Editing Ring road (section)

===Europe===
[[File:Autostrada A90 Italia 2011-by-RaBoe-122.jpg|thumb|[[Grande Raccordo Anulare]], the ring road of [[Rome]], Italy]]
Most major cities in Europe are served by a ring road that circles either the inner core of their metropolitan areas or the outer borders of the city proper or both. In major transit hubs, such as the [[Île-de-France]] region surrounding Paris and the [[Frankfurt]] area, major national highways converge just outside city limits before forming one of several routes of an urban network of roads circling the city. Unlike in United States, route numbering is not a challenge on European ring roads as routes merge to form the single designated road. However, exit and road junction access can be challenging due to the complexity of other routes branching from or into the ring road.

One of the most renowned ring roads is the [[Vienna Ring Road]] (''Ringstraße''), a grand boulevard constructed in the mid-19th century and filled with representative buildings. Due to its unique architectural beauty and history, it has also been called the "Lord of the ring roads", and is declared by UNESCO as part of Vienna's [[World Heritage Site]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/23/travel/experts-guide-austria-ringstrasse/index.html|title=Vienna's Ringstrasse celebrates 150 years|last=Malathronas|first=John|date=24 April 2015|website=edition.cnn.com|publisher=CNN|access-date=15 September 2016|archive-date=31 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161231145406/http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/23/travel/experts-guide-austria-ringstrasse/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1033|title=Historic Centre of Vienna|website=whc.unesco.org|publisher=UNESCO World Heritage Centre|language=en|access-date=15 September 2016|archive-date=2 November 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111102143945/http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1033|url-status=live}}</ref>

Major European cities that are served by a ring road or ring road system:
* [[Amsterdam]], Netherlands  – [[A10 motorway (Netherlands)|A10 motorway]]
* [[Antwerp]], Belgium – [[R1 ring road (Belgium)|R1]]
* [[Athens]], Greece – [[Attiki Odos]] (Motorway A6)
* [[Barcelona]], Spain – [[Ronda de Dalt]] and [[Ronda Litoral]] (inner city), B30 and B40 (metropolitan region)
* [[Belgrade]], Serbia – [[Belgrade bypass]]
* [[Berlin]], Germany  – [[Bundesautobahn 100]] (inner city), [[Bundesautobahn 111]] (city proper), [[Bundesautobahn 10]] (inner metropolitan region)
* [[Birmingham]], England – [[A4400]] (Birmingham Queensway); [[A4540]] (Birmingham Middleway); [[A4040]] (Birmingham Outer Circle)
* [[Bologna]], Italy – [[Tangenziale di Bologna]] (periphery half-ring road) and Viali di Circonvallazione (full and inner ring road: around the city center)
* [[Bordeaux]], France – [[Rocade de Bordeaux]]
* [[Bratislava]], Slovakia – [[D4 motorway (Slovakia)|D4 motorway]] (Bratislavsky okruch)
* [[Brussels]], Belgium – [[Small ring (Brussels)|Petite ceinture/Kleine ring]] (inner city), [[Greater ring (Brussels)|R22]] (outer districts), [[Brussels Ring]] (city proper)
* [[Bucharest]], Romania – [[A0 motorway (Romania)|A0 Motorway]]
* [[Budapest]], Hungary – [[M0 motorway (Hungary)|M0]]
* [[Caen]], France – [[Périphérique (Caen)|Périphérique de Caen]]
* [[Catania]], Italy – [[Tangenziale di Catania]]
* [[Charleroi]], Belgium – {{ill|R9 (Belgium)|lt=R9|fr|Ring belge R9|vertical-align=sup}} (inner city), [[R3 (ring road)|R3]] (inner metropolitan region)
* [[Cologne]], Germany – [[Cologne Ring]] (inner city), [[Cologne Beltway]] (metropolitan region)
* [[Copenhagen]], Denmark – [[Ring 2 (Copenhagen)|Ring 2]], {{ill|Ring 3 (Copenhagen)|lt=Ring 3|da|Ring 3 (København)|vertical-align=sup}}, {{ill|Ring 4 (Copenhagen)|lt=Ring 4|da|Ring 4 (København)|vertical-align=sup}}, {{ill|Motorring 3|da|vertical-align=sup}} and [[Motorring 4]]
* [[Coventry]], England – [[Coventry ring road|A4053 Coventry ring road]]
* [[Dublin]], Ireland – [[M50 motorway (Ireland)|M50 motorway]]
* [[Frankfurt]], Germany – [[Bundesautobahn 66]] and [[Bundesautobahn 661]] (city proper), [[Frankfurter Kreuz]] system (inner metropolitan region)
* [[Ghent]], Belgium – R4
* [[Glasgow]], Scotland – [[Glasgow Inner Ring Road]] (inner city)
* [[Hamburg]], Germany – [[Hamburg Wallring|Inner Ring]] (inner city)
* [[Helsinki]], Finland – [[Ring I]], [[Ring II]], [[Ring III]]
* [[Herning]], Denmark – {{ill|Messemotorvejen|da|vertical-align=sup}}, {{ill|Messemotorvejens forlængelse|da|vertical-align=sup}}, {{ill|Sindingvej|da|vertical-align=sup}}, {{ill|Midtjyske Motorvej|da|vertical-align=sup}}
* [[Košice]], Slovakia – {{ill|Ring road 1 (MO 1)|sk|Mestský okruh číslo 1 (Košice)|vertical-align=sup}} {{ill|Ring road 2 (MO 2)|sk|Mestský okruh číslo 2 (Košice)|vertical-align=sup}}{{ill|I/16|sk|Cesta I. triedy 16 (Slovensko)|vertical-align=sup}} and {{ill|I/20|sk|Cesta I. triedy 20 (Slovensko)|vertical-align=sup}}
* [[Leeds]], England – [[Leeds Inner Ring Road]] (inner city), [[Leeds Outer Ring Road]] (suburbs)
* [[Leipzig]], Germany – [[Inner City Ring Road (Leipzig)]] (inner city), {{ill|Mitteldeutsche Schleife|de|vertical-align=sup}} (double ring road of the [[Halle (Saale)|Halle]]-[[Leipzig]] metropolitan region)
* [[London]], England – [[London Inner Ring Road]] (inner city), [[North Circular Road, London|North Circular Road]] and [[South Circular Road, London|South Circular Road]] (inner suburbs), [[M25 motorway]] (metropolitan region)
* [[Lisbon]], Portugal – 2ª Circular (Inner City), [[Roads in Portugal#Itiner.C3.A1rios complementares|IC17-CRIL]] (City Proper), [[Roads in Portugal#Autoestradas|IC18/A9-CREL]] (Metropolitan Region)
* [[Lyon]], France – [[A7 autoroute]] and [[A46 autoroute]] (city proper)
* [[Ljubljana]], Slovenia – [[Ljubljana Ring Road]]
* [[Madrid]], Spain – [[Autopista de Circunvalación M-30|M-30]] (inner city), [[Autopista de Circunvalación M-40|M-40]] (inner metropolitan region), [[M-50 (Spain)|M-50]] (outer metropolitan region, incomplete)
* [[Malmö]], Sweden – Inre ringvägen (inner city), [[European route E6|E6]] & [[European route E20|E20]] (outer city city)
* [[Manchester]], England – [[Manchester Inner Ring Road]] (inner city), [[M60 motorway (Great Britain)|M60 motorway]] (metropolitan region)
* [[Milan]], Italy – [[Autostrada A4 (Italy)|Autostrada A4]], [[Autostrada A50 (Italy)|Autostrada A50]] (West), [[Autostrada A51 (Italy)|Autostrada A51]] (East), [[Autostrada A52 (Italy)|Autostrada A52]] (North) and [[Autostrada A58 (Italy)|Autostrada A58]] (Outer Eastern) bypass roads (it is the largest system of ring roads around a city in Italy, for a total length greater than {{convert|100|km}}<ref name="auto"/>), Circolare Esterna (periphery ring road), Circonvallazione (ring road around the centre), Cerchia Interna (ring road in the city centre)
* [[Minsk]], Belarus – [[MKAD (Minsk)|M9]]
* [[Moscow]], Russia – [[Boulevard Ring]], [[Garden Ring]], [[Third Ring Road (Moscow)|Third Ring Road]], [[Moscow Ring Road]] (opened in 1961)
* [[Munich]], Germany – [[Altstadtring]] (inner city), [[Bundesstraße 2 R]] (middle ring), [[Bundesautobahn 99]] (inner metropolitan region)
* [[Naples]], Italy – [[Autostrada A56 (Italy)|Tangenziale di Napoli]]
* [[Oslo]], Norway – {{ill|Ring 1 (Oslo)|lt=Ring 1|nb|Riksvei 162|vertical-align=sup}} (city centre), [[Ring 2 (Oslo)|Ring 2]] (middle ring) and [[Ring 3 (Oslo)|Ring 3]] (city proper)
* [[Oxford]], England – [[Oxford Ring Road]]
* [[Paris]], France – [[Boulevard Périphérique]] (city proper), [[A86 autoroute]] (inner metropolitan region), [[Francilienne]] (tertiary ring road), [[Grand contournement de Paris]] (metropolitan region)
* [[Padua]], Italy – [[Tangenziale di Padova|GRAP]]
* [[Palma de Mallorca]], Spain – [[Autopista Ma-20|Ma-20]] (Vía de Cintura)
* [[Prague]], Czech Republic – outer – [[D0 motorway (Czech Republic)|D0]] and inner Městský okruh
* [[Poznań]], Poland – outer ring: [[Expressway S11 (Poland)|expressway S11]], [[A2 autostrada (Poland)|motorway A2]] ([[Concurrency (road)|concurrent]] with S5 and S11), [[Expressway S5 (Poland)|expressway S5]]; inner rings: 1st – partially completed, 2nd – completed, partially concurrent with [[National road 92 (Poland)|national road 92]] and [[voivodeship road]]s 196 and 433, 3rd – planned
* [[Reggio Calabria]], Italy – [[Raccordo autostradale RA4|Tangenziale di Reggio Calabria]]
* [[Rennes]], France – [[Rennes#Roads|Rocade de Rennes]]
* [[Rome]], Italy – [[Grande Raccordo Anulare]]
* [[Sofia]], Bulgaria – [[Sofia Ring Road]]
* [[Saint Petersburg]], Russia – [[Saint Petersburg Ring Road]]
* [[Stockholm]], Sweden – [[Norra länken|Nörra Länken]], [[Essingeleden]], [[Södra länken|Södra Länken]] (city proper) and [[European route E20|E20]] (outer city, under completion).
* [[Skopje]], North Macedonia – [[A2 motorway (North Macedonia)]] (part of [[European route E65|E65]])
* [[Tampere]], Finland – [[Tampere Ring Road]]
* [[Toulouse]], France – [[Périphérique de Toulouse]]
* [[Thessaloniki]], Greece – [[Thessaloniki Inner Ring Road]]
* [[Turin]], Italy – [[Autostrada A55|Tangenziale di Torino]]
* [[Venice]], Italy – [[Tangenziale di Venezia]]
* [[Vienna]], Austria – [[Vienna Ring Road]] (inner city), [[Vienna Beltway]] (outer districts)
* [[Vigo]], Spain – [[VG-20|VG-20 (Vigo Ring Road)]]
* [[Warsaw]], Poland – [[Expressway S2 (Poland)|Expressway S2]], [[Expressway S7 (Poland)|Expressway S7]], [[Expressway S8 (Poland)|Expressway S8]], [[Expressway S17 (Poland)|Expressway S17]] (planned stretch)
* [[Wrocław]], Poland – Outer ring: [[Autostrada A4 (Poland)|Autostrada A4]], [[Autostrada A8 (Poland)|Autostrada A8]], [[Expressway S8 (Poland)|Expressway S8]], {{ill|Wroclaw Eastern Bypass|pl|Obwodnica wschodnia Wrocławia}} (in construction). Inner ring: [[National road 5 (Poland)|National road 5]], {{ill|National road 94|pl|Droga krajowa nr 94}}
* [[Zagreb]], Croatia – [[Zagreb bypass]]
* [[Žilina|Zillina]], Slovakia  – {{ill|I/60|sk|Cesta I. triedy 60 (Slovensko)|vertical-align=sup}} Mestky okruch

In [[Iceland]], there is a 1,332&nbsp;km ring road, called [[Route 1 (Iceland)|the ring road]] (or Route 1), around most of the island (excluding only the remote [[Westfjords]]). Most of the country's settlements are on or near this road.

====Some maps of ring roads in Europe====
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File:Autoroute R1 (BE).svg|[[Antwerp]], Belgium
File:Berlin BAB 10.svg|[[Berlin]], Germany
File:Sistema Autostradale Bologna.svg|[[Bologna]], Italy
File:Bordeaux motorway since 2017.svg|[[Bordeaux]], France
File:Bxl rocades.png|[[Brussels]], Belgium
File:Traffic Bukarest.svg|[[Bucharest]], Romania
File:M0 térkép.png|[[Budapest]], Hungary
File:Boulevard périphérique de Caen.svg|[[Caen]], France
File:Mappa RA15.svg|[[Catania]], Italy
File:Autoroute R3 (BE).svg|[[Charleroi]], Belgium
File:M50 motorway (Ireland).png|[[Dublin]], Ireland
File:Ljubljana-OpenStreetMap-Mapnik-100k.svg|[[Ljubljana]], Slovenia
File:Lyon Autoroutes.svg|[[Lyon]], France
File:M30 mapa.svg|[[Madrid]], Spain (Inner city)
File:Autopistam40.svg|[[Madrid]], Spain (Inner metropolitan region)
File:M50 madrid.svg|[[Madrid]], Spain
File:Milano - mappa tangenziali.svg|[[Milan]], Italy
File:Moscow MKAD.svg|[[Moscow]], Russia
File:Rocades de Paris (2024).png|[[Paris]], France
File:Svincoli GRA Roma.svg|[[Rome]], Italy
File:Sofia Ring Road map.svg|[[Sofia]], Bulgaria
File:Toulouse Autoroutes.svg|[[Toulouse]], France
File:Mappa A55.svg|[[Turin]], Italy
File:Sistema autostradale venezia.svg|[[Venice]], Italy
File:Zaobilaznica Zagreba.svg|[[Zagreb]], Croatia
</gallery>