Moscow Ring Road
Clash Royale CLAN TAG#URR8PPP | Moscow Ring Road (MKAD) Московская кольцевая автомобильная дорога | |
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 MKAD on Moscow map[1] | |
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| Route information | |
| Length | 108.9 km (67.7 mi) |
| Existed | 1961 – present |
| Location | |
| Major cities | Moscow |
| Highway system | |
Russian Federal Highways | |
The Moscow Automobile Ring Road (Russian: Московская кольцевая автомобильная дорога, Moskovskaya Koltsevaya Avtomobilnaya Doroga), or MKAD (МКАД), is a ring road encircling the parts of the City of Moscow, the capital of Russia. The length of the road is 108.9 km (67.7 mi), and the number of exits is 35 (including 10 interchanges).
Contents
1 History
2 Route
3 Gallery
4 See also
5 Notes and references
6 External links
History
The growth of traffic in and around Moscow in the 1950s made the city planners realise Russia's largest metropolis needed a bypass to redirect incoming traffic from major roads that run through the city. Opened in 1961, the MKAD had four lanes of asphalt running 108.9 kilometres along the city borders. Although not yet a freeway, it featured interchanges at major junctions, very few traffic lights and a speed limit of 100 km/h (62 mph).
For a long time the MKAD served as the administrative boundary of Moscow city, until in the 1980s
Moscow started annexing territory outside the beltway. In December 2002 Bulvar Dmitriya Donskogo became the first Moscow Metro station that opened beyond the limits of MKAD.[2]
In 1995-1999 the road was widened from the initial four to ten lanes, while all intersections became grade-separated, bridges were built to accommodate pedestrians, traffic lights were removed, and a solid concrete barrier was installed in the median. In 2001 all slow-moving vehicles were banned from entering the MKAD and the renovated road received a freeway designation from the mayor's office.
Route
| Distance (approx.) | Destinations | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 km |  |  (Entuziastov shosse) — Nizhny Novgorod | |
| 2 km |  | Pobeda ulitsa — Reutov, Ivanovskoe | |
| 4 km | | Ketcherskaya ulitsa, Nosovikhinskoye ulitsa — Balashikha, Elektrougli | |
| 7 km | | Moldagulovoy ulitsa, Novoukhtomskoe shosse | |
| 8 km | | Ryazansky prospekt, Lermontovsky prospekt — Lyubertsy | |
| 11 km | |  (Volgogradsky prospekt, Novoryazanskoye shosse) — Bykovo Airport, Ryazan | |
| 14 km | | Verkhniye Polya ulitsa — Kotelniki | |
| 16 km | | Energetikov ulitsa, Kapotnya ulitsa — Dzerzhinsky, Kapotnya | |
| 20 km | | Besedinskoe shosse — Besedy | |
| 24 km | | Kashira Highway | |
| 27 km | |  (Lipetskaya ulitsa) — Domodedovo Airport, Vidnoe, Kashira, Rostov-on-Don | |
| 30 km | | Bulatnikovo | |
| 33 km | |  (Varshavskoe shosse) — Podolsk, Ostafyevo International Airport | |
| 35 km | | Polyany ulitsa — Butovo | |
| 38 km | | Paustovskogo ulitsa — Yasenevo | |
| 41 km | | A101, Profsoyuznaya ulitsa | |
| 45 km | |  (Kievskoe shosse), Leninsky Avenue — Vnukovo Airport, Bryansk, Kiev | |
| 48 km | | Borovskoye shosse, Ozyornaya ulitsa | |
| 55 km | |  (Minskoye shosse), Mozhayskoye shosse — Smolensk, Brest | |
| 56 km | | Gorbunova ulitsa — Nemchinovka | |
| 60 km | | A106 (Rublevo-Uspenskoye shosse) — Uspenskoye | |
| 61 km | | Rublevo-Uspenskoye shosse — Rublevo | |
| 63 km | |  (Novorizhskoye shosse), Marshala Zhukova prospekt — Riga, Velikiye Luki | |
| 65 km | | Myankininsky prospekt — Myakinino | |
| 68 km | | A109 (Volokolamskoye shosse) — Dedovsk, Petrovo-Dalneye | |
| 72 km | | Novokurkinskoye shosse — Kurkino | |
| 74 km | | Svobody ulitsa, Molodezhnaya ulitsa — Kurkino | |
| 75 km | |  (Leningradskoye Highway) — Sheremetyevo International Airport, Khimki, St. Petersburg | |
| 78 km | |  | |
| 82 km | | A104 (Dmitrovskoye shosse) — Dubna, Dmitrov | |
| 85 km | | Altufyevskoye shosse — Veshki | |
| 91 km | | Ostashskaya ulitsa | |
| 95 km | |  (Yaroslavskoye shosse) — Yaroslavl | |
| 103 km | | Khabarovskaya ulitsa — Abramtsevo | |
| 105 km | | A103 (Shchelkovskoye shosse) — Shchyolkovo |
Gallery
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See also
Ring roads in Moscow:
- Boulevard Ring
- Garden Ring
- Third Ring Road
Comparison to other ring roads encircling big cities:
- Saint Petersburg Ring Road
- Ring roads of Beijing
- London Orbital motorway
- Washington, DC Beltway
- A23 in Vienna
Boulevard Périphérique in Paris
Grande Raccordo Anulare in Rome
Autopista de Circunvalación M-40 and M-50 (Spain) in Madrid
Notes and references
^ Map not including the new boroughs (2012) of Novomoskovsky and Troitsky
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External links
 | Wikimedia Commons has media related to MKAD (Moscow). |
- The MKAD on Google Maps.
- A view of the MKAD from a pedestrian bridge.
A view of the MKAD from a helicopter.[permanent dead link]