Siyuan Bridge

Siyuan Bridge () is a large, complex overpass in northeastern

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. Similar to

Wuyuan Bridge Wuyuan may refer to: Locations in China * Wuyuan County, Jiangxi (婺源县) * Wuyuan County, Inner Mongolia (五原县) * Wuyuan Commandery (五原郡) of ancient China * Wuyuan, Shanxi (吾元), a town in Tunliu County, Shanxi * Wuyuan Sub ...

further north and

Sanyuan Bridge Sanyuanqiao, or Sanyuan Bridge () is a major overpass on the northeastern stretch of Beijing's 3rd Ring Road. It was opened in 1984. The overpass links three major passageways in Beijing and the complex structure made it a speciality on its own ...

further south, it links three roads instead of just two for a normal overpass. The Airport Expressway,

China National Highway 101 China National Highway 101 is a major trunk route connecting Beijing to Shenyang, Liaoning. In Beijing it is known as Jingshun Road () or Jingmi Road () for connecting central Beijing to Shunyi District and Miyun District, although the actual roa ...

, and the

4th Ring Road The 4th Ring Road () is a controlled-access expressway ring road in Beijing, China which runs around the city, with a radius of approximately from city centre. The total length of the road is . There are 147 bridges and viaducts that run the ...

are linked. Siyuan Bridge is extremely complex. Approaching east (coming in from the west), one faces two exits within a few metres of each other, and the second exit splits into two on the bridge. Half a kilometre away lies yet another exit. The exits for the portion coming in from the east are even more complex (three separate exits), and there is no entrance into the Airport Expressway heading south. Odder still, drivers heading for

Beijing Capital International Airport Beijing Capital International Airport is one of two international airports serving Beijing, the other one being Beijing Daxing International Airport (PKX). It is located northeast of Beijing's city center, in an exclave of Chaoyang District ...

can only enter the

heading west, but those coming into central Beijing can pick both directions. Road bridges in China Bridges in Beijing {{PRChina-road-stub