Outer Ring Road, Delhi Explained

Country:	IND
State:	Delhi
Outer Ring Road
Length Km:	47.537
Direction A:	West
Direction B:	East
Formed:	1984
Cities:	New Delhi, North Delhi, North West Delhi, West Delhi, South West Delhi, South Delhi, South East Delhi, Central Delhi

The Outer Ring Road is a 6-lane ring road that encircles the city of Delhi. It has three lanes in each direction, with a total length of 47 km. Although it used to have traffic lights and at-grade intersections, mushrooming interchanges have reduced the number of lights to just two, and traffic now flows much more smoothly. Several stretches of the Outer Ring Road have been notified as National Highways.^[1]

Delhi features two ring roads, a main one and an outer one. The two ring roads have a combined length of 87 km.

Junctions

Outer Ring Road features 14 junctions. In no particular order, they are:

• NH 8/Subruto Park,
• Vasant Kunj/Munirka/R.K. Puram,
• IIT Gate (flyover),
• Khel Gaon Marg (flyover), near Malviya Nagar and Panchsheel Colony
• Madan Gir/Chirag Delhi (flyover)/Andrews Ganj,
• Kalkaji/Nehru Place (flyover),^[2]
• Modi Mill (flyover),
• Okhla,

• ISBT (flyover),
• Majnu Ka Tilla,
• Majra Burari,
• Azad Pur/Jahingir Pur,
• Rohini,
• Peera Garhi,
• Sundar Vihar,
• Vikas Puri,
• Janakpuri (Pankha Road)
• Delhi Cantt (Cariappa Marg)

Pedestrian Underpasses

Like the Ring Road, Delhi's Outer Ring Road features some semblance of grade separation between pedestrian and vehicular traffic. Pedestrian underpasses are present at the following points:

• Near Chirag Delhi Flyover (DTTDC)
• Near IIT Flyover (DTTDC)
• Dr. Hedgewar Marg at Saraswati Vihar
• Soaminagar
• Mangol Puri
• Paras Cinema Flyover, Nehru Place
• Munirka
• Sarvpriya Vihar
• Power House, Pitampura
• Rama Market, Pitampura

Additional pedestrian underpasses are to be constructed at the following points:

• Kalkaji Temple junction
• Panchsheel Colony

See also

• Inner Ring Road, New Delhi

External links

• Article about a recent grade separation project, and the at-grade intersection at Moolchand
• grade speration along the AIIMS-Naraina stretch
• Robotic sweepers on Delhi's ring road
• Delhi Public Works Department
• Delhi Traffic Police

Notes and References

1. News: Kaushik. Krishn. Highways and others: How India classifies roads, reclassifies them. 26 April 2017. The Indian Express. 7 April 2017. 27 April 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170427102452/http://indianexpress.com/article/explained/highways-and-others-how-india-classifies-roads-reclassifies-them-4602694/. live.
2. News: Shrangi. Vatsala. Pothole turns sinkhole on Outer Ring Road after 11 days of inaction. 26 April 2017. hindustantimes.com. Hindustan Times. 15 July 2016. Delhi. en. 27 April 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170427103029/http://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi/delhi-pothole-turns-sinkhole-on-outer-ring-road-after-11-days-of-inaction/story-u7A0G0UuFqAH5ZsUqhn78N.html. live.