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5 Ring Road

A link, roughly circumferential about the center of the urban area, and permits traffic to avoid the center
of this area i.e. helps to bypass the traffic, is termed as ring road. In other words, it is a road or series of
connected roads encircling the urban areas. It is also called as Beltline, Beltway, Circumferential
(high)way, Loop or Orbital.
Different types of ring roads and their function
The main purpose of a ring road is to release the town centers from cross traffic. It is meant both
to divert traffic that has no business in the urban centers and to redistribute traffic bound in and
out of urban centers. Likewise, heavy transport should be led away from the urban center, and the
flow of car or public traffic should be distributed through different areas into the center of urban.
The ring road should improve the vehicular access to an urban center, it should offer better car or
public traffic flow through the urban as a whole.
Ring roads built after the Second World War had to accommodate the anticipated growth in
vehicular traffic. One must keep in mind that at the time when ring roads first were planned and
built, one was expecting an explosion in the growth of private car traffic. At that time, a ring road
was regarded as a solution for the distribution of large numbers of cars. Furthermore, a ring road
was believed to open up new opportunities for pedestrian streets in the urban center areas almost
free from heavy car traffic. A ring road is defined to be a main part of an urban's road and street
structure that encircles its central core. Most ring roads are planned and imposed upon an already
existing town structure. The construction of a ring road has a comprehensive impact on a urban's
structure.

Depending upon the extent of population  Single, Double or Triple Ring Roads in series may
be provided.
• Main advantage  solve core city congestion  direct access to the city centre because
of concentration of all offices, institutions, shopping complexes are centered on the core
of business area  provides bypass route to avoid city centre