Entering the spur towards the Badaling expressway, from the old A-road. This isn't the start of the lorry jam, as it continues along the A-road as well.
More, more, more lorries...
Here we were pushed off the road for an odd one-way/roundabout system, though you can see the lorry line continuing.
Turning back onto the road, the lorry jam continues. Many of the lorry drivers were sleeping, meaning they had already been there for a relatively long time.
Heading towards the motorway, this bit of the spur is partially under motorway restrictions. With the relatively good visibility, you can clearly see the lorry line stretching into the far distance...
And they're still there... The line seemed never-ending, as it stretched all the way to the motorway end of the spur, and deep into the A-road at the other end.
This jam definitally contained at least hundreds of lorries, if not thousands. My guess, which my dad agreed with, is that the Chinese police finally started enforcing the motorway restrictions, and pushed all these heavy smoke-belchers off the motorway and onto the A-road, and that they were all held up like that due to weight and supervision stations positioned to check trucks heading into Beijing, though these are positioned around 10-15 miles down the A-road. I though it would be worth posting this here, as I have never seen so many lorries held up in one jam in my life. Many more pictures on https://www.flickr.com/photos/55347544@N00/
