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The General Squdron of Traffic and Patrol Police Warns About Certain Road Sections with Traffic Jam In the Hot Summer

10/29/2004

Under the heat of the sun, roads in Shanghai, especially viaducts, are faced with more and more traffic pressure and there are quite a few road sections tht become bottleneck areas with a lot of traffic jams. The General Squdron of Traffic and Patrol Police warned local citizens that the following road sections may be crowded at certain times.

7:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. The inner side of inner ring road: Huang Xing Road - He Jian Road, Tian Yao Qiao Road - Wan Ping Road; Southern side of Yan'an Road Viaduct: Hong Jin Road - Lou Shan Guan Road, Jiang Su Road - Mao Ming Road, Yan'an Road East Intersection - Fu Jian Road; Western side of North-South Viaduct: Luo Chuan Road - Yan'an Road East Intersection; Eastern side of Yan'an Road Intersection: Xu Jia Hui Road - Yan'an Road East Intersection; Southern Part of Hu Min Road Viaduct: Liu Zhou Road - Pu Hui Tang Road.

13:30 p.m. - 16:30 p.m. The outer side of inner ring road: Wu Ning Road - Jin Sha Jiang Road, Long Hua Road - Wan Ping Road; Northern side of Yan'an Road Viaduct: Jiang Su Road - Yan'an Road West Intersection, Southern side of Yan'an Road: Hong Xu Road - Lou Shan guan Road, Yan'an Road East Intersetion - Fu Jian Road; Western Side of North-South Viaduct: Xin Zha Road - Yan'an Road East Intersection; Eastern side of Yan'an Road Intersection - Tian Mu Road Intersection.

17:00 p.m. - 18:30 p.m. Inner side of inner ring Road: Lu Ban Road Intersection - Rui Jin Road, Wu Zhong Road - Yan'an Road West Intersection - Wu Ning Road; Northern side of Yan'an Road Viaduct: Yan'an Road East Intersection; Southern side of Yan'an Road Viaduct: Jiangsu Road - Hua Shan Road; Estern side of North-South Viaduct: Lu Ban Road Intersection - Tian Mu Road Circuit Intersection

7:00 a.m. - 17: 30 p.m. The outer side of inner ring rod: Da Bai Shu - Guang Zhong Road, Wu Ning Road - Jin Sha Jiang Road, Xin Hua Road - Wu Zhong Road.

The traffic and patrol police warned drivers to choose a proper route so as to avoid traffic jam.
The Shanghai government 2006