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
八达岭高速公路
The Badaling Expressway at Juyongguan
Route information
Length69.98 km (43.48 mi)
Existed2001–present
HistoryPrior 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 endOuter Deshengmen Street and 3rd Ring Road at Madian, Beijing
North end Beijing S217 / Beijing S303 in Kangzhuang, Beijing
Location
CountryChina
ProvinceBeijing
Highway system
  • Primary
  • Auxiliary

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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