
A picture made available 25 August 2010 shows traffic jam up on the National Highway 207 in Wanquan county in north China's Hebei province 23 August 2010. The traffic jam on the Hebei sections of Beijing-Tibet Expressway and nearby Highway 207 and Highway 110 eased a bit on 23 August after nine days of queuing up to 100 kilometers west of Beijing due to road maintenance and truck drivers unwillingness to detour. EPA/WONG WAY

A picture made available 25 August 2010 shows trucks jam up on the National Highway 207 in Wanquan county in north China's Hebei province 23 August 2010. The traffic jam on the Hebei sections of Beijing-Tibet Expressway and nearby Highway 207 and Highway 110 eased a bit on 23 August after nine days of queuing up to 100 kilometers west of Beijing due to road maintenance and truck drivers unwillingness to detour. EPA/WONG WAY

A picture made available 25 August 2010 shows traffic jam up on the National Highway 207 in Wanquan county in north China's Hebei province 23 August 2010. The traffic jam on the Hebei sections of Beijing-Tibet Expressway and nearby Highway 207 and Highway 110 eased a bit on 23 August after nine days of queuing up to 100 kilometers west of Beijing due to road maintenance and truck drivers unwillingness to detour. EPA/WONG WAY

File photo dated 18 August 2010 of a peddler selling food to drivers of trucks jamming up on an expressway in Changping district in north China's Beijing municipality. The traffic jam on the Hebei sections of Beijing-Tibet Expressway and nearby Highway 207 and Highway 110 eased a bit on 23 August after nine days of queuing up to 100 kilometers west of Beijing due to road maintenance in Beijing and truck drivers unwillingness to detour. EPA/CHIN BIN CHINA OUT

File photo dated 18 August 2010 of a driver walks to his truck jamming up on an expressway in Changping district in north China's Beijing municipality. The traffic jam on the Hebei sections of Beijing-Tibet Expressway and nearby Highway 207 and Highway 110 eased a bit on 23 August after nine days of queuing up to 100 kilometers west of Beijing due to road maintenance in Beijing and truck drivers unwillingness to detour. EPA/CHIN BIN CHINA OUT

File photo dated 18 August 2010 of a stall of food and water set up in a lane by peddlers targeted at drivers of trucks jamming up on an expressway in Changping district in north China's Beijing municipality. The traffic jam on the Hebei sections of Beijing-Tibet Expressway and nearby Highway 207 and Highway 110 eased a bit on 23 August after nine days of queuing up to 100 kilometers west of Beijing due to road maintenance in Beijing and truck drivers unwillingness to detour. EPA/CHIN BIN CHINA OUT