Transport in Tianjin - Roads and Expressways

Roads and Expressways

Some spots in Tianjin, including roads and bridges, have names from Dr. Sun Yat-Sen's Three Principles of the People (for example, Minquan Gate on Zhonghuan Road). Names harkening back to the era of the Republic of China on the mainland also appear (e.g. Beiyang Road). Many roads in Tianjin are named after a Chinese province or city. Also, Tianjin is unlike Beijing, in that very few roads run parallel to the major four compass directions.

Tianjin has three ring roads. Unlike Beijing, the Inner and Middle Ring Roads are not closed, traffic-controlled roadways and some often have traffic light intersections. The Outer Ring Road is the closest thing to a highway-level ring road, although traffic is often chaotic and sometimes more than chaotic.

• Inner Ring Road (neihuan)
• Middle Ring Road (zhonghuan)
• Outer Ring Road (waihuan)

Tianjin's roads often finish in dao (道 avenue), xian (S: 线 / T: 線 line, more used for highways and through routes) and lu (路 road). Jie (街 street) is rare. As Tianjin's roads are rarely in a cardinal compass direction, jing (S: 经 / T: 經) roads and wei (S: 纬 / T: 緯) roads often appear, which attempt to run more directly north-south and east-west, respectively.

The following seven expressways of China run in or through Tianjin:

• Jingjintang Expressway, from Beijing, through Tianjin's urban area, to Tanggu District / TEDA
• Jinghu Expressway, from Jinjing Gonglu Bridge to Shanghai (together with Jingjintang Expressway, this is the expressway from Beijing to Shanghai)
• Jingshen Expressway, through Baodi District on its way from Beijing to Shenyang
• Tangjin Expressway, from Tanggu District, Tianjin, to Tangshan, Hebei -- known in Tianjin as the Jintang Expressway
• Baojin Expressway, from Beichen District, Tianjin, to Baoding, Hebei -- known in Tianjin as the Jinbao Expressway
• Jinbin Expressway, from Zhangguizhuang Bridge to Hujiayuan Bridge, both within Tianjin
• Jinji Expressway, from central Tianjin to Jixian County

The following six China National Highways pass through Tianjin:

• China National Highway 102, through Ji County, Tianjin on its way from Beijing to Harbin
• China National Highway 103, from Beijing, through Tianjin's urban area, to Tanggu District
• China National Highway 104, from Beijing, through Tianjin Municipality, to Fuzhou
• China National Highway 105, from Beijing, through Tianjin Municipality, to Macau
• China National Highway 112, circular highway around Beijing, passes through Tianjin Municipality
• China National Highway 205, from Shanhaiguan, Hebei, through Tianjin Municipality, to Guangzhou