What is "ring road"

n. (cx chiefly Australia New Zealand UK English) A circumferential highway around a town, city, or other conurbation.

n. a road that takes traffic around the edge of a town [syn: bypass, circumferential]

A ring road is a road that encircles a town or city.

Ring Road may also refer to:

Ring Road is a 4 lane controlled access highway in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. It is an extension of the Trans-Canada Highway that bypasses the city on the north-east side. Ring Road has a speed limit of and consists of 7 interchanges.

A ring road (also known as beltline, beltway, circumferential (high)way, loop or orbital) is a road or a series of connected roads encircling a town or city.

The Cairo Ring Road is the most important freeway of the Greater Cairo metropolitan area in Egypt. The ring road encircles large parts of the cities of Cairo and Giza including Cairo International Airport.

Construction began in the late 1980s. It was originally planned to surround the greater Cairo region in 3 of its 4 sides, but part of the road remains unbuilt because the original route took it very near the Giza pyramids, an area which has been on the UNESCO's World Heritage List since 1979. It had two purposes: stopping the urbanization of arable lands, and reducing Cairo's traffic.

In the early 2000s, planning for the Second Greater Cairo Ring Road commenced, enclosing the larger metropolitan area including Al Shorouk City, New Cairo and Helwan in Cairo Governorate, Obour City in Qalyubia Governorate and 6th of October City in Giza Governorate, with some 200km of the eastern and southern part of the Second Ring Road being finished.

"Ring Road" is a song by electronic band Underworld, and was released as a single on July 6, 2008. The song was written while Hyde was in a creative slump. He took a walk around the town and wrote down what he observed, and then converted it into a lyrical format. The song's music video depicts him walking the streets of a small town (all black and white, while he is in color), and singing the lyrics of the song.

Ring Road is a four-lane two-way ring road circling around the cities of Kathmandu and Lalitpur. The total length of the Ring Road is . The road connects major places like Kalanki, Satdobato, Gwarko, Balkumari, Koteshwar, Tinkune, Tribhuvan International Airport, Gaushala, Chabhil, Sukedhara, Maharajganj, Basundhara, Samakhushi, Gongabu, Balaju, and Swayambhunath. A section of is currently being expanded eight-lanes in cooperation of the Chinese government.

Ring Road is a 2015 Indian Kannada crime drama film directed by Priya Belliappa and produced by Ranjini Ravindra Das. It stars Khushie in the lead role. The supporting cast features Nikita Thukral, Duniya Vijay, Avinash, Malavika Avinash, Patre Ajith, Shrunga B. V. and Sagar Puranik. The film is based loosely on the infamous murder of software engineer Girish, by his fiancée Shubha in Bangalore in 2003. The film is notable for, it was made by an all-women crew, the first in Kannada language.