The Northern Airport Expressway, officially numbered S28, is an 11.29 km toll road extension that runs from
G45 Daqing–Guangzhou Expressway
The Daqing–Guangzhou Expressway (), designated as G45 and commonly referred to as the Daguang Expressway () is an expressway that connects the cities of Daqing, Heilongjiang, and Guangzhou, Guangdong. When fully complete, it will be in length.
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(formerly Beijing-
Chengde
Chengde, formerly known as Jehol and Rehe, is a prefecture-level city in Hebei province, situated about 225 km northeast of Beijing. It is best known as the site of the Mountain Resort, a vast imperial garden and palace formerly used by t ...
Expressway) to the
Beijing Capital International Airport
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in
Beijing
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,
China
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. It was opened in September 2006.
[(Chinese]
京承高速二期 机场北线高速全线通车/图 京华时报
Sept. 29, 2006 The opening of this road has helped to alleviate traffic on the
Airport Expressway, which had been the sole highway link to the airport. The Northern Airport Line allows drivers from
Zhongguancun
Zhongguancun () is a major technology hub in Haidian District, Beijing, China.
Zhongguancun occupies a band between the northwestern Third Ring Road and the northwestern Fourth Ring Road, in the northwestern part of Beijing. Zhongguancun is ...
and points north and west of the city to head north first on Jingcheng Expressway before going directly east to the airport, instead of having to go east on the
4th Ring Road
The 4th Ring Road () is a controlled-access expressway ring road in Beijing, China which runs around the city, with a radius of approximately from city centre. The total length of the road is . There are 147 bridges and viaducts that run the ...
to get on the Airport Expressway, where traffic is often clogged near the
Siyuan Bridge.
Sources
Article on beijing.org.cn
References
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Road transport in Beijing
Expressways in China