List of ring roads

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

Africa

Egypt

Morocco

Nigeria

South Africa

Asia

China

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

Indonesia

Iran

Japan

Fukuoka

Nagoya

Osaka

Sendai Metropolitan Area

Greater Tokyo Area

Expressways of the Greater Tokyo Area

Malaysia

Johor Bahru

Kuala Lumpur

Penang

Others

Nepal

Pakistan

Philippines

Metro Manila

Thailand

Bangkok

Northern Thailand

North Eastern Thailand

South Eastern Thailand

Southern Thailand

Singapore

  • Lornie Road
  • Adam Road
  • Farrer Road
  • Queensway
  • Portsdown Avenue

South Korea

Seoul

Daejeon

Gwangju

Vietnam

Ho Chi Minh City

Hanoi

Australasia

Australia

New South Wales

Queensland

Victoria

Western Australia

Europe

Austria

Azerbaijan

Belarus

Belgium

Bulgaria

Croatia

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Denmark

Estonia

Finland

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 Varis-Koropiou 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 (Faliro Interchange) to Voula, aligned with the coast, until it meets Varis-Koropiou 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

Ireland

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

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

Netherlands

The S100 that circles central Amsterdam (yellow) and the larger A10 (red) and its numerous connecting highways.
  • Ring Amsterdam (A10), Amsterdam
  • Ring Rotterdam (A4/A15/A16/A20), Rotterdam
  • Ring Utrecht (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
  • Ring 's-Hertogenbosch
  • Ring Leeuwarden
  • Ring Maastricht
  • Ring Sneek
  • Ring Spijkenisse
  • Ring Zwolle
  • Ring Zoetermeer
  • Ringweg Bruinisse
  • Ringweg Kats
  • Ringweg Harderwijk

The Hague is circled by four ring roads:

Norway

Poland

Kraków rings: existing, built and planned.

Portugal

Romania

Russia

Moscow, Russia has three beltways:

Moscow Central Ring Road is a planned road which will consist of parts of Moscow Small Ring and Moscow Big Ring. 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

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

Spain

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

Madrid, Spain is served by three beltways:

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 M60, 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:

Sweden

Turkey

Most of Turkish metropolitans have beltways with motorway standard.

Ukraine

Kiev has 3 beltways:

Kharkiv has one of oldest ring road in Ukraine. It was built in 19601970s. The road has been maintained in preparation for UEFA Euro 2012.

Other cities that have ring roads include:

United Kingdom

North America

Canada

Alberta

British Columbia

Manitoba

New Brunswick

Newfoundland and Labrador

Nova Scotia

Ontario

Quebec

Saskatchewan

Mexico

A portion of the Circuito Interior, José Vasconcelos Avenue between Colonia Condesa and Colonia San Miguel Chapultepec, looking east in Mexico City.

United States

Alabama

Arkansas

Arizona

California

Colorado

Connecticut

District of Columbia

Florida

Georgia

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

Mississippi

Missouri

Nebraska

Nevada

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New York

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

Nonfreeway loops

Ohio

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

South Carolina

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

Interstate 610 map, Texas

Utah

Vermont

Virginia

Washington

Wisconsin

South America

Argentina

Brazil

Chile

References

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