G1 Beijing–Harbin Expressway

Beijing–Harbin Expressway
北京－哈尔滨高速公路
Jingha Expressway 京哈高速公路
Beijing–Harbin Expressway in red.
Taken July 2004
Route information
Part of
Length:	1,200 km[1] (700 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 / G1501 (S / S) in Shenyang, LN G1113 (N) in Shenyang, LN G1501 (N) in Shenyang, LN G91 in Tieling, LN G25 (S) in Tieling, LN G25 / G0102 (N / S) in Changchun, JL G12 (E) in Changchun, JL G12 / G0102 (W / N) in Changchun, JL G10 / G1001 in Harbin, HL
North end:	G102 in Harbin, HL
Highway system
Expressways NTHS Primary Auxiliary CNH Transport in China ← G99 G1N →

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 (Chinese: 京哈高速) is an expressway in northeastern China linking the cities of Beijing and Harbin.

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 capital of the People's Republic of China, 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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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: Shanglong 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		Tongma Highway X014 Road
Tianjiafu Service Area
		G45-East G4501 6th Ring Road
		G103 Road S301 Road
		X002 Road
		S207 Road
		G95 Capital Ring Expressway
Beijing City Hebei Province
		S271 Road
Hebei Xianghe Toll Station
		S274 Road
Hebei Province Tianjin City
		S210 Road
80		S101 Road
		S1 Jinji Expressway
		S21 Tangcheng Expressway
		X574 Road
Xinanzhen Service Area
Tianjin City Hebei Province
		S208 Road
Yutian Service Area
		S027 Road
		G25 Changshen Expressway
149		G112 Road Tangshan-Fengrun
		G2502 Tangjin Expressway
		S23 Expressway
		S262 Road
Luanxian Service Area
		Qian'an Expressway
		S252 Road
Lulong Service Area
		S026 Road
		S261 Road
		S025 Jingshen Expressway
Beidaihe Service Area
		S012 Yanhai Expressway (To be renamed G0111 Qinbin Expressway) S52 Chengqi ExprGessway
		G1N Jingqin Expressway
		G102 Road Qinhuangdao
		S251 Road Qinhuangdao
		S024 Road Qinhuangdao
Shanhaiguan Toll Station
Shanhaiguan Service Area
		G102 Road S364 Road
Hebei Province Liaoning Province
		G102 Road
Wanjia Toll Station
		G102 Road Qianwei
Suizhong Service Area
		G306 Road S213 Road Suizhong
		G102 Road Shahouzuo
Xingcheng Service Area
		G102 Road Xingcheng
		S26 Xinjian Expressway
Huludao Metropolitan Area
		Haichen Road Towards G102 Road
		Daodong Road
Tashan Service Area
442		S306 Road
Huludao Metropolitan Area
Jinzhou Economic and Technical Development Zone
		S204 Road S308 Road
Jinzhou Economic and Technical Development Zone
		G16 Danxi Expressway
Concurrent with G16 Danxi Expressway
		S209 Road
Linghai Service Area
		G2512 Fujin Expressway
481		X711 Road
		S308 Road
Concurrent with G16 Danxi Expressway
		G16 Danxi Expressway S21 Fuying Expressway
Panjin Service Area
		G305 Road Panjin
		S210 Road Gaosheng
		S307 Road
		G91 Liaozhong Ring Expressway
Liaozhong Service Area
		S106 Road S107 Road Liaozhong
		S304 Road Ciyutuo
		S20 Dengliao Expressway
Shenyang Metropolitan Area
639		Gaohua Gaohua Service Area
Shenyang Toll Station
(0)		G1113 Dafu Expressway G1501 Shenyang Ring Expressway G102 Road G202 Road S109 Road
Shenyang Metropolitan Area
Concurrent with G1501 Shenyang Ring Expressway Concurrent with G1113 Danfu Expressway
(5)		G304 Road
Concurrent with G1113 Danfu Expressway
(11)		G1113 Danfu Expressway
		Xijiang Street
Shenyang Metropolitan Area
		G101 Road Yixueyuan Station
		Lingyuan Street
		G203 Road
Concurrent with G1501 Shenyang Ring Expressway
		G1501 Shenyang Ring Expressway Shenyan Road
Shenyang Metropolitan Area
		Puhe Road Towards Huishan Qipanshan Forest Park
		G102 Road S107 Road
		Guaipo Scenery Zone
		G102 Road S331 Road
		G91 Liaozhong Ring Expressway
Yinzhou Metropolitan Area
		G102 Road
Tieling Service Area
		G102 Road
Yinzhou Metropolitan Area
Kaiyuan Service Area
		S303 Road Kaiyuan
		S14 Liaokai Expressway
		G102 Road Changtu
		G102 Road Shuangmiaozi
		S17 Pingkang Expressway
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 Guojiadian
Gongzhuling Service Area
		G102 Road Gongzhuling South Station
Taojiantun Service Area
		X063 Road Fanjiatun
Changchun Metropolitan Area
949		G0102 Changchun Ring Expressway
Concurrent with G0102 Changchun Ring Expressway
Changchun Service Area
960		S26 Fuchang Expressway Renmin Street Changchun-Centre
969		S102 Road Zhongyiyaodaxue Station
977 A-B		G12 Hunwu Expressway Orient Square Museum of the Imperial Palace of the Manchu State Changchun-Centre
Concurrent with G12 Hunwu Expressway
983		S101 Road Dongrong Road Changchun-Centre Xinglongshan
993		North Yuanda Street Towards G102 Road Changchun-Centre
Concurrent with G0102 Changchun Ring Expressway Concurrent with G12 Hunwu Expressway
995		G0102 Changchun Ring Expressway G12 Hunwu Expressway
Mishazi Service Area
		Mishazi
Changchun Metropolitan Area
		Deha Road Dehui
		X025 Road Caiyuanzi
		X144 Road Yutao Road Taolaizhao Towards Yushi
		S301 Road Fuyu
Jilin Province Heilongjiang Province
		G102 Road Lanling
		G102 Road Shuangcheng
Yunlianghe Service Area
Harbin Metropolitan Area
		G10 Suiman Expressway G1001 Harbin Ring Expressway
Harbin Wapenyao Toll Station
		G102 Road Tongjiang Road Station
Continues as: G102 Road
Towards Beijing

References

Route map: Google