Badaling Expressway
The Badaling Expressway (Simplified Chinese: 八达岭高速公路, Traditional Chinese: 八達嶺高速公路, Hanyu Pinyin: Bādálíng Gāosù Gōnglù) is an expressway in China which links urban Beijing to the Badaling stretch of the Great Wall of China. It continues toward Yanqing and leaves Beijing, becoming the Jingzhang Expressway.
Badaling Expressway | |
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| 八达岭高速公路 | |
The Badaling Expressway at Juyongguan | |
| Route information | |
| Length | 69.98 km (43.48 mi) |
| Existed | 2001–present |
| History | Prior to 2005: Designated G025, part of the Danyang–Lhasa Expressway 2005 – present: Designated G6, part of the Beijing–Lhasa Expressway |
| Component highways | G6 (Madian–Yanqing) |
| Major junctions | |
| South end | Outer Deshengmen Street and 3rd Ring Road at Madian, Beijing |
| North end | Beijing S217 / Beijing S303 in Kangzhuang, Beijing |
| Location | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Beijing |
| Highway system | |
Starting north of Madian Overpass on the Northern 3rd Ring Road, it runs for approximately 50 kilometres in a direction toward Beijing's north-west.
The Badaling Expressway gets its name from the Badaling stretch of the Great Wall.
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