Electronic message signs (or screens) are placed throughout the 2nd Ring Road, displaying information about current traffic. The information is only given in simplified Chinese characters at present. The western part of the 2nd Ring Road has "smart" electronic screens, automatically updated every five minutes. Traffic conditions are continuously monitored. Maps are also shown on them to notify drivers of road conditions at various parts of the road, including Jishuitan, Xizhimen, and Fuxingmen on the Chang'an Avenue. Although only Chinese characters are used, the characters themselves are coloured red, yellow or green according to the type of message. This and the map displays make it somewhat easier for non-Chinese speakers to understand. Links to expressways The Badaling Expressway is linked to (from the side road) at Deshengmen. A direct ramp connection from both directions to the Airport Expressway was finished in 2006. The Jingkai Expressway is easily accessible by proceeding south to the complex-and-impressive Caihuying overpass. There are no direct connections from the 2nd Ring Road to the Jingshen Expressway, Jingjintang Expressway, or Jingcheng Expressway. It is possible to get to the Jingshi Expressway by heading southwest at Guang'anmen. Jianguomen links via Jianguomen Outer Street to the Jingtong Expressway and ultimately the Jingha Expressway. List of exits [Heading in a clockwise direction as of the Northern 2nd Ring Road] Notes: Exits present only in a clockwise direction are indicated by the symbol ↩; anticlockwise only, ↪; not yet open, ✕ Exit sign symbols: ↗ = exit (✕ = unopened) North 2nd Ring Road ↗ Beitaipingzhuang, Xinjiekou (Jishuitan Bridge) ↗ Madian -- connects to direct road to Badaling Expressway (Deshengmen Bridge) ↗ Anhua Bridge (Gulou Bridge, Zhonglou North Bridge) ↗ Jiangzhaikou (Andingmen Bridge) ↗ Yonghegong, Beixinqiao (Yonghegong Bridge) ↗ Hepingli (Xiaojie Bridge) ↗ Airport Expressway East 2nd Ring Road ↗ Nongzhan Bridge, Beixinqiao (Dongzhimen Bridge) ↗ Changhong Bridge, Kuanjie (Dongsishitiao Bridge) ↗ Dongdaqiao (Chaoyangmen Bridge) ↗ Dongdan, Guomao Bridge (Jianguomen Bridge) ↗ (Dongbianmen Bridge) ↗ (Guangqumen Bridge) ↗ Temple of Heaven (Guangming Bridge) South 2nd Ring Road ↗ (Zuo'anmen Bridge) ↗ Chongwenmen (Puhuangyu/Yuting Bridge) ↗ (Jingtai Bridge) ↗ (Yongdingmen Bridge) ↗ (Taoran Bridge) ↗ (Kaiyang Bridge) ↗ (You'anmen Bridge) ↗ Jingkai Expressway, Lize Bridge (Caihuying Bridge) West 2nd Ring Road ↗ (Baizhifang Bridge) ↗ (Guang'anmen Bridge) ↗ (Tianningsi Bridge, Xibianmen Bridge) ↗ (Fuxingmen Bridge) ↗ (Yuetan South Bridge, Yuetan North Bridge) ↗ (Fuchengmen Bridge) ↗ (Guanyuan Bridge) ↗ (Xizhimen Bridge) References