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The 2nd Ring Road currently links, albeit somewhat indirectly, with two roads which eventually become the Airport Expressway and China National Highway 101 . A new flyover, and a new express road are being built that will connect directly with the Airport Expressway and is due within 2004 . The Beijing Underground Railway network has a node stop at Dongzhimen, where Lines 2 and 13 connect. Line 13 has its eastern terminus at Dongzhimen. West of Dongzhimen is Guijie , or "Food vessel street" (Dongzhimen Inner Street), extremely well-known to locals as a food street. The character for Gui (簋) refers to a round-mouthed bamboo container for food. The name is frequently mistaken for a similar sounding word, meaning "ghost", so some refer to the street as "Ghost street". East of Dongzhimen is Dongzhimen Outer Street , which connects with the Embassy area and ultimately to the 3rd Ring Road and the National Agricultural Exhibition Hall . Dongzhimen was also the site of one of the old City Walls Of Beijing . 1.5 km from Dongzhimen lies the nearby Sanlitun bar street, well-known to the expat community. |
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