BEIJING (Aug. 24) -- A massive traffic jam in north China that stretches for dozens of miles and hit its 10-day mark on Tuesday stems from road construction in Beijing that won't be finished until the middle of next month, an official said.

Bumper-to-bumper gridlock spanning for 60 miles (100 kilometers) with vehicles moving little more than a half-mile (one kilometer) a day at one point has improved since this weekend, said Zhang Minghai, director of Zhangjiakou city's Traffic Management Bureau general office.

Some drivers have been stuck in the jam for five days, China Central Television reported Tuesday. But Zhang said he wasn't sure when the situation along the Beijing-Zhangjiakou highway would return to normal.

The traffic jam started Aug. 14 on a stretch of the highway that is frequently congested, especially after large coalfields were discovered in Inner Mongolia, Zhang said. Traffic volume has increased 40 percent every year.


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I thought traffic in Houston was bad..

 

Wait how could they be stuck in their car for five days without eatting? Did they stop their cars and walk and then head back to their car?

 

^ One of the picture comments said local villagers were out selling lunches and snacks to people.

 

That's some crazy traffic.

 

No one had ever complain about traffic living anywhere else.....

 

Damn that's bad.

 

christ!

 

I just thought it was because they are mostly new drivers and didn't know wtf they were doing. That's insane.