5th Ring Road (Beijing)

The fifth ring road in Beijing is both ring road as well as a kind of scale. Within the 5th Ring Road is located the metropolitan area of ​​the city of Beijing.

The 5th Ring Road was built between 2001 and 2003 and fully opened on 1 November 2003 as a ring road, in the time before, only the northern stretch was released.

The ring road is designed as a highway, are allowed on the top speeds between 90 and 100 km / hr.

Until 31 December 2003, the fifth ring road was a toll road. Since 1 January 2004, the highway is free to drive, after many citizens of Beijing had voted against the fee system.

The 5th ring road is 98 km long, they can be so completely go through within about an hour.

• Transport ( Beijing)
• Street in China
• Ringroad