G1 Beijing–Harbin Expressway

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Beijing–Harbin Expressway
北京－哈尔滨高速公路
Jingha Expressway 京哈高速公路
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Taken July 2004
Route information
Part of AH1 AH31
Length	1,200 km[1] (750 mi)
Existed	28 September 2001–present
Major junctions
South end	Shuanglong Road and 4th Ring Road, Chaoyang, BJ
	G45 / G4501 in Changping, BJ G25 in Tangshan, HE G16 (W) in Jinzhou, LN G2512 in Jinzhou, LN G16 (E) in Panjin, LN G91 in Shenyang, LN G1113 / (S / S) in Shenyang, LN G1113 (N) in Shenyang, LN (N) in Shenyang, LN G91 in Tieling, LN G25 (S) in Tieling, LN G25 / (N / S) in Changchun, JL G12 (E) in Changchun, JL G12 / (W / N) in Changchun, JL G10 / G1001 in Harbin, HL
North end	G102 in Harbin, HL
Highway system
National Trunk Highway System Primary Auxiliary China National Highways Transport in China ← G99 → G0111

The Beijing–Harbin Expressway (simplified Chinese: 北京－哈尔滨高速公路; traditional Chinese: 北京－哈爾濱高速公路), designated as G1 and commonly abbreviated as Jingha Expressway (京哈高速) is an expressway linking the cities of Beijing and Harbin, Heilongjiang.

The Beijing–Harbin Expressway is commonly referred to as the Jingha Expressway. This name is derived from the two one-character Chinese abbreviations of the two cities at which the expressway terminates, Jing for Beijing and Ha for Harbin.

Route[]

The Beijing–Harbin Expressway runs from Beijing, the national capital, to Harbin, the capital of Heilongjiang Province. It passes through the following major cities:^[2]

• Beijing
• Langfang, Hebei
• Tianjin
• Tangshan, Hebei
• Qinhuangdao, Hebei
• Huludao, Liaoning
• Jinzhou, Liaoning
• Shenyang, Liaoning
• Siping, Jilin
• Changchun, Jilin
• Harbin, Heilongjiang

History[]

The first section of the Beijing–Harbin Expressway, opened in the 1990s was the short-lived Jingqin Expressway, running between the outskirts of Beijing and Qinhuangdao.^{[citation needed]}

In 1990s the expressway was extended northeast from Qinhuangdao to Shenyang and westward to the 4th Ring Road in Beijing to become the Jingshen Expressway. The 658 km expressway from central Beijing to Shenyang was completed in time for the 50th anniversary of the People's Republic of China. It opened to the general motoring public on September 15, 1999, after four years of work on different sections.^{[citation needed]}

The expressway was extended to Harbin during the rapid expansion of the Chinese expressway system in the 2000s. The completed expressway was opened on September 28, 2001. It is now one of the seven radial expressways emanating from Beijing.

Improvements were made to the expressway in 2003 and 2004 by removing several toll stations in 2003 and repairing the previously uneven road surface between the 6th Ring Road and Xijizhen in Beijing in 2004.^{[citation needed]}

On October 8, 2004, 36 vehicles were involved a horrendous series of car crashes on the expressway. The crashes occurred in the westbound lanes near the interchange with the Jinji Expressway, in the Tianjin municipality. Traffic was delayed up for over one and a half hours.^{[citation needed]}

Toll network[]

When the expressway opened in September 1999, people were complaining about one thing: namely, the sheer number of toll gates. In some cases, a toll booth appeared every 15 kilometres.

It so turned out that the Jingshen expressway was constructed by different organisations, and as a result, each set up their own toll gate. This seemed to be OK at the start, but made traffic awfully slow, as traffic piled up in front of toll gates.

The PRC's Ministry of Communications (Transport) stepped in after four years and declared that, effective September 1, 2003, the Baodi toll gate in Tianjin and the Yutian toll gate in Hebei would be demolished, in order to create a networked toll system. Additionally, two expressway toll gates near Shanhaiguan would be merged as one. (Plans also hint that the toll gate at Bailu, Beijing, just east of the Eastern 5th Ring Road, would be gone soon, as soon as Beijing "gets its act together" and joins the networked toll system. The toll gate at Xianghe in Hebei, however, would be kept.)

Thus, for the section from Xianghe in western Hebei through to Shanhaiguan in eastern Hebei (and even through the Tianjin portion), this networked toll system applies—one of the first of its kind. This does away with the previous system, where toll booths appeared every time the jurisdiction changed. For some odd reason, Beijing and Liaoning are still not part of the networked toll system.

China plans to expand the networked toll system nationwide, starting with the Jingshen expressway as some kind of testing ground. For now, the change is being accepted positively. Average speed on the expressway has gone up, and a May 2004 law on traffic in general raised maximum speed limits on expressways nationwide from 110 km/h to 120 km/h. This makes traffic jams on this expressway either rare, or a thing of the past.

Detailed itinerary[]

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The Xianghe Toll Gate (Jingshen Expwy Hebei segment, July 2004 image)

Jingshen Expressway (Beijing segment, taken in July 2004)

Jingshen Expressway (Tianjin segment, taken in July 2004)

The following is a list of interchanges As of 2005 along the expressway from Beijing to Shenyang.

From Beijing
Continues as: Shuanglong Road
0		East 4th Ring Road
0c		Louzizhuang Happy Valley Scenic Area Station Happy Valley Beijing
3		Gaobeidian Road
4		Side Road
5 A-B		East S50 5th Ring Road
6		Dougezhuang
Beijing Bailu Toll Station
Beijing Metropolitan Area
12		X014 Road
Tianjiafu Service Area
		G45-East G4501 6th Ring Road
		G103 Road
		X002 Road
		G95 Capital Ring Expressway
Beijing City Hebei Province
Hebei Xianghe Toll Station
Hebei Province Tianjin City
80
		S1 Jinji Expressway
		X574 Road
Xinanzhen Service Area
Tianjin City Hebei Province
Yutian Service Area
		G25 Changshen Expressway
149		G112 Road Tangshan-Fengrun
		G2502 Tangjin Expressway
Luanxian Service Area
Lulong Service Area
Beidaihe Service Area
		(To be renamed G0111 Qinbin Expressway)
		G0121 Jingqin Expressway
		G102 Road Qinhuangdao
		Qinhuangdao
		Qinhuangdao
Shanhaiguan Toll Station
Shanhaiguan Service Area
		G102 Road
Hebei Province Liaoning Province
		G102 Road
Wanjia Toll Station
		G102 Road
Suizhong Service Area
		G306 Road Suizhong
		G102 Road
Xingcheng Service Area
		G102 Road Xingcheng
Huludao Metropolitan Area
		Haichen Road Towards G102 Road
		Daodong Road
Tashan Service Area
442
Huludao Metropolitan Area
Jinzhou Economic and Technical Development Zone
Jinzhou Economic and Technical Development Zone
		G16 Danxi Expressway
Concurrent with G16 Danxi Expressway
Linghai Service Area
		G2512 Fujin Expressway
481		X711 Road
Concurrent with G16 Danxi Expressway
		G16 Danxi Expressway
Panjin Service Area
		G305 Road Panjin
		G91 Liaozhong Ring Expressway
Liaozhong Service Area
		Liaozhong
Shenyang Metropolitan Area
639		Gaohua Service Area
Shenyang Toll Station
(0)		AH1 G1113 Dafu Expressway AH31 G102 Road G202 Road
Shenyang Metropolitan Area
Concurrent with Concurrent with G1113 Danfu Expressway
(5)		G304 Road
Concurrent with G1113 Danfu Expressway
(11)		G1113 Danfu Expressway
		Xijiang Street
Shenyang Metropolitan Area
		G101 Road
		Lingyuan Street
		G203 Road
Concurrent with
		Shenyan Road
Shenyang Metropolitan Area
		Puhe Road Towards
		G102 Road
		G102 Road
		G91 Liaozhong Ring Expressway
Yinzhou Metropolitan Area
		G102 Road
Tieling Service Area
		G102 Road
Yinzhou Metropolitan Area
Kaiyuan Service Area
		Kaiyuan
		G102 Road Changtu
		G102 Road
Maojiadian Toll Station
Liaoning Province Jilin Province
Siping Metropolitan Area
Siping Toll Station
		Kaifaqu Road North to Siping-Centre South to G303 Road
Siping Metropolitan Area
Kaoshantun Service Area
		X152 Road
Gongzhuling Service Area
		G102 Road Gongzhuling South Station
Taojiantun Service Area
		X063 Road
Changchun Metropolitan Area
949		G0102 Changchun Ring Expressway
Concurrent with G0102 Changchun Ring Expressway
Changchun Service Area
960		Renmin Street Changchun-Centre
969
977 A-B		AH32 G12 Hunwu Expressway Orient Square Museum of the Imperial Palace of the Manchu State Changchun-Centre
Concurrent with AH32 G12 Hunwu Expressway
983		Dongrong Road Changchun-Centre
993		North Yuanda Street Towards G102 Road Changchun-Centre
Concurrent with G0102 Changchun Ring Expressway Concurrent with AH32 G12 Hunwu Expressway
995		G0102 Changchun Ring Expressway AH32 G12 Hunwu Expressway
Mishazi Service Area
Changchun Metropolitan Area
		Deha Road Dehui
		X025 Road
		X144 Road Yutao Road Towards Yushi
		Fuyu
Jilin Province Heilongjiang Province
		G102 Road
		G102 Road Shuangcheng
Yunlianghe Service Area
Harbin Metropolitan Area
		AH6 G10 Suiman Expressway G1001 Harbin Ring Expressway
Harbin Wapenyao Toll Station
		G102 Road
Continues as: G102 Road
Towards Beijing

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