Beijing, China (AHN) -- A 60-mile traffic jam near Beijing entered its 10th day on Tuesday and authorities expect relief to come only by the middle of next month.

Repairs began on the Beijing-Tibet Highway on Aug. 13, and were followed by the closure of a major circumferential road in Beijing the next week. The result has created a major traffic jam on National Highway 110 that stretches towards the border with Inner Mongolia.

An official of the Zhangjiakou city's Traffic Management Bureau said traffic will normalize around Sept. 17, when road construction is scheduled to be finished and open up traffic lanes.

Stranded truck drivers played card games to kill time. Villagers along Highway 110 were making a profit out of the traffic jam by selling food and wares to stranded motorists.

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