60-mile traffic jam on Chinese freeway enters its 9th day

And we sometimes complain when we have to wait for road construction in the U.S… Next time just remember, it could be a lot worse!

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A 60-mile traffic jam on one of China’s major national freeways is now entering its 9th day, the Chinese media reports.

Global Times says residents along the Beijing-Tibet Freeway are cashing in by gouging stranded drivers, with noodles going for four times the normal price.

It all began Aug. 14 when thousands of Beijing-bound trucks got jammed up because of construction on a nearby roadway, National Freeway 110.

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