京津塘高速道路
北京市以外では一律で最高速度110 km/h制限(まれに道路標識で指示される); 北京市区間は現在90 km/h。しかし北京市区間の分鐘寺から十八里店までは、70 km/hや80 km/h制限が混在している(北京から出る方向のみ)。
The expressway was designed for a traffic audience of 50,000 vehicles a day -- and apparently, not a vehicle more, as the current average of 59,000 vehicles a day is stretching the expressway to its limits. Meanwhile, during periods of high use, 130,000 vehicles are reported to be using the expressway -- per day.
Compounding the problem is a very narrow (2.4 m in width) hard shoulder, and the lack of emergency bays. Compound that with fog in the southeastern 北京市区間, and no lights at night outside of the 北京四環路, and one understands why the label "road of death" sticks so well to the expressway today.