Traffic jam: What's the longest time you've spent in one?
- August 23, 2010 1:23 PM |
- By POV
Thousands of trucks en route to Beijing from Huai'an in the southeast have been backed up since Aug. 14. (David Gray/Reuters)
By CBC News
A nine-day traffic jam in China is now more than 100 kilometres long and could last for weeks, state media reported Monday.
Thousands of trucks en route to Beijing from Huai'an in the southeast have been backed up since Aug. 14, making the National Expressway 100 impassable, Xinhua News reported.
A spokesman for the Beijing Traffic Management Bureau reportedly told China's Global Times newspaper that the backup was due to "insufficient traffic capacity ... caused by maintenance construction."
The construction is scheduled to last until Sept. 13.
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