List of longest ring roads

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This article lists some of the longest ring roads in the world.

NameOther namesDistance
(miles)
Distance
(kilometers)
Year completedLocationCountryRef.
Afghanistan Ring Road A011,3002,0922003 Afghanistan [1]
Golden Ring Federal Highway Р-13294115152020 Russia [2]
Route 1 8281,3321974 Iceland
G95 Capital Area Loop Expressway Beijing 7th Ring Road5849402016 Beijing Capital Area China
G98 Hainan Island Ring Expressway Hainan Region Ring Expressway3816132012 Hainan China [3]
Moscow Big Ring Road A1083405471960s Moscow, Moscow Oblast Russia
Chongqing 3rd Ring Expressway2654272021 Chongqing China [4]
G91 Central Liaoning Ring Expressway Central Liaoning Ring Expressway2494002018 Shenyang China [5]
Regional Ring Road2263642018 Greater Cairo Egypt [6]
Moscow Small Ring Road A1072153471960s Moscow, Moscow Oblast Russia
Peripheral Expressway
Western Peripheral Expressway
Eastern Peripheral Expressway
1682702018 National Capital Region India
Beijing 6th Ring Road G45011402202010 Beijing China
Chengdu Second Ring Expressway 1392232013 Chengdu China
G1503 Shanghai Ring Expressway 1302092008 Shanghai China
Bundesautobahn 10 A101221961936-1979 Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region Germany
M25 motorway London Orbital Motorway1171881975-1986 Greater London, England United Kingdom
G4201 Wuhan Ring Expressway 1171882012 Wuhan China [7] [8]
Rodoanel Mário Covas 1101772002-2019 Greater São Paulo Brazil
Outer Ring Road, Hyderabad O.R.R.981582018 Hyderabad India
Texas State Highway Loop 1604 Charles W. Anderson Loop941511977 San Antonio, Texas United States [9]
Saint Petersburg Ring Road A118881422011 Saint Petersburg Russia
Texas State Highway Beltway 8 Sam Houston Tollway/Parkway881411983 Greater Houston, Texas United States [10]
Interstate 275 (Ohio–Indiana–Kentucky) Cincinnati Bypass

Donald H. Rolf Circle Freeway Ronald Reagan Freeway "The Loop"

83.71134.721962 Cincinnati metropolitan area,

Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana

United States
Capital Region First Ring Expressway Expressway No.10079.55128.021991-2007 Incheon-Gyeonggi Province-Seoul South Korea
Interstate 285 (Georgia) The Perimeter, Atlanta Bypass63.98102.971969 Atlanta, Georgia United States [11] [12]
Stoney Trail Alberta Provincial Highway No. 201

Tsuut'ina Trail Calgary Ring Road

631011995-2023 Calgary, Alberta Canada [13] [14]
Interstate 270 (Ohio) Jack Nicklaus freeway

The Outerbelt

54.9788.471976 Columbus, Ohio United States [15]
Ranchi Ring Road 53862023 Ranchi India

Under construction

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">G3002 Xi'an Ring Expressway</span> Road in China

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">G0612 Xining–Hotan Expressway</span> Expressway in Qinghai and Xinjiang of China

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">G2503 Nanjing Ring Expressway</span> Ring expressway in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China

The Nanjing Ring Expressway, designated as G2503, is ring expressway in Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.

The Fuzhou Ring Expressway, designated as G1505 and also referred to as the Fuzhou Fourth Ring Road, is ring expressway in Fuzhou, Fujian, China.

The G6511 Ansai-Qingjian Expressway, also known as the Anqing Expressway, or Shaanxi Provincial Expressway S14, is an under construction expressway in Shaanxi, China. A segment connecting Qingjian County, in Yulin to neighboring Zichang, in Yan'an, was opened in 2020. Once completed, the expressway will extend to Ansai District, in Yan'an.

The G7012 Fuzhou–Ji'an Expressway, also referred to as the Fuji Expressway, is an expressway in Jiangxi, China that connects the cities of Fuzhou and Ji'an.

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The G1815 Weifang–Rizhao Expressway, also referred to as the Weiri Expressway, is an expressway in Shandong, China that connects Weifang to Rizhao.

The G1519 Nantong–Rudong Expressway, also referred to as the Tongru Expressway, is an under construction expressway in Jiangsu, China that will connect Nantong to Yangkou Port. The original provincial expressway number was S15 until it was upgraded to a national expressway in July 2022.

The G3003 Ürümqi Ring Expressway is a ring expressway around the main urban area of Ürümqi, Xinjiang, China.

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