of exits

District Location km Junction Destinations Notes
Changping Suanzaoling bridge 0.0 1 North: G45 – Chengde
South: S11 Jingcheng Expwy – Northern 5th Ring Road
Mafang 61 Sichang Road – Beiyuan, Xiaotangshan
Asuwei — Sichang Road Private entrance, only internal vehicles of Asuwei Landfill can enter/exit
Baishan 59 S321 Shunsha Road – Baishan, Shahe
Baishan North — filling station
Higher Education Park 58 Huichang Road – Beijing Higher Education Park Near Shahe Univ. Park of Changping line
Baige bridge 56 G6 – Northern 5th Ring Road, Shangqing bridge, Badaling
Baige bridge (W) — U-turn ramp to Shunyi, Changping Private ramp
Louzizhuang bridge 54 G7 – Northern 5th Ring Road, Badaling Great Wall, Zhangjiaklu
Tuchengcun East bridge 53A S3801 Jingli Expwy – Garden Expo, Yanqing
Shuangheng Road 53B Baige Road – Gecun, Baishan
Shayang Road 52 S324 Shayang Road (沙阳路) – Shahe, Yangfang
Baishuiwa Road		 Near Houzhangcun
Haidian Wenyang Road 51 West: Niegezhuang East Road – Niegezhuang
East: Cuihu North Road – Education Base
Beiqing Road 50 Beiqing Road – Qinghe, Beianhe Near Beianhe and Wenyanglu stations of Line 4
Zhoujiaxiang South — filling station
Dajuesi 49 S210 Junzhuang Road – Junzhuang, Dajue Temple, Wenquan Near Zhaikou
Mentougou Laomiao 48 S210 Junzhuang Road Outer-ring entrance and inter-ring exit only
Junzhuang bridge 47 S3701 Jingyu Expwy (under construction)
G109 – Miaofengshan, Zhuolu, Junzhuang		 Near Junzhuang
Shijingshan Guangning 46 Fushi Road – Mentougou, Shijingshan Near Sanjiadian
Mentougou Shimenying 45 G108 – Tanzhe Temple, Laiyuan, Western 5th Ring Road, Yamenkou bridge
Fengtai Beigong Forest Park 44 Dahuichang East Road – Changxindian, Shimenkou Near Dahuichang
Qianlingshan 43 Shayang Road (沙羊路) – Yungang, Luoping Near Dahuichang
Qinglonghu 42 West: S328 Quanhu West Road – Qinglonghu
East: S328 Quanhu East Road – Wangzuo
Fangshan Dayuancun bridge 41A-B S66 Jingkun Connection Expwy (NW/NE traffics) – Shijiazhuang Currently only north-to-west and west-to-north bounds ramps are opened, the north-to-east and east-to-north bounds ramps to S315 Jingliang Road are under construction
Dayuancun 41C S66 Jingkun Connection Expwy (SW traffic)
S319 Liangtuo Road – Tuoli, Liangxiang		 Only south-to-west and west-to-south bounds ramps for S66
Yancun West 40 S326 Dajian Road – Liangxiang, Yanshan Near Yancundong of Fangshan line/Yanfang line, and Zicaowu of Yanfang line
Fangshan Liyuan bridge 38 G4 – Western 5th Ring Road, Liyuan bridge, Zhuozhou, Shijiazhuang
Liangxiang 36 X003 Liangchang Road – Liangxiang, Guandao
Changyang bridge 35 G0424 (was S3601 Jingxiong Expwy) Currently only southern traffic ramps are opened, northern traffic ramps are under construction
Changyang 35 G107 – Changyang, Yaoshang
Daxing Xinli North — filling station
Beijiancun 33 Chunlin Street/Tianhe West Road – Lucheng, Beijiancun
Niantan 32 Tianshui Street – Huangcun Near Biomedical Base of Daxing line (through operation to Line 4)
Shuangyuan bridge 31 G45 – Southern 5th Ring Road, Xihongmen South bridge, Gu'an, Kaifeng
S3501 bridge — S3501 Daxing Airport Expwy – Southern 5th Ring Road, PKX
Cigezhuang 28 S228 Nanzhongzhou Road (via S322 Huangma Road) – Southern 5th Ring Road, Zhiyuan West bridge, Weishanzhuang
Beiyechang bridge — G3 – Beijing Urban Area, Tianjin
Nandahongmen 26 G104 (via S322 Huangma Road) – Yinghai, Langfang
Taihe 25 North: Boxing Road – Yizhuang
South: Ruihe Road – Ruihezhuang
(both via S322 Huangma Road)		 Outer-ring exit and inter-ring entrance only
Near Taiheqiaobei and Ruihezhuang stations of Yizhuang T1 line
Taihe 25 Taihe East bridge (via S322 Huangma Road) – CNBG Outer-ring entrance and inter-ring exit only
Tongzhou Majuqiao West 22 Kuoma Road (old route)
South: Xinsang Road
(both via S322 Huangma Road) – Majuqiao		 Outer-ring exit and inter-ring entrance only
Majuqiao bridge 22 G2 (via side road)
Majuqiao East 22 North: Xingmao South Street/Chushang 6th Road – Chujucheng
South: Sizhi Road (N)/Mada Road		 Outer-ring entrance and inter-ring exit only
Xuzhuang bridge 21 S3301/S15 Jingjin Expwy – 5th Ring Road, Huagong bridge, Tianjin
Ciqu 20 North: X010 Puda Road – Ciqu
South: Puyao Road – Fatou
Beihuofa East — filling station
Shiyuan bridge/Zhangjiawan 17 G1 – Eastern 5th Ring Road, Wufang bridge, Shenyang
X015 Zhangtai Road (entrance only)
Universal Resort East — Huanqiu Avenue Under construction
Near Huazhuang and Universal Resort stations of Batong line (through operation to Line 1) and Line 7
Tuqiao 15 G103 (Jiukeshu East Road) – Tianjin No south-to-west ramp
Near Tuqiao of Batong line (through operation to Line 1)
Currently closed due to renovation
Xiaoshengmiao 14 Binhe South Road – Tongzhou Urban Area, Dongfang Industry Outer-ring exit and inter-ring entrance only
Changtun bridge 12 G102 (Tongyan Expwy) – Tongzhou Beiguan, Eastern 5th Ring Road, Sanhe
Luyuan North Street 11 Luyuan North Street – Tuanli, Songzhuang
Xuxinzhuang 10 X012 Xuyin Road – Xuxinzhuang, Gaogezhuang Outer-ring exit and inter-ring entrance only
Shuangxiaolu bridge — G0121 – Sanhe Western traffic is under planning
Tongshun Road 8 S201 Tongshun Road – Liqiao, Tongzhou Beiguan Outer-ring entrance and inter-ring exit only
Shunyi Litian bridge 7 S32 Jingping Expwy – PEK, Pinggu
Liqiao West — filling station
Shunyi South Ring 6 Outer Ring Road/Shunxi South Road
Shunyicheng 5 Airport East Road – Nanfaxin, Shunyi Urban Area, Pinggu
Liuyuanqiao 3 G101 – Eastern 5th Ring Road, Wuyuan bridge, Huairou, Miyun
Zhangxizhuang 2 X014 Huosi Road – Huoshenying, Sishang
Changping Suanzaoling bridge 0.0 1 (see above)
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

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  2. ↑ "File:Beijing 6th ring road 1 - Coppermine - 5185.JPG". sabre-roads.org.uk. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
  3. ↑ "The 6th Ring Road of Beijing (Hugezhuang-Xisha village)". ranken.com.cn. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
  4. ↑ "东六环"入地" 11条东西通道将贯通". Xinhuanet (in Chinese). 9 January 2020. Archived from the original on 5 August 2020. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
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