ring roads
City bypass routes
A ring road is a highway that encircles a city or urban area, allowing traffic to bypass the congested center.
These roads go by various names depending on region: beltway in American English, orbital in British usage, or périphérique in French cities.
Ring roads typically connect major radial routes and serve both through traffic avoiding the city and local traffic moving between suburbs.
The M25 is London's notoriously congested ring road.
- beltwaysHighways encircling metropolitan areas
- interchangeReciprocal transfer between parties
- bypassRoute that skirts obstacles
- circumferentialAround the boundary
- rampSloped connecting surface
periphery · green belt · commuter belt · encircling · exit · loop · orbital · expressways · autoroutes · viaducts · traffic circle · toll plaza · motorways · connectivity · overpasses · urban planning · circuit · artery
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- transportation routeshighways, interstates, freeways, bypasses, arterials
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- infrastructurehighways, railway expansion, power grid, seaports, water supply
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