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Definition of Ring road

1. Noun. A highway that encircles an urban area so that traffic does not have to pass through the center.

Definition of Ring road

1. Noun. (British) A circumferential highway around a town, city, or other conurbation. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ring Road

Literary usage of Ring road

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Icelandby Cathy Harlow by Cathy Harlow (2004)
"Skalholt The alternative route linking Geysir with the ring road is Route 35, taking off just west of the geothermal area. It passes the settlement of ..."

2. An Almanack for the Year of Our Lord by Joseph Whitaker (1869)
"A major and indispensable project is the construction of an Inner ring road estimated at £10.000.000. It will be built in stages and work started in ..."

3. OECD Territorial Reviews by Oecd (2002)
"Secondly, were the ring road to be built without any land use regulation or planned development, more dispersed settlements could occur, bringing with them ..."

4. Managing the Monster: Urban Waste and Governance in Africa by Adepoju G. Onibokun (1999)
"Even though Nigeria's right to host the World Cup was later withdrawn, operations did not return to the ring-road site, and the two new depots remain in use ..."

5. Personal Cars and China =: Si Ren Jiao Che Yu Zhongguo by Zhongguo gong cheng yuan, National Research Council (U.S.) (2003)
"For example, the Inner ring road of Shanghai, completed in 1995, is already congested with traffic. Average vehicle speeds in Shanghai are about 15 ..."

6. Evictions and the Right to Housing: Experience from Canada, Chile, the by Antonio Azuela (1998)
"Thus, the purpose behind the renewal of the inner city, with its focus on the building of the inner ring road, was to promote the city's tourism potential ..."

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