9-1  HIGHWAYS, URBAN ROADS AND BRIDGES (1978-2011)
Year
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Total Length of Total Express Length of Rapid Trunk Area of Number of ¡¡
Highways Length of ways Urban Roads Roads Roads Urban Roads Bridges Flyovers
and Roads Highways ¡¡ ¡¡ ¡¡ ¡¡ ¡¡ ¡¡ ¡¡
(km) (km) ¡¡ (km) ¡¡ ¡¡ (10000 sq.m) (unit) ¡¡
 
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1978
1979
1980
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1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
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1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
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1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
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1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
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2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
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2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
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2011
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6562 2078 1611 351 2
7278 2131 1618 348 2
7487 2185 1664 351 6
7566 2234 1742 342 8
7683 2671 2098 408 9
8058 2820 2265 431 10
8271 2928 2393 440 11
8482 2979 2485 460 16
8995 3038 2559 479 16
9103 3087 2631 510 22
9124 3151 2701 522 23
9371 3235 2815 552 27
9648 35 3276 2905 562 33
10259 63 3308 3134 569 40
10827 71 3189 3212 595 55
11260 99 3285 3398 596 64
11532 112 3316 3470 616 75
11811 113 3194 3494 582 84
12084 114 3665 3807 646 133
12306 144 3637 4061 693 140
12498 190 3721 4214 715 138
12825 230 3753 4353 787 141
13600 268 4126 4921 834 149
13891 335 4312 6062 891 160
14359 463 5444 7645 1051 180
18942 14453 499 3055 5345 848 119
19010 14630 525 4067 219 834 6417 949 271
19015 14696 548 4073 239 922 7437 964 304
25377 20503 625 4419 232 955 7258 1079 376
25765 20754 628 4460 236 960 7632 1230 377
26921 20340 777 6186 242 755 8941 1738 381
27436 20755 884 6247 242 805 9179 1765 393
27907 21114 903 6355 263 874 9395 1855 411
28446 21347 912 6258 263 861 9164 1885 418
Note: a) Total length of highways and roads means the sum of roads and highways across the city (excluding intersections of roads and highways) 
          b) Roads and bridge figures covered 8 districts and Tongxian County in 1978-1981; covered 8 districts and 14 counties in 1982-2002; 
              and covered 8 districts and Beijing economic-technological development zones in 2003-2010.From 2011, figures on Urban Roads 
              and Auxiliary Facilities do not cover Beijing Economic Development Zone.
          c) Road figures for 2008 were from Beijing Urban Road Census. 
Source: Beijing Municipal Communission of Transport.