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Moscow Ring Road

Circumferential artery around Russia's capital

Circumferential artery around Russia's capital

FieldValue
countryRUS
nameMoscow Ring Road (MKAD)
Московская кольцевая автомобильная дорога
[[File:MKAD Москва.svg150px]]
e-road
map
imageMoscow_MKAD.svg
image_notesMKAD on Moscow map
length_km108.9
established1961
citiesMoscow

Московская кольцевая автомобильная дорога | e-road = MKAD Москва.svg

The Moscow Automobile Ring Road (), or MKAD (МКАД), is a ring road running predominantly on the city border of Moscow with a length of 108.9 km (67.7 mi) and 35 exits (including ten interchanges). It was completed in 1962. The speed limit is 100 km/h.

History

The growth of traffic in and around Moscow in the 1950s made the city planners realise that 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 asphalt lanes and ran 108.9 kilometres along the city's borders. Although not yet a freeway, it featured interchanges at major junctions, very few traffic lights, and a speed limit of 100 km/h.

For a long time, the MKAD served as the administrative boundary of Moscow, but in the 1980s the city began annexing territory outside the beltway. In December 2002, Bulvar Dmitriya Donskogo became the first Moscow Metro station that opened beyond the limits of the MKAD.

From 1995 to 1999, the road was widened from the initial four to ten lanes; all intersections became grade-separated, pedestrian 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.)DestinationsNotes
0 km[[Image:Sinnbild Autobahnkreuz.svg24px]]
2 km[[Image:Sinnbild Autobahnausfahrt.svg24px]]Pobeda ulitsa — Reutov, Ivanovskoe
4 km[[Image:Sinnbild Autobahnausfahrt.svg24px]]Ketcherskaya ulitsa, Nosovikhinskoye ulitsa — Balashikha, Elektrougli
6 km[[Image:Sinnbild Autobahnausfahrt.svg24px]]Novokosino District
7 km[[Image:Sinnbild Autobahnausfahrt.svg24px]]Moldagulovoy ulitsa, Novoukhtomskoe shosse
8 km[[Image:Sinnbild Autobahnkreuz.svg24px]]North-Eastern Chord, Kosinskoe Highway
8 km[[Image:Sinnbild Autobahnausfahrt.svg24px]]Ryazansky prospekt, Lermontovsky prospekt — Lyubertsy
11 km[[Image:Sinnbild Autobahnkreuz.svg24px]]
14 km[[Image:Sinnbild Autobahnausfahrt.svg24px]]Verkhniye Polya ulitsa — Kotelniki
16 km[[Image:Sinnbild Autobahnausfahrt.svg24px]]Energetikov ulitsa, Kapotnya ulitsa — Dzerzhinsky, Kapotnya
20 km[[Image:Sinnbild Autobahnausfahrt.svg24px]]Besedinskoe shosse — Besedy
24 km[[Image:Sinnbild Autobahnkreuz.svg24px]]Kashirskoye Highway
27 km[[Image:Sinnbild Autobahnkreuz.svg24px]]
30 km[[Image:Sinnbild Autobahnausfahrt.svg24px]]Bulatnikovo
33 km[[Image:Sinnbild Autobahnkreuz.svg24px]]
35 km[[Image:Sinnbild Autobahnausfahrt.svg24px]]Polyany ulitsa — Butovo
38 km[[Image:Sinnbild Autobahnausfahrt.svg24px]]Paustovskogo ulitsa — Yasenevo
41 km[[Image:Sinnbild Autobahnausfahrt.svg24px]]
45 km[[Image:Sinnbild Autobahnkreuz.svg24px]]
48 km[[Image:Sinnbild Autobahnausfahrt.svg24px]]Borovskoye shosse, Ozyornaya ulitsa
55 km[[Image:Sinnbild Autobahnkreuz.svg24px]]
56 km[[Image:Sinnbild Autobahnausfahrt.svg24px]]Gorbunova ulitsa — Nemchinovka
60 km[[Image:Sinnbild Autobahnausfahrt.svg24px]]
61 km[[Image:Sinnbild Autobahnausfahrt.svg24px]]Rublevo-Uspenskoye shosse — Rublevo
63 km[[Image:Sinnbild Autobahnkreuz.svg24px]]
65 km[[Image:Sinnbild Autobahnausfahrt.svg24px]]Myankininsky prospekt — Myakinino
68 km[[Image:Sinnbild Autobahnausfahrt.svg24px]]
72 km[[Image:Sinnbild Autobahnausfahrt.svg24px]]Novokurkinskoye shosse — Kurkino
74 km[[Image:Sinnbild Autobahnausfahrt.svg24px]]Svobody ulitsa, Molodezhnaya ulitsa — Kurkino
75 km[[Image:Sinnbild Autobahnkreuz.svg24px]]
78 km[[Image:Sinnbild Autobahnkreuz.svg24px]]
82 km[[Image:Sinnbild Autobahnkreuz.svg24px]]
85 km[[Image:Sinnbild Autobahnausfahrt.svg24px]]Altufyevskoye shosse — Veshki
91 km[[Image:Sinnbild Autobahnausfahrt.svg24px]]Ostashskovskaya ulitsa
95 km[[Image:Sinnbild Autobahnausfahrt.svg24px]]
103 km[[Image:Sinnbild Autobahnausfahrt.svg24px]]Khabarovskaya ulitsa — Abramtsevo
105 km[[Image:Sinnbild Autobahnausfahrt.svg24px]]

References

  1. "Bul'var Dmitriya Donskogo". Moscow Metro official site.
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