List of ring roads

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Below is a list of ring roads from around the world.

Africa[]

Egypt[]

Morocco[]

  • Rabat Ringroad, Rabat

Nigeria[]

  • Ring road, Benin City
  • Bauchi ring road, Jos
  • Ring road, Ibadan

South Africa[]

Main article: Ring Roads in South Africa
Johannesburg Ring Road
  • Johannesburg Ring Road
  • Durban Ring Road
  • Cape Town Ring Road
  • Pretoria Ring Road
  • Polokwane Ring Road
  • Bloemfontein Ring Road
  • Pietermaritzburg Ring Road

Asia[]

Afghanistan[]

China[]

See also: Ring roads of Beijing
  • Ring roads of Beijing: 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th
  • Ring Roads of Shanghai: Inner Ring Road, Middle Ring Road, S20 Outer Ring Expressway, G1501 Shanghai Ring Expressway
  • 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th (formerly 1st Chengdu bypass highway) and 5th Ring Roads (formerly 2nd Chengdu bypass highway), currently exist in Chengdu and a new 3rd bypass highway (6th ring road) is under construction and scheduled for completion in 2017.
  • G0102 Changchun Ring Expressway
  • Inner Ring Road, Outer Ring Road, Guangzhou
  • , Shenyang
  • , Tangshan
  • Inner, Middle and Outer Ring Roads, Tianjin
  • The second and the third ring roads in Xi'an
  • Inner Ring Road, Second Ring Road and Third Ring Road of Wuhan

Hong Kong[]

The ring road that circles the New Territories area of Hong Kong.

In Hong Kong, a circular motorway, Route 9, as known as New Territories Circular Road, circles the New Territories and connects all the towns to the north of New Kowloon.

India[]

  • Outer Ring Road, Largest in the nation, about 158 km, 8-lane ring road Inner Road Road, Hyderabad[1]
  • Inner and Outer Ring Roads and Elevated Beltways, Chennai
  • Central, Inner Ring Road, Outer Ring Road, and Peripheral Ring Roads, Bangalore
  • Delhi Ring Road, Delhi Outer Ring Road and the proposed Western Peripheral Expressway, Eastern Peripheral Expressway National Capital Region
  • Bandra-Worli Sea Link and the proposed Western Freeway Sea Link, Mumbai
  • Inner Central Ring Road (Old Padra Road/Vadodara Road – Race Course Road – Sarabhai Road – Sayaji Path – VIP Road – New VIP Road – Ring Road – (Ajwa – Waghodia) – (Waghodia – Dabhoi) – (Soma Talav – Tarsali) – (Sussen – Tarsali)), Outer Ring Road/NH48 bypass Chhani – Makarpura, Vadodara
  • Outer Ring Road, Nagpur
  • Outer Ring Road, Amaravati
  • Jaipur Bypass, Jaipur
  • Pune Ring Road, Pune
  • Coimbatore bypass, Coimbatore
  • Mysore Ring Road, Mysore
  • Jodhpur Ring Road, Jodhpur
  • Outer Ring Road, Trivandrum
  • Sardar Patel Ring Road, Ahmedabad
  • Gulbarga Ring Road, Gulbarga
  • Rourkela Ring Road, Rourkela
  • Mandalsera Ring Road, Bageshwar
  • Varanasi Ring Road Phase I, Varanasi
  • Surat Ring Road, Surat
  • Tumkur Ring Road, Tumkur.
  • Thanjavur Ring Road, Thanjavur
  • Tiruchy Bypass and Semi Ring Road, Tiruchirappalli

Indonesia[]

  • Jakarta Inner Ring Road
  • Jakarta Outer Ring Road 1
  • Jakarta Outer Ring Road 2 (One section completed)
  • Bogor Outer Ring Road
  • Bandung Ring Road (Padaleunyi Toll Road)
  • Semarang Ring Road (Arteri Semarang Toll Road)
  • Surabaya (Gresik – Gempol Toll Road)

Iran[]

Japan[]

Fukuoka[]

  • Expressway
    • Fukuoka Expressway Circle Route (35 km, 60–80 km/h)

Nagoya[]

  • Expressway
    • Nagoya Expressway Ring Route (10.3 km, 50–60 km/h)

Osaka[]

  • Expressway
    • Hanshin Expressway Loop Route (10.3 km, 50–60 km/h)

Sendai Metropolitan Area[]

  • Expressway
    • Gurutto Sendai (58.9 km, 70–100 km/h)

Greater Tokyo Area[]

Expressways of the Greater Tokyo Area
  • Expressway
  • National Highway
    • Japan National Route 16
    • Japan National Route 298 (Parallel to Tokyo-Gaikan Expressway)
    • Japan National Route 357
  • Local Highway
    • Tokyo Ring 1 (Uchibori-dori, Eitai-dori, Hibiya-dori, Harumi-dori)
    • Tokyo Ring 2 (Sotobori-dori, Shin-ohashi-dori, Tokyo Highway 483, Tokyo Highway 484)
    • Tokyo Ring 3 (Kiyosumi-dori, Kasuga-dori, Gaien-higashi-dori, Kototoi-dori, Mito Highway, Mitsume-dori)
    • Tokyo Ring 4 (Gaien-nishi-dori, Tokyo Highway 437, Meiji-dori, Maruhachi-dori)
    • Tokyo Ring 5–1, 5–2 (Meiji-dori)
    • Tokyo Ring 6 (Yamate-dori)
    • Tokyo Ring 7 (Kannana-dori)
    • Tokyo Ring 8 (Kanpachi-dori)
    • Tokyo Bay Ring Road
    • Yokohama Ring 1 (Yokohama Highway 83, Kanagawa Highway 201, Yokohama Highway 84)
    • Yokohama Ring 2
    • Yokohama Ring 3
    • Yokohama Ring 4 (Kanagawa Highway 23, Kanyon)
    • Utsunomiya Ring Road
    • Takasaki Ring Road

Malaysia[]

George Town[]

Johor Bahru[]

Kuala Lumpur[]

Others[]

Nepal[]

Pakistan[]

Philippines[]

Metro Manila[]

Thailand[]

Bangkok[]

  • Outer Ring Road – Kanchanaphisek Road – Motorway route 9, a complete ring road (grade-separated and controlled access) comprising:
    • Western Outer Ring Road, Bang Pa In to
    • Eastern Outer Ring Road, Bang Phli to Bang Pa In, a partly tolled section
    • Southern Outer Ring Road, Bang Phli to , a viaduct/bridge and fully tolled section
  • Inner Ring Road – a complete ring road comprising
    • Ratchadaphisek Road (eastern portion)
    • Wong Sawang Road (northern portion)
    • Charan Sanit Wong Road (western portion)
  • Bangkok Expressway – a fully tolled, complete ring (grade-separated and controlled access) comprising
    • Port – Dao Khanong Expressway (southern portion)
    • Phaya Thai – Bangkhlo Expressway (western portion)
    • Chalerm Mahanakhorn Expressway (eastern portion)
    • Asoke – Rachadapisek Expressway (northern portion)

Northern Thailand[]

  • Ayutthaya – Route 32, 347 and 356, a complete outer ring road
  • Ayutthaya – U Thong Road, a complete inner ring road, surrounding old city
  • Chiang Mai – Route 121, a complete outer ring road
  • Chiang Mai – Route 11 and 1141, a partial inner ring road
  • Phitsanulok – Route 126, a complete ring road linking routes 11, 12 and 117
  • Suphanburi – Route 357, a complete ring road linking routes 321, 322, 329 and 340.
  • Saraburi – Route 362, a complete ring road linking routes 1 and 2.

North Eastern Thailand[]

  • Buriram – Route 288, a complete ring road linking routes 218, 219 and 226
  • Khon Kaen – Route 230, a complete ring road linking Route 2 and Route 12
  • Roi Et – Route 232, a complete ring road linking routes 23, 214 and 215
  • Ubon Ratchathani – Route 231, a complete ring road linking routes 23, 24, 212, 217 and 226
  • Udon Thani – Route 216 'By pass Road', a complete ring road linking Route 2 with Routes 22 and 216

South Eastern Thailand[]

  • Chonburi – Route 361, a partial ring road linking Route 3 with routes 315 and 344

Southern Thailand[]

  • Surat Thani – complete ring road consisting of routes 401, 417 and 420
  • Trang – Route 419, a complete ring road linking routes 4, 403 and 404

Singapore[]

  • Jalan Eunos
  • Bartley Road
  • , a ring road located in Yishun
  • A ring road in Toa Payoh comprising and
  • , a ring road located in Bukit Panjang
  • Minor ring roads in Woodlands

South Korea[]

Seoul[]

  • Seoul Ring Expressway (Route 100), a complete outer ring road of motorway standard.
  • Inner ring road, a complete ring consisting:
    • Naebu Beltway (Route 66)
    • Dongbu Arterial Road (Route 61)
    • Gangbyeonbuk-ro (Route 70)

Daejeon[]

  • Daejon Ring Road, a complete ring road consisting:

Gwangju[]

  • Ring Road, a complete ring road consisting:
    • Honam Expressway (route 25), northern portion
    • Route 77, the eastern, western and southern portion

Vietnam[]

Ho Chi Minh City[]

  • Partial ring road consisting:
    • National Route 1A (QL 1A), northern portion
    • Nguyen Van Linh, southern portion
    • Vanh Dai, incomplete eastern portion

Hanoi[]

  • Partial Inner Ring road consisting:
    • Buoi, Lang, Truong Chinh and Vinh Tuy Bridge
  • Outer Ring Road consisting:
    • Ring Road 3, Pham Van Dong, National Highway 5 (QL 5), Thanh Tri Bridge and Nguyen Van Linh

Australasia[]

Australia[]

Australian Coast or nearby – Highway 1, ring road surrounds all of Australia

New South Wales[]

  • Sydney – Sydney Orbital Network, complete ring road consisting of 11 Motorways
  • Sydney – A9 (Sydney), a partial outer ring road
  • Newcastle – Newcastle Inner City Bypass, an inner partial ring road

Queensland[]

  • Brisbane – Orbital, a partial ring road comprising:
    • Gateway Motorway (M1), eastern portion
    • Logan Motorway (M2), southern portion
    • Western Bypass, a proposed western portion
  • Brisbane – Inner City Bypass an inner partial ring road
  • Townsville – Townsville Ring Road, a partial ring road comprising:
    • Douglas Arterial Road
  • Mackay – Mackay Ring Road, a partial ring road (proposed)
  • Toowoomba – Toowoomba Second Range Crossing, a partial ring road (proposed)

Victoria[]

Western Australia[]

  • Perth Inner Orbital:
    • Reid Highway (northern)
    • Tonkin Highway (eastern)
    • Leach Highway (southern)
  • Perth Outer Orbital:
    • Roe Highway (eastern)
    • Roe Highway (southern)
  • Perth Bunbury Highway (proposed outer bypass), Bunbury

Europe[]

Austria[]

Azerbaijan[]

  • , Baku

Belarus[]

  • Minsk Automobile Ring Road (MKAD), Minsk

Belgium[]

  • R0 (Brusselse Ring), Brussels
  • R1 (Antwerpse Ring), Antwerp
  • R2 (Wider ringroad, not completely built), Antwerp
  • R3, Charleroi
  • R4, Ghent
  • R5, Mons
  • R7, Liège
  • R8, Kortrijk
  • R9 (smaller ring), Charleroi
  • R42 (smaller ring), Sint-Niklaas

Bulgaria[]

  • Sofia ring road

Croatia[]

  • Zagreb bypass (A2, A3, A4)
    • A second, 160 km (99 mi) bypass (proposed signing is A15) was announced to be part of the 2009–2012 four-year construction plan)
  • Rijeka bypass (A7)

Cyprus[]

Czech Republic[]

  • R1 expressway (outer ring road), Prague (partially completed)
  • Městský okruh (MO) (inner ring road), Prague (partially completed)
  • Road I/31 (Hradec Králové)
  • Big City Ring (Velký městský okruh) in Brno
  • Brno City Ring (Brněnský městský okruh, vnitřní městský okruh), the inner ring in Brno
  • the three old Prague rings (I, II, III) and many rings in other cities are not special express ring roads but routes signed on common streets and roads

Denmark[]

  • Copenhagen City Ring (O2) and Outer Rings O3, O4, Motorringveje 3 og 4)

Estonia[]

  • Tallinn ring road (Tallinna ringtee), around Tallinn, Estonian national road 11
  • Tartu ring road (Ringtee), around Tartu, most of it is part of Tallinn–Tartu–Võru–Luhamaa road (E263)

Finland[]

  • Kehä 0 (Ring 0), a conceptual approach to routing traffic away from the very centre of the city, to develop greater pedestrian access areas in the centre, the so-called "carless centre". Though this is the least legitimate in the sense of what is commonly thought as a ring road, merely consisting of ways to route traffic, it differs from the other ring roads in that it would consist of a fully circular network of routes around a focal point, rather than I, II and III, which are properly only semicircular, being as they are, limited by the sea on one side.
  • Hakamäentie, by-passes inner city. The central part is built, remaining parts uniting with E75
  • Kehä I (Ring 1), encircling Helsinki while also passing through Espoo, for local traffic
  • Kehä II (Ring 2), traffic loadout highway through Espoo, for local traffic (Kehä II is not an actual ring road but only a stub – the complete ring is not yet even planned)
  • Kehä III (Ring 3), bypass of Helsinki, part of E18, encircling Helsinki through Vantaa, Espoo and Kirkkonummi, for local traffic and long-distance traffic[2]
  • Turun kehätie (Turku Ring Road), encircling city of Turku and bypasses through Turku, Raisio, Lieto and Kaarina.
  • Tampere Ring Road, encircling city of Tampere and bypasses Tampere, Pirkkala, Nokia and Ylöjärvi.

France[]

Germany[]

Greece[]

Athens is encircled by the system of Attiki Odos motorway with three main avenues, forming a Π around the Athens Basin. To the northern side, the main section (number 6) connecting Elefsina shipyards-industrial zone with the Athens International Airport in Spata and counts about 50 km. To the western side, Aigaleo Avenue, encircling Mount Aigaleo and to the eastern side, the Hymettus Ring. As supplementary avenues there are also NATO Avenue, running across the Elefsina Basin next to Mount Aigaleo, Katehaki Avenue, connecting NE (Papagou) and SE (Ilioupoli) suburbs of Athens aligned with Mount Hymettus and finally Avenue, connecting the vicinity of Athens International Airport and the SE coast of Athens, near the suburb of Voula, in the back side of Mount Hymettus. To the south side (coast), Poseidonos Avenue (Or "Paraliaki (Παραλιακή): Greek for "Coastal (Road)") runs from Piraeus () to Voula, aligned with the coast, until it meets and then it continues to the countryside Sounio Avenue, towards Sounio and Lavrio.

The quality of the encircling system varies from motorway of high standards and fully computerised control and service (northern section of Attiki Odos) to more simple two-lanes avenue, like Aigaleo Avenue. Most of the system, maybe except the mountainous parts (Aigaleo, Katehaki and Hymettus Ring), is a high-speed traffic system of roads. Usually the most speedy traffic is noticed on the coastal Poseidonos Avenue, thus making it need increased attention.

Hungary[]

Iceland[]

  • Route 1, which circles the entire country

Ireland[]

All ring roads listed are not arranged from previously existing roads.

  • Dublin: M50 motorway (Dublin Port Tunnel, Northern Cross Route, Western Parkway, South Eastern Motorway)
  • Limerick: Limerick Southern Ring Road (end of N7 route)
  • Cork: N40 Cork South Ring Road
  • Kilkenny: Kilkenny Ring Road (part N10/ routes)
  • Galway: Galway City Outer Bypass (planned)[3] (part of the N6 road route)
  • Waterford: Waterford Bypass [under construction] (part of the N25 route)

Dublin has three generations of partial ring roads. Due to its location on the sea, there is no complete ring road as yet. with the combined South Circular Road and North Circular Road forming the oldest, and inner pair dating from the 19th century.

The M50 motorway forms the middle, most complete and most heavily trafficked (85k-90k cars/day) ring road with an eventual plan to form a complete ring via an undersea tunnel or bridge.

The Outer Ring Road forms the newest partial ring, running along the west of the cities outer suburbs. Eventual plans are to link it to sections of the R121 road which provides a similar service in the north west of the city, with land being reserved for this.

In addition, Dublin City Council has signed two "orbital routes" consisting of existing roads, but following these requires turning at many junctions.

Italy[]

  • Grande Raccordo Anulare, Rome
  • Tangenziale, Milan (A50 -A51 – A52)
  • Tangenziale di Padova
  • Tangenziale di Pavia (A54)
  • Tangenziale di Torino (A55)
  • Tangenziale di Napoli (A56)
  • Tangenziale di Venezia (A57)
  • Tangenziale di Bologna (RA 1)
  • Tangenziale di Catania (RA 15)

Netherlands[]

The S100 that circles central Amsterdam (yellow) and the larger A10 (red) and its numerous connecting highways.
  • Ring Amsterdam (A10), Amsterdam
  • (A4/A15/A16/A20), Rotterdam
  • (A2/A12/A27/Zuilensering), Utrecht
  • Centrumring Amsterdam (S100)
  • Ring Almelo
  • Ring Almere
  • Ring Alkmaar
  • Ring Alphen aan den Rijn
  • Ring Apeldoorn
  • Ring Barendrecht
  • Ring Den Haag
  • Ring Eindhoven (inner) and Randweg Eindhoven (A2/A67, outer; incomplete)
  • Ring Enschede
  • Ring Franeker
  • Ring Groningen, Groningen
  • Ring 's-Hertogenbosch
  • Ring Leeuwarden
  • Ring Sneek
  • Ring Spijkenisse
  • Ring Zwolle
  • Ringweg Bruinisse
  • Ringweg Kats
  • Ringweg Harderwijk
  • Buitenring Parkstad

The Hague is circled by four ring roads:

  • The "Ring" is the main ring road, roughly 34 km long; It is also called the "International ring".
  • Around the city centre, there is the "CentrumRING", roughly 11 km long.

Norway[]

  • , Oslo (three ring roads going around the city centre, with a mutual road (E18) in southernmost part of the city)
  • , Bergen (Connecting and )
  • , Bergen (Not built E39 Bypassing Bergen city centre E16 bypassing Arna)

Poland[]

Kraków rings: existing, built and planned.

Portugal[]

  • VCI, inner ring road in Porto
  • CREP, outer ring road in Porto
  • Segunda Circular, inner ring road in Lisbon
  • CRIL, inner ring road of Lisbon's suburbs
  • CREL, outer ring road of Greater Lisbon

Romania[]

  • Centura București (CB, Bucharest Inner Ringroad) RO Roadsign CB.svg, national road class around Bucharest, currently upgrading to expressway standard;
  • Autostrada Centura București (ACB, Bucharest Outer Ringroad), a motorway-class road circling Bucharest, currently in planning stages
  • Sibiu bypass: The 17.5 km of motorway as a part of A1 motorway forming a partial beltway around Sibiu was fully completed on August 30, 2011.
  • Autostrada Centura Constanţa (Constanţa West Bypass motorway), part of A4 Tabliczka RO A4.svg, currently under construction, estimated completion – end of 2011

Russia[]

Moscow, Russia has three beltways:

  • MKAD — Moscow Ring Road, which follows city borders, is approximately 109 kilometres (68 mi)
  •  — , about 25 kilometres (16 mi) off MKAD, length is about 320 kilometres (200 mi)
  •  — , about 80 kilometres (50 mi) off MKAD, length is about 550 kilometres (340 mi)

Moscow Central Ring Road is a planned road which will consist of parts of and . Planned length is about 442 kilometres (275 mi), it will be opened in 2015.

Inside the Moscow city limits there are three ring roads: the central Boulevard Ring, which is generally two lanes each way with narrow tree-lined parks between the carriage ways; the Garden Ring, which has at least four lanes each way and no gardens; and the Third Ring Road, which was constructed in the late 1990s and early 2000s and combined existing roads and new highways. A fourth ring, between the Third Ring and the MKAD, is planned.

Slovenia[]

  • Ljubljana bypass (Obvoznica)

Serbia[]

Plan of the Belgrade bypass, with major interchanges:
  Existing highways
  Section A, Batajnica-Dobanovci
  Section B, Dobanovci-Bubanj Potok
  Section C, Bubanj Potok-Pančevo
  • Belgrade bypass (Obilaznica oko Beograda, under construction, total length is 69 kilometers) (A1)
  • Novi Sad bypass (A1)
  • Niš bypass (A1 / A4)

Spain[]

The system of ring roads in the Spanish region of Madrid.

Madrid, Spain is served by three beltways:

  • M-30, which at a mean distance of 5.17 kilometres (3.21 mi) to the Puerta del Sol has been overtaken by the city in most of its 32.5 kilometres (20.2 mi) length.
  • M-40, which borders Madrid at a mean distance of 10.07 kilometres (6.26 mi), with connections to the southern metropolitan towns and projects westwards to reach Pozuelo de Alarcón for a total length of 63.5 kilometres (39.5 mi).
  • M-50, which was planned as a full ring but is not "closed" as of 2008, though projects by the Autonomous Community of Madrid to connect both ends through a tunnel are being aired. It is 85 kilometres (53 mi) long and services mainly the metropolitan area at a mean distance of 13.5 kilometres (8.4 mi).

Also, the half-loop M45 runs between the M40 and the M50 at the east, where the two beltways are more separated; and there are plans to build a fourth full loop, the , which would be over 120 kilometres (75 mi) long and encompass the whole metropolitan area of Madrid. This proliferation of orbital motorways is partially due to the traditional high radiality of the Spanish highway network, which routed most cross-country traffic through Madrid.

Other Spanish beltways include:

  • , also known as Ronda Litoral coastal lower (south part) ring road in Barcelona (Catalonia)
  • B20 motorway, also known as Ronda de Dalt, upper (north parth) ring road in Barcelona (Catalonia)
  • , outer half-ring road in Barcelona (Catalonia)
  • , the outermost ring road in Barcelona (Catalonia).(In project, known as "Quart Cinturó" (Fourth beltway))
  • See also List of autopistas and autovías in Spain

Sweden[]

  • Stockholm Ring Road (half-completed, eastern section under feasibility study)
  • Malmö Inner Ring Road
  • Malmö Outer Ring Road
  • Linköping Inner Ring (C-ring) and Outer Ring (Y-ring)

Turkey[]

Most of Turkish metropolitans have beltways with motorway standard.

Ukraine[]

Kyiv has 3 beltways:

  • Small Beltway – completed
  • Great Beltway – only west half-belt is complete, through further extension is frozen.
  • Second Great Beltway – currently under construction.

Kharkiv has one of oldest ring road in Ukraine. It was built in 1960–1970s. The road has been maintained in preparation for UEFA Euro 2012.

Other cities that have ring roads include:

  • Ivano-Frankivsk
  • Khust
  • Kropyvnytskyi
  • Lviv
  • Odessa

United Kingdom[]

  • Ashford, Ashford Ringway was formerly a one-way circuit of the town centre consisting of 3 to 4 lanes and part of the A292. The Elwick Road and Forge Lane sections now form part of the town's shared space scheme with an aim of taming the traffic and promoting commercial growth. Somerset Road is now a dual carriageway and Wellseley Road and Station Road are now a single carriageway section of the A2042.
  • Aylesbury, the A4157 road in Aylesbury goes past Stocklake and Weedon Road near the Bicester Road near Fairford Leys
  • Basingstoke, Basingstoke Ringway is a complete loop around the town centre; it is a dual carriageway except for a small unfinished section on the south-western side.
  • Birmingham;
  1. Birmingham Box orbital motorway (parts of M42, M6 and M5 motorways)[4]
  2. outer (A4040) ring road (uses redesignated old roads, to the north it continues beyond the Box)
  3. intermediate (A4540) ring road, Middleway;
  4. former inner (A4400) ring road reduced; now two through routes;
  • Bradford, A6177
  • Coventry, A4053
  • Edinburgh, A720 Edinburgh City Bypass
  • Glasgow, Glasgow Inner Ring Road
  • Kidderminster, not completed
  • Leeds;
  1. Leeds Outer Ring Road, M621, M1, M62;
  2. Leeds Inner Ring Road
  • Leicester;
  1. Leicester W/N 1st Orbital M1/A46 (Leicester Western Bypass);
  2. Leicester Ring Road;
  3. Leicester Central Ring
  • Liverpool, Queens Drive, the UK's first ring road, conceived as early as 1860 by James Newlands; construction began in 1903 under his successor John Alexander Brodie[citation needed]
  • London;
  1. London Orbital Motorway or M25 motorway (including A282);
  2. North Circular and South Circular;
  3. London (Inner) Ring Road
  • Manchester;
  1. M60 Orbital Motorway; Created by the amalgamation and renumbering of several existing motorways (M62, M63 and M66) and some new build to create a complete loop around the city of Manchester and seven neighbouring Metropolitan Boroughs to form one of the UK's busiest stretches of road.
  2. Manchester Inner Ring Road; The Inner Ring Road runs around the city centres of Manchester and Salford. To the south one third is elevated motorway (the Mancunian Way), with the remainder being at-grade urban clear way.
  1. Sheffield Outer Ring Road;
  2. Sheffield Inner Ring Road
  • Stourbridge, A491
  • Walsall,
  • Watford, A411
  • Wolverhampton, A4150

North America[]

Canada[]

Alberta[]

  • Stoney Trail, Calgary
  • Anthony Henday Drive, Edmonton
  • Inner Ring Road (170 Street, Whitemud Drive, Wayne Gretzky Drive, Yellowhead Trail), Edmonton

British Columbia[]

  • South Fraser Perimeter Road, Metro Vancouver

Manitoba[]

  • Perimeter Highway, Winnipeg

New Brunswick[]

  • Route 15, Moncton

Newfoundland and Labrador[]

Nova Scotia[]

  • Nova Scotia Highway 111, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, in the Halifax Regional Municipality
  • Nova Scotia Highway 125, Cape Breton Regional Municipality

Ontario[]

Quebec[]

  • Montreal
    • Autoroute 30, South Shore of Montreal
    • Autoroute 640, North Shore of Laval – not completed and probably won't be completed from Oka to the A-40 near Hudson and from Charlemagne to the A-30 near Varennes
  • Quebec City
    • Autoroute 40, north of Quebec City
  • Sherbrooke
    • Autoroute 410, entire highway — north leg
    • Autoroute 10, exits 141 to 143 — northwest leg
    • Autoroute 610, entire highway — west & south legs

Saskatchewan[]

  • Ring Road, Regina
  • Circle Drive, Saskatoon

Mexico[]

  • Anillo Periférico, Mexico City. The beltway gained major media attention when the Mexico City mayor, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, started a project to turn a southern section of the ring into a two-story highway. The second floor was finished in 2006.
A portion of the Circuito Interior, José Vasconcelos Avenue between Colonia Condesa and , looking east in Mexico City.
  • Circuito Interior, Mexico City. The inner beltway inside Mexico City proper.
  • a toll road partly under construction being built around Mexico City.
  • , Guadalajara, Jalisco. The ring has a gap: it starts at the Federal Highway 44, circles around the city as a 3+3 lane highway, becomes a 2+2 lane road in the Tonalá municipality, and ends abruptly in the Federal Highway 90.
  • , Guadalajara, Jalisco. An outer beltway that bypasses the city from the Zapotlanejo expressway to the Tepic expressway with the goal of relieving the current beltway from its heavy cargo traffic.
  • , Monterrey, Nuevo León. The beltway is almost a complete 3+3 lane highway. In clockwise it starts in the intersection with Avenida Constitución and continues until Avenida Gonzalitos – Fidel Velazquez, then Avenida Nogalar, Avenida Los Angeles, until the intersection Churubusco – Avenida Constitución. The beltway is a complete freeway except for the part from Avenida Los Angeles – Churubusco until Avenida Constitución (east part of the Beltway).
  • , Puebla, Puebla. An incomplete ringroad which passes through most of the municipalities that conform the Metropolitan Area of Puebla.
  • , Tijuana, Baja California. Currently under construction, it will form a bypass around Tijuana connecting Federal Highway 2 to Federal Highway 1 in Ensenada.

United States[]

Alabama[]

  • Interstate 459, partial beltway around Birmingham
  • Ross Clark Circle, a surface street (as opposed to a controlled-access highway) encircling Dothan—the first such 'ring road' in the United States, opening in 1958. Also known as AL 210
  • State Route 152, surface street encircling Montgomery
  • Boll Weevil Circle, a surface street encircling Enterprise

Arkansas[]

  • Interstate 430 and Interstate 440, completed segments of a planned full beltway around Little Rock

Arizona[]

  • Loop 101, Phoenix Metropolitan Area
  • Loop 202, Phoenix Metropolitan Area
  • Loop 303, Phoenix Metropolitan Area

California[]

  • Interstate 405, Interstate 605, and Interstate 210 a partial loop around the Los Angeles Basin
  • State Route 54, State Route 125, and State Route 52, a partial loop around San Diego
  • Interstate 80 and Capital City Freeway, Sacramento
  • State Route 85, State Route 237, Interstate 880, and U.S. Route 101, forms a loop around Silicon Valley
  • Interstate 280 and Interstate 680, partial beltway around the San Francisco Bay Area
  • U.S. Route 101 (Via Interstate 80 in San Francisco), Interstate 280 (California) (Via the Alemany Maze), Interstate 880 (Via Interstate 280) and Interstate 80 (Via the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, forms a loop around the San Francisco Peninsula and the East Bay (San Francisco Bay Area)
  • Grand Boulevard is a circular surface street that circles Corona, California

Colorado[]

  • Interstate 225, Aurora
  • C-470, E-470, and the Northwest Parkway, Denver Metropolitan Area

Connecticut[]

  • Interstate 91/Interstate 291/Interstate 491 (unfinished Hartford Beltway)

District of Columbia[]

Main article: List of circles in Washington, D.C.
  • Interstate 495 (Capital Beltway) (Primarily in Maryland and Virginia)

Florida[]

Georgia[]

  • Interstate 285 (Atlanta Bypass), Atlanta
  • Interstate 520/Interstate 20 (Bobby Jones Expressway/Carl Sanders Highway) Augusta
  • State Route 10 Loop, Athens
  • State Route 120 Loop (Marietta Parkway), Marietta (a surface street)

Illinois[]

  • Interstate 80/Interstate 280, Quad Cities (also enters Iowa)
  • Interstate 294, Chicago
  • Interstate 474, Peoria

Indiana[]

  • Interstate 465, Indianapolis
  • Interstate 69/Interstate 469, Fort Wayne
  • Interstate 265/Interstate 65/Interstate 264/Interstate 64, Jeffersonville

Iowa[]

  • Interstate 35/Interstate 80/U.S. Route 65/Iowa Highway 5, a continuous beltway around Des Moines
  • Interstate 80/Interstate 280, Quad Cities also enters Illinois

Kansas[]

  • Interstate 435, Kansas City (second-longest beltway in the United States)
  • Interstate 235, Wichita
  • Interstate 470, Topeka

Kentucky[]

  • Ring Road, Elizabethtown (a surface street)
  • Interstate 264 (Henry Watterson Expressway), Louisville
  • Interstate 265 (Gene Snyder Freeway), Louisville
  • Man o' War Boulevard, Lexington
  • New Circle Road, Lexington (mostly freeway, partly surface street)

Louisiana[]

  • Interstate 55, Interstate 10 and Interstate 12 around New Orleans
  • Interstate 220, Shreveport
  • Interstate 210, Lake Charles
  • Ambassador Caffery Parkway, Lafayette (partially constructed boulevard loop around Lafayette)
  • The LRX or Lafayette Regional Xpressway (access-controlled toll road which serves the Lafayette metropolitan area)

Maryland[]

  • Interstate 695 (also known as the Baltimore Beltway, officially designated as the McKeldin Beltway), Baltimore
  • Interstate 495 (Capital Beltway), Washington, D.C.

Massachusetts[]

  • Massachusetts Route 128, cosigned with Interstate 95, Boston (not fully circumferential due to city's seaside location)
  • Interstate 495, Boston (not fully circumferential due to city's seaside location)
  • I-495 forms part of a complete beltway around Lawrence. I-495 runs along this beltway between exits 40 and 47. The rest of the beltway is formed by Interstate 93 between exits 44 and 48 on that highway, and the entirety of Route 213 (AKA the "Loop Connector", which lent its name to a strip mall in Methuen).

Michigan[]

Minnesota[]

  • Interstate 494/Interstate 694, Minneapolis-St. Paul
  • Minnesota State Highway 100, Minneapolis-St. Paul (now truncated, never all-expressway)

Mississippi[]

  • Interstate 220, Jackson

Missouri[]

  • Interstate 435, Kansas City (second-longest beltway in the United States)
  • Interstate 255/Interstate 270, St. Louis

Nebraska[]

  • Interstate 680, partial beltway around the Omaha-Council Bluffs metropolitan area

Nevada[]

  • Bruce Woodbury Beltway (Interstate 215/County Route 215), Las Vegas
  • McCarran Boulevard (State Route 659), Reno

New Hampshire[]

  • Interstate 293 and Interstate 93, Manchester

New Jersey[]

Main article: List of traffic circles in New Jersey

New York[]

  • Interstate 287, Interstate 95, Interstate 278, New York State Route 440, and New Jersey Route 440 around Manhattan, New York City
  • Interstate 278, Belt Parkway, Cross Island Parkway, Interstate 678, and Grand Central Parkway around Brooklyn, and Queens, New York City
  • Interstate 290, Buffalo
  • Interstate 590, Rochester
  • Inner Loop, Rochester
  • Interstate 481, Syracuse
  • Interstate 787, Interstate 90, and Interstate 87 around Albany

North Carolina[]

These ring roads are all unfinished except for I-240/I-40 serving Asheville, I-440/I-40 serving Raleigh, I-485 and I-277/I-77 and Charlotte Route 4.

Other Freeway loops

  • Interstate 140, Wilmington (partial, unfinished)
  • Interstate 240/Interstate 40, Asheville
    • Does not fully function as a ring road since motorists cannot exit I-40 westbound to I-240 eastbound, nor I-240 westbound to I-40 eastbound.
  • Interstate 440/Interstate 40 (Beltline), Raleigh
  • Interstate 540/NC 540 (Outer Loop), Raleigh (unfinished)
  • Interstate 840/Interstate 85/Interstate 73 (Greensboro Urban Loop), Greensboro (under construction)
  • Interstate 274/Interstate 74 (Winston-Salem Beltway), Winston-Salem (planned)
  • Interstate 295/Interstate 95 (Fayetteville Outer Loop), Fayetteville (unfinished)
  • Bypass form a partial loop around Asheboro

Nonfreeway loops

  • Apex Peakway (under construction)
  • Cary Parkway (partial loop)
  • Charlotte Route 4
  • Judd Parkway (Fuquay Varina) (under construction)
  • Maynard Road (Cary inner loop)
  • NC 67 (Silas Creek Parkway), is a partial loop in Winston-Salem, with some expressway/freeway portions. NC 67 is routed on this road between the Peters Creek Parkway intersection and the Reynolda Road interchange.
  • U.S. Route 264/Alternate U.S. 264 (Greenville Boulevard), form a partial loop around Greenville, part of which is freeway grade
  • NC 150/NC 66 (), Kernersville (under construction) is a planned loop in Kernersville that is planned to be built by connecting five of the existing roads in the town with improvements such as, widening and reconstructing some of the other existing roads and building new roads, though unfunded. One of the roads in that town Macy Grove Road will be extended featuring reconstruction of the Mountain Street interchange on the road, building a new intersection with Smith Edwards Road, and building a new superstreet intersection. NC 150 is now rerouted on to the new section of Macy Grove Road as of October 2020.

Ohio[]

  • Interstate 270, Columbus – Known in Columbus as "The Outerbelt"
  • Interstate 90, Cleveland – The confluence of Interstate 90 and the northern termini of Interstates 71 and 77 bypassing Downtown Cleveland (locally known as the "Innerbelt")
  • Interstate 271–Interstate 480, Cleveland – Large segments of these two freeways together form a partial beltway (locally known as the "Outerbelt")
  • Interstate 275, Cincinnati – The longest completed beltway in the United States at 84 miles long
  • Interstate 475 (entire length) and Interstate 75 exits 192–204, Toledo
  • In the city of Akron, a beltway (albeit rectangular-shaped) is formed by three different Interstates – Interstate 77 travels alone on the eastern part (between exits 122–125), Interstate 76 travels alone on the western part (between exits 18–20), I-76 and I-77 share the northern part (signed as exits 20–23, using I-76 exit numbers), and Interstate 277 forms the entire southern part (4 miles)

Oregon[]

  • Interstate 205, Portland
  • Interstate 405/Interstate 5 between the Fremont Bridge and the Marquam Bridge, Downtown Portland

Pennsylvania[]

  • Capital Beltway, includes portions of I-81, I-83, PA 581, U.S. 11, and U.S. 322 around Harrisburg
  • Lehigh Valley Thruway, including I-78 and PA 33 provide a beltway for the Lehigh Valley
  • Pittsburgh/Allegheny County Belt System, Pittsburgh (set of six color-coded non-highway beltways)
  • Interstate 576 (proposed), a proposed toll beltway route around Pittsburgh
  • Interstate 70, Interstate 76, and Interstate 79 form a complete beltway around the Pittsburgh metropolitan area
  • Interstate 476 and the Interstate 276 section of the Pennsylvania Turnpike provide a bypass of Philadelphia
  • Interstate 81 and Interstate 476 around Scranton, Pennsylvania

Rhode Island[]

  • Interstate 295, Providence
  • , Providence
  • Downtown Circulator, Pawtucket

South Carolina[]

  • Interstate 20, Interstate 26, and Interstate 77 form a complete beltway around Columbia.
  • Interstate 520 (Palmetto Parkway/South Carolina), N. Augusta.
  • Interstate 526, (Mark Clark Expressway/James Island Expressway), Charleston (unfinished)

South Dakota[]

  • I-229, Sioux Falls

Tennessee[]

  • I-240, Memphis
  • I-269 Memphis Outer Beltway (partially built, remaining portions under construction)
  • I-440, Nashville
  • I-475, Knoxville Beltway Knoxville (planned)
  • I-840, Nashville
  • State Route 155 (Briley Parkway), Nashville
  • State Route 397 Mack Hatcher Memorial Parkway Franklin

Texas[]

Interstate 610 map, Texas
  • Interstate 410 (Loop 410), San Antonio
  • Loop 1604 (partial beltway on the north), San Antonio
  • Interstate 610 (The 610 Loop), Houston
  • Beltway 8 (Sam Houston Tollway), Houston
  • State Highway 99 (Grand Parkway), Houston (unfinished)
  • Interstate 635/I20 (LBJ), Dallas
  • President George Bush Turnpike, Dallas
  • State Highway Loop 12, Dallas
  • Interstate 820 (Loop 820), Fort Worth
  • State Highway 45, Austin (partial beltway around Austin)
  • , Nacogdoches
  • State Highway Loop 250, Midland
  • State Highway Loop 256, Palestine
  • State Highway Loop 281, Longview
  • State Highway Loop 286, Paris
  • , Lufkin
  • State Highway Loop 288, Denton
  • State Highway Loop 289, Lubbock
  • State Highway Loop 304, Crockett
  • State Highway Loop 322, Abilene
  • State Highway Loop 323, Tyler
  • State Highway Loop 335, Amarillo
  • State Highway Loop 336, Conroe
  • State Highway Loop 337, New Braunfels
  • State Highway Loop 338, Odessa
  • State Highway Loop 340, Waco
  • State Highway Loop 375 (TransMt. Loop), El Paso
  • State Highway Loop 485, Gladewater
  • Belt Line Road, suburbs around Dallas

Utah[]

  • Interstate 215 (Belt Route), Salt Lake City

Vermont[]

  • Interstate 89/VT-289 (Chittenden County Circumferential Highway)

Virginia[]

  • Interstate 64/Interstate 664 (Hampton Roads Beltway)
  • Interstate 495 (Capital Beltway), Washington, D.C.
  • Interstate 295, partial beltway around Richmond
  • State Route 262 (Staunton Beltway) Staunton

Washington[]

  • Interstate 405, Seattle

Wisconsin[]

  • In Milwaukee, Interstates 94 (exits 305–316) and 894 (entire route) form a beltway. Unlike most other beltways, it actually traverses the downtown area of the city it serves (see also: Marquette Interchange, and Zoo Interchange).
  • West Beltline Highway – U.S. 12/18 (Madison)
  • US 41/I-41, U.S. 10 and WIS 441 form a beltway in Appleton.
  • Interstates 41, 43, and WIS 172 form a beltway in Green Bay.
  • Interstate 94, U.S. 18, WIS 59, WIS 164, and WIS 318 form a bypass beltway in Waukesha.

South America[]

Argentina[]

Brazil[]

Map of Feira de Santana

Chile[]

See also[]

List of longest ring roads

References[]

  1. ^ Hyderabad Growth Corridor | Outer Ring Road Project | Envisioning The Future
  2. ^ kartta.hel.fi Archived 2012-01-10 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2010-08-12.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ Highways Agency – M42/M5/M6 (Birmingham Box) Route Management Strategy Archived 2008-03-14 at the Wayback Machine
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