And I thought 495 at rush hour was bad.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100823/sc_afp/chinaroadtraffic
"The Beijing-Tibet expressway slowed to a crawl on August 14 due to a spike in traffic by cargo-bearing heavy trucks heading to the capital, and compounded by road maintenance work that began five days later, the Global Times said.
The state-run newspaper said the jam between Beijing and Jining city had given birth to a mini-economy with local merchants capitalising on the stranded drivers' predicament by selling them water and food at inflated prices."
At least China's public transportation is easy to use...oh, wait....