List of ring roads explained
Below is a list of ring roads from around the world.
Africa
Egypt
Ghana
- Ring Road East
- Ring Road Central
Morocco
Nigeria
South Africa
See main article: Ring Roads in South Africa.
Asia
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 Ring Expressway, Shenyang
- 1st Ring Road, 2nd Ring Road, 3rd Ring Road, 4th Ring Road, G3001 Zhengzhou Ring Expressway, G9905 Zhengzhou Metropolitan Area Ring Expressway, Zhengzhou
- Tangshan Ring Expressway, 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
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 Western Peripheral Expressway, Eastern Peripheral Expressway National Capital Region
- Bandra-Worli Sea Link and the proposed Western Freeway Sea Link, Mumbai
- Ranchi Ring Road, Ranchi
- Outer Ring Road, Nagpur
- Outer Ring Road, Amaravati
- Jaipur Ring Road, 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, Varanasi
- Surat Ring Road, Surat
- Tumkur Ring Road, Tumkur.
- Thanjavur Ring Road, Thanjavur
- Tiruchy Bypass and Semi Ring Road, Tiruchirappalli
- Ring Road, Indore
- Madurai Ring Road
- 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
Indonesia
Iran
Japan
Fukuoka
- Expressway
- Fukuoka Expressway Circle Route (35 km, 60–80 km/h)
Nagoya
Osaka
Sendai Metropolitan Area
- Expressway
- Gurutto Sendai (58.9 km, 70–100 km/h)
Greater Tokyo Area
- Expressway
- National Highway
- 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
Singapore
- Outer Ring Road System, comprising (from east to west):
- Still Road South
- Still Road
- Jalan Eunos
- Hougang Avenue 3
- Bartley Road
- Braddell Road
- Lornie Road
- Adam Road
- Farrer Road
- Queensway
- Portsdown Avenue
- Yishun Ring Road, a ring road located in Yishun
- A ring road in Toa Payoh comprising Lorong 1 Toa Payoh and Lorong 6 Toa Payoh
- Bukit Panjang Ring Road, a ring road located in Bukit Panjang
- Minor ring roads in Woodlands
- Woodlands Circle
- Woodlands Ring Road
South Korea
Seoul
- Capital Region First Ring Expressway (Route 100), a complete outer ring road of motorway standard.
- The 2nd Capital Region Ring Expressway (Route 400)
- Inner ring road, a complete ring consisting:
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
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 Suk Sawad
- Eastern Outer Ring Road, Bang Phli to Bang Pa In, a partly tolled section
- Southern Outer Ring Road, Bang Phli to Suk Sawad, 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
Turkey
Most of Turkish metropolitans have beltways with motorway standard.
Vietnam
Hanoi
- Partial Inner Ring road consisting:
- Outer Ring Road consisting:
- Ring Road 3 (Route CT.37): Pham Van Dong, National Highway 5 (QL 5), Thanh Tri Bridge and Nguyen Van Linh
- The 4th Hanoi Capital Region Ring Expressway (Route CT.38)
Ho Chi Minh City
- Partial ring road consisting:
- National Route 1 (QL 1A), northern portion
- Nguyen Van Linh, southern portion
- Vanh Dai, incomplete eastern portion
Australia
Australia
Australian Coast or nearby – Highway 1, ring road surrounds all of Australia
New South Wales
Queensland
Victoria
Western Australia
- Perth Inner Orbital:
- Perth Outer Orbital:
- Perth Bunbury Highway (proposed outer bypass), Bunbury
Europe
Austria
Azerbaijan
Belarus
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
Croatia
- Zagreb bypass (A2, A3, A4)
- A second, 160km (100miles) bypass (proposed signing is A15) was announced to be part of the 2009–2012 four-year construction plan)
- Rijeka bypass (A7)
Cyprus
Czech Republic
- D0 (Prague Ring Road) (partially completed)
- Městský okruh (Urban 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 - inner, II - middle, III - outer) 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
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 Turku motorway 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
- Périphérique, Paris
- A86 autoroute ("Le Superpériphérique"), Paris
- A104 autoroute ("La Francilienne"), Île-de-France region.
- Périphérique de Toulouse (A620, A612), Toulouse
- Boulevard périphérique de Lyon (A7, N383), Lyon. West segment is still under construction.
- Rocade de Bordeaux : (A630, N230), Bordeaux, Longest beltway of France.
- Boulevard périphérique de Caen (N814), Caen
- Boulevard périphérique de Lille (A22, A25, N352) Lille
- Boulevard périphérique de Nantes (N8444, N249), Nantes.
- Rocade de Rennes (N136), Rennes
Germany
- Berliner Ring (A 10), Berlin
- Mitteldeutsche Schleife (A 9, A 14, A 38, A 143), Leipzig, Halle
- Inner City Ring Road in Leipzig, also called Promenadenring (Ring of promenades)
- Dortmunder Ring (A 1, A 2, A 45), Dortmund
- Cologne Inner Ring (Bundesstraße 9), Cologne
- Cologne Outer Ring (A 1, A 3, A 4), Cologne
- Münchener Ring (A 99), Munich
- Giessener Ring, (A 485, A 480, B 49, B 429), Giessen
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
- Route 1, which circles the entire country
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
- 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, Groningen
- Ring 's-Hertogenbosch
- Ring Leeuwarden
- Ring Sneek
- Ring Spijkenisse
- Ring Zwolle
- Ring Zoetermeer
- 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 Ringveg, Oslo (three ring roads going around the city centre, with a mutual road (E18) in southernmost part of the city)
- Ringveg Vest, Bergen (Connecting RV 580 and RV 555)
- Ringveg Øst, Bergen (Not built E39 Bypassing Bergen city centre E16 bypassing Arna)
Poland
- Gliwice ring: A1 autostrada, A4 autostrada
- Katowice agglomeration ring: A1 autostrada, A4 autostrada, Expressway S1
- Kraków ring: A4 autostrada, Expressway S7, Expressway S52
- Lublin ring: Expressway S17, Expressway S19
- Łódź ring: A1 autostrada, A2 autostrada, Expressway S8, Expressway S14
- Piotrków Trybunalski ring: A1 autostrada, Expressway S8, Expressway S12
- Poznań ring: A2 autostrada, Expressway S5, Expressway S11
- Rzeszów ring: A4 autostrada, Expressway S19
- Warsaw ring: Expressway S2, Expressway S7, Expressway S8, Expressway S17
- Wrocław ring: A4 autostrada, A8 autostrada
- Szczecin ring: A6 autostrada, Expressway S3, Expressway S6
- Toruń ring: A1 autostrada, Expressway S10
- Tricity (Gdańsk, Sopot, Gdynia) ring: Obwodnica Trójmiejska
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), 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, currently under construction, estimated completion – end of 2011
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, 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
Spain
Madrid, Spain is served by three beltways:
- M-30, which at a mean distance of to the Puerta del Sol has been overtaken by the city in most of its length.
- M-40, which borders Madrid at a mean distance of, with connections to the southern metropolitan towns and projects westwards to reach Pozuelo de Alarcón for a total length of .
- 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 long and services mainly the metropolitan area at a mean distance of .
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 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:
- B10 motorway, 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)
- B30 motorway, outer half-ring road in Barcelona (Catalonia)
- B40 motorway, 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)
- Västerås
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 roads 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:
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:
- Birmingham Box orbital motorway (parts of M42, M6 and M5 motorways)[4]
- Outer (A4040) ring road (uses redesignated old roads, to the north it continues beyond the Box)
- Intermediate (A4540) ring road, Middleway
- Former inner (A4400) ring road reduced; now two through routes
- Bradford, A6177
- Bristol, A4174
- Coventry, A4053
- Edinburgh, A720 Edinburgh City Bypass
- Glasgow, Glasgow Inner Ring Road
- Kidderminster, not completed
- Leeds:
- Leicester:
- 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.
- London:
- Manchester:
- 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.
- Manchester Inner Ring Road: This 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 clearway.
- Oxford, Oxford Ring Road
- Paignton, Torquay, A380 road
- Paisley, Renfrewshire
- Reading, Berkshire, Inner Distribution Road
- Redditch, B4160
- Sheffield:
- Stourbridge, A491
- Walsall, A4148
- Watford, A411
- Wolverhampton, A4150
North America
Canada
Alberta
Manitoba
New Brunswick
Newfoundland and Labrador
Nova Scotia
Ontario
Quebec
- Montreal
- Quebec City
- Sherbrooke
Saskatchewan
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.
- Circuito Interior, Mexico City. The inner beltway inside Mexico City proper.
- Libramiento Arco Norte a toll road partly under construction being built around Mexico City.
- Periférico Manuel Gómez Morín, 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.
- Macrolibramiento, 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.
- Anillo Interno 210, 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).
- Periférico Ecológico, Puebla, Puebla. An incomplete ringroad which passes through most of the municipalities that conform the Metropolitan Area of Puebla.
- Tijuana-Rosarito Autopista, 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
Arkansas
Arizona
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
Connecticut
District of Columbia
See main article: List of circles in Washington, D.C..
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
- Route 11, Route 19, and Route 190 form Hawaii Belt Road on the Island of Hawaii. It is the largest completed beltway system in the United States & its territories. This beltway is officially called Māmalahoa Highway.
- Route 160 in West of the Island of Hawaii
- Route 270(ʻAkoni Pule Highway) in North of Island of Hawaii
- Route 30(Honoapi'ilani Highway) in West Maui
- Route 36 and Route 360 form the Hana Highway in North, Northeast, East, and Southeast of the Island of Maui.
- Route 377, Kula, Maui
- Route 450(Kamehameha V Highway) in Southeast and East of the Island of Molokai
- Route 540(Halewili Road) in South Kauai
- Route 581 in East Kauai
- Route 72(Kalanianaʻole Highway) on Oahu
- Route 80, Route 83, Route 99 and Route 830 form Kamehameha Highway on Oahu(the most populated of all the Hawaiian Islands).
- Hauula Homestead Road, Hauula, Oahu
- Naniloa Loop, Laie, Oahu
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
See 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-840/I-85/I-73 serving Greensboro, I-440/I-40 serving Raleigh, I-485 and I-277/I-77 and Charlotte Route 4.
Other Freeway loops
Nonfreeway loops
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
- 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
Pennsylvania
- Capital Beltway, includes portions of Interstate 81, Interstate 83, Pennsylvania Route 581, U.S. Route 11, and U.S. Route 322 around Harrisburg
- Lehigh Valley Thruway, including Interstate 78 and Pennsylvania Route 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
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
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/Interstate 20 (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)
- State Highway Loop 224, Nacogdoches
- State Highway Loop 250, Midland
- State Highway Loop 256, Palestine
- State Highway Loop 281, Longview
- State Highway Loop 286, Paris
- State Highway Loop 287, 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
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
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. Route 12/U.S. Route 18 (Madison)
- U.S. Route 41/Interstate 41, U.S. Route 10 and State Trunk Highway 441 form a beltway in Appleton.
- Interstates 41, 43, and State Trunk Highway 172 form a beltway in Green Bay.
- Interstate 94, US 18, State Trunk Highway 59, State Trunk Highway 164, and State Trunk Highway 318 form a bypass beltway in Waukesha.
South America
Argentina
Brazil
Chile
See also
List of longest ring roads
Notes and References
- http://www.hyderabadringroad.com/ Hyderabad Growth Corridor | Outer Ring Road Project | Envisioning The Future
- http://kartta.hel.fi/opas/indexen.html kartta.hel.fi
- Web site: Archived copy . 2010-08-12 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110719102311/http://www.galwaycity.ie/AllServices/Planning/Publications/FileEnglish%2C3522%2Cen.pdf . 2011-07-19 .
- http://www.highways.gov.uk/roads/projects/4658.aspx Highways Agency – M42/M5/M6 (Birmingham Box) Route Management Strategy
