Below is a list of ring roads from around the world encircling major cities.
Africa
Egypt Autostrad road, Cairo Cairo Ring Road, Cairo
Ghana Ring Road East Ring Road Central
Morocco Rabat Ringroad, Rabat
Nigeria Benin City Ring Road Bauchi Ring Road, Jos Ibadan Ring Road
South Africa
Johannesburg Ring Road Durban Ring Road Cape Town Ring Road Pretoria Ring Road Polokwane Ring Road Bloemfontein Ring Road Pietermaritzburg Ring Road
Asia
China
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, HyderabadHyderabad Growth Corridor | Outer Ring Road Project | Envisioning The Future 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 Inner Ring Road, Ranchi Ranchi Ring Road, Ranchi Outer Ring Road, Nagpur Outer Ring Road, Amaravati Jaipur Ring Road, Jaipur Inner Ring Road, Pune Outer 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 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 Azadegan Expressway: Tehran Southern and Western Ringway Basij Expressway: Tehran Eastern Ringway Agharabparast Expressway – Shahid Radanipour Expressway – Chamran Expressway – Kharrazi Expressway – Shahid Keshvari Expressway – Shahid Meysami Expressway – Habibollahi Expressway – Sayyad Shirazi Expressway – Mirza Kouchak Khan Expressway – Aghababaei Expressway – Shohadaye Soffeh Expressway – Kayyam-Khorram Expressway: These are known as Esfahan's third Traffic Ring Shahre Rey Ring Expressway Tehran Second Ring Expressway Shiraz Ringway Tabriz Northern Freeway Tabriz Southern Freeway
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
Expressway Tokyo Expressway Shuto Expressway C1 Inner Circular Route (14.8 km, 50 km/h) Shuto Expressway C2 Central Circular Route Tokyo-Gaikan Expressway Ken-O Expressway (Includes Chiba-Tōgane Road, Shinshōnan Bypass, Yokohama Ring Expressway) Tokyo Bay Ring Road (Shuto Expressway B Bayshore Route, Tokyo Bay Aqua-Line) Kantō Ring Road (Kita-Kantō Expressway, Jōshin-etsu Expressway, Chūbu-Ōdan 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
Penang
George Town (Island)
George Town Inner Ring Road Penang Middle Ring Road Penang Outer Ring Road
Butterworth (Mainland)
Butterworth Outer Ring Road
Johor
Johor Bahru Johor Bahru Inner Ring Road Johor Bahru Middle Ring Road, comprising: Pasir Gudang Highway Johor Bahru Parkway Johor Bahru Outer Ring Road, comprising: Second Link Expressway Senai–Desaru Expressway
Others
Segamat Inner Ring Road Kluang Inner Ring Road
Klang Valley/Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur Inner Ring Road Kuala Lumpur Middle Ring Road 1 Kuala Lumpur Middle Ring Road 2, comproising Kuala Lumpur Middle Ring Road 2 Shah Alam Expressway Damansara–Puchong Expressway Kuala Lumpur Outer Ring Road, comproising North–South Expressway Central Link Guthrie Corridor Expressway Kuala Lumpur–Kuala Selangor Expressway East Klang Valley Expressway Kajang Dispersal Link Expressway South Klang Valley Expressway
Nepal Kathmandu Ring Road Kathmandu Outer Ring Road (under construction)
Pakistan Lahore Ring Road Peshawar Ring Road Rawalpindi Ring Road (under construction)
Philippines
Metro Manila
C-1 C-2 C-3 C-4 C-5 C-6
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: Naebu Beltway (Route 66) Dongbu Arterial Road (Route 61) Gangbyeonbuk-ro (Route 70)
Daejeon Daejon Ring Road, a complete ring road consisting: Daejeon Nambu Sunhwan Expressway (route 300), southern portion Tongyeong–Daejeon Expressway (route 35), eastern portion Gyeongbu Expressway (route 1), northern portion Honam Expressway (route 251), western portion
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. Istanbul: Has three beltways named as Otoyol 1 (inner beltway), Otoyol 2 (outer beltway) and Otoyol 7 (outest beltway). Also Kennedy Avenue and Eurasia Tunnel forms a somewhat ring road in the most southern section of the city along the Marmara Sea coast. Ankara: Otoyol 20 İzmir: Altınyol, Otoyol 30 Bursa: Otoyol 5 and Otoyol 22 Antalya: Dumlupınar Bulvarı (West), Gazi Bulvarı (North) are in use. A new beltway project is planning on stage. Gaziantep: Otoyol 54 Tekirdağ: D110 Aydın: Otoyol 31 Manisa: D565 and D250 Çanakkale: D550 Adapazarı: D100 and D650 Edirne: Otoyol 3
Vietnam
Hanoi Partial Inner Ring road consisting: Buoi, Lang, Truong Chinh and Vinh Tuy Bridge 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 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 Toowoomba – Toowoomba Bypass, a partial ring road
Victoria Melbourne – Metropolitan Ring Road, a partial ring road comprising: Western Ring Road (M80) Metropolitan Ring Road (M80) EastLink (M3)