Chongqing’s 186km-long outer ring expressway will be opened to traffic at the end of 2009, according to local media. It will comprise three lanes each way and will link the districts of Beibei, Yubei, Jiangbei, Banan, Jiangjin, Jiulongpo and Shapingba.

Elsewhere in the municipality, construction of Jiayue Bridge should be completed at the end of this year, with its opening slated for before the 2010 Spring Festival, according to Chongqing Construction Engineering Group. The cable-stayed bridge is 778 metres long and is made up of two layers, one for vehicles and the other for pedestrians. Jiayue Bridge will be one of the main river crossings in central Chongqing, connecting Yuelai in Yubei district with Caijia in Beibei district.