Chang 'an Street is the main urban road connecting Dongcheng District and Xicheng District in China. It is the east-west axis across the capital of China, and it is also one of the famous streets in China history.
Chang 'an Street was built in the 18th year of Yongle in Ming Dynasty (1420). After years of reconstruction and reform and opening up, the whole section has gradually completed modernization and upgrading.
In a narrow sense, Chang 'an Street starts from Dongdan intersection in the east and ends at Xidan intersection in the west, with a total length of 3.8 kilometers (including Tiananmen Square intersection). It is divided into East Chang 'an Street and West Chang 'an Street by Tiananmen Square. Among them, the total length of East Chang 'an Avenue is1507m, and the total length of West Chang 'an Avenue is1742m; With a speed limit of 70 km/h, Chang 'an Avenue in a broad sense is about 55 km long. On the basis of East-West Chang 'an Avenue, it covers other sections at both ends, starting from Shisan Road in Mentougou in the west and Song Liang Road in Tongzhou in the east.
Chang 'an Street, located in the center of Beijing, China, has a long history and is famous at home and abroad for holding many major national celebrations. Known as "Shili Long Street" and "China First Street".
Operation:
Traffic problem
Chang 'an Street is an extremely important national defense highway, which will be temporarily closed at special times. You need to know the traffic control announcements issued by relevant departments in advance.
Transportation flow
By the end of 2004, the average daily traffic volume of Chang 'an Avenue was nearly 6.5438+0.5 million, and the traffic volume reached 6.5438+0.65438+0.0 million in some peak hours.
As of 20 12, the daily average traffic volume of Chang 'an Avenue has reached 124789 vehicles, with an average traffic volume of 5203 vehicles per hour.