Coming this Weekend: More Transportation Madness



The Beijing Daily
reports on another round of road closings happening this weekend in the run-up to the 60th Anniversary parade on October 1st:

Tonight (Fri, Sep 4)

Sanlitun partygoers beware: At 11.50pm tonight, a large area stretch of roadways from the East Fifth Ring Road, Yaojiayuan Lu, Chaoyang Gongyuan Nanlu, Nongzhanguan Lu and Gongti Beilu will be cut off to traffic (which essentially will make the area around Sanlitun’s south entrance a mess). The stretch of road running past the east gate of the Workers’ Stadium (Gongti Donglu) to the main gate of Chaoyang Hospital will also be closed.

Tomorrow (Sat, Sep 5):

From 4pm onwards, parking will be prohibited in a host of roads stretching from Chaoyangmen Nan Dajie to Wangfujing, Dongdan, the Beijing Railway Station, Chongwenmen, Qianmen and Xuanwumen.

From 5.30-6pm, a long stretch of Jianguomen and Chang’an Dajie running west from Sihui Qiao in the east, past Jianguomennei Wai Dajie, East and West Chang'an Avenue all the the way to Fuyou Jie Nankou (the south gate of Fuyou Jie) will be restricted to all private vehicles and bus stops will be intermittent along the way. Line 1 of the subway will stop only at Guomao (Line 10 interchange), Jianguomen (Line 2 interchange), Dongdan (Line 5 interchange).

From 5-9pm, the main road and side roads running from Baiziwan Lu running west from the gas station in front of Hou Xiandai Cheng to Xi Dawang Lu, and from there, north to the Hongmiao intersection will be restricted to vehicles with special documents only and all other vehicles and pedestrians will be prohibited from the area. Traffic will be re-routed to the Chaoyang Lu, Guangqu, and the East Fourth and Third Ring Roads instead.

From 5-10pm, Yongdingmen Xijie in Xuanwu District, Yuyuantan South (Wukesong stadium sections) in Haidian will be restricted to vehicles with special documentation and buses. The service roads of the Jingtong Expressway from Gaobeidian to Dawang Qiao will be restricted to private vehicles, and buses will only stop at certain stops.

From 5.30 until the end of the parade exercises, the north side of the Beijing Zhan Dong and Xijie (Beijing Railway Station’s East and West Roads) will be closed, as will Chongwenmen Xi Dajie, Qianmen Dong and Xi Dajie, Xuanwumen Dong and Xi Dajie (aside from the pedestrian sidewalk on the south side) will be restricted to all private vehicles and pedestrians. Buses will stop intermittently. Subway Line 2 will only stop at Qianmen and Hepingmen.

At 7pm, the area around the Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City – including Jinshui Qiao (north of Tiananmen Square), the north gate of the Forbidden City, Zhongshan Park, the stretch of Chang’an Dajie at Tiananmen East and Tiananmen West – will be restricted to vehicles without special permits and pedestrians.

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