Expressways to be extra busy for winter solstice
Print Edition
EXPRESSWAYS and roads in Shanghai are going to be especially busy from December 9 to 24 when over 2 million people are forecast to visit cemeteries across the city for the winter solstice, authorities said.
Winter solstice, like the Qingming Festival, is a key time for people to pay their respects to departed family members.
Also known as dongzhi, winter solstice this year falls on December 22 and 2.38 million people are expected to visit 44 cemeteries across the city, bringing an extra 290,000 vehicles onto the roads over the 16-day peak period, said Shanghai Civil Affairs Bureau.
About 25,000 urns are expected to be buried in the city during the period.
The peak days will be December 16 and 17, the weekend before dongzhi as well as the actual day on December 22, with 1.69 million people expected to sweep tombs and an extra 200,000 vehicles onto the roads.
Jiading, Qingpu and Baoshan districts and the Pudong New Area, all of which have a large number of cemeteries, will be the most crowded areas, officials said.
Expressways and trunks leading to cemeteries in Pudong, Jiading, Qingpu, and Baoshan including the S2, S4, G50, S5, G1501, Huaxia Elevated Road, Tanglu Road, Zhufeng Highway, Hunan Highway, Jiasong Road N., Yueluo Road and Xinsiping Highway will see heavy congestion throughout the 16-day period, officials warned.
Between 8:30am and 10:30am on December 22, 1.02 million people are expected to sweep tombs, with an extra 120,000 vehicles on the roads, according to the bureau.
Seven cemeteries including Songhe Cemetery in Jiading, Baoluomingyuan Cemetery in Baoshan and Fushouyuan Cemetery in Qingpu are likely to see the largest number of tomb sweepers, the bureau said.
Authorities are urging residents to take public transport where possible and said there will be extra shuttle buses taking tomb sweepers between Metro stations and 19 cemeteries.
- About Us
- |
- Terms of Use
- |
-
RSS - |
- Privacy Policy
- |
- Contact Us
- |
- Shanghai Call Center: 962288
- |
- Tip-off hotline: 52920043
- 沪ICP证：沪ICP备05050403号-1
- |
- 互联网新闻信息服务许可证：31120180004
- |
- 网络视听许可证：0909346
- |
- 广播电视节目制作许可证：沪字第354号
- |
- 增值电信业务经营许可证：沪B2-20120012
Copyright © 1999- Shanghai Daily. All rights reserved.Preferably viewed with Internet Explorer 8 or newer browsers.
