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Moscow Ring Road (MKAD)
Московская кольцевая автомобильная дорога
Moscow Ring Road (MKAD) ; Московская кольцевая автомобильная дорога
	MKAD on Moscow map
Route information
	Part of E22 E30 E101 E105 E115 E119
Length	108.9 km (67.7 mi)
Existed	1961–present
Location
Country	Russia
Major cities	Moscow
Highway system
	Russian Federal Highways;

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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 Moscow, Russia. The length of the road is 108.9 km (67.7 mi), and the number of exits is 35 (including 10 interchanges).

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		M 7 (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		M 5 (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		M 4 (Lipetskaya ulitsa) — Domodedovo Airport, Vidnoe, Kashira, Rostov-on-Don
30 km		Bulatnikovo
33 km		M 2 (Varshavskoe shosse) — Podolsk, Ostafyevo International Airport
35 km		Polyany ulitsa — Butovo
38 km		Paustovskogo ulitsa — Yasenevo
41 km		A 130, Profsoyuznaya ulitsa
45 km		M 3 (Kievskoe shosse), Leninsky Avenue — Vnukovo Airport, Bryansk, Kiev
48 km		Borovskoye shosse, Ozyornaya ulitsa
55 km		M 1 (Minskoye shosse), Mozhayskoye shosse — Smolensk, Brest
56 km		Gorbunova ulitsa — Nemchinovka
60 km		A 106 (Rublevo-Uspenskoye shosse) — Uspenskoye
61 km		Rublevo-Uspenskoye shosse — Rublevo
63 km		M 9 (Novorizhskoye shosse), Marshala Zhukova prospekt — Riga, Velikiye Luki
65 km		Myankininsky prospekt — Myakinino
68 km		A 109 (Volokolamskoye shosse) — Dedovsk, Petrovo-Dalneye
72 km		Novokurkinskoye shosse — Kurkino
74 km		Svobody ulitsa, Molodezhnaya ulitsa — Kurkino
75 km		M 10 (Leningradskoye Highway) — Sheremetyevo International Airport, Khimki, St. Petersburg
78 km		M 11
82 km		A 104 (Dmitrovskoye shosse) — Dubna, Dmitrov
85 km		Altufyevskoye shosse — Veshki
91 km		Ostashskaya ulitsa
95 km		M 8 (Yaroslavskoye shosse) — Yaroslavl
103 km		Khabarovskaya ulitsa — Abramtsevo
105 km		A 103 (Shchelkovskoye shosse) — Shchyolkovo

Gallery

Interchange of MKAD and Kashirskoye Highway in Moscow
MKAD interchange with Moscow–Saint Petersburg motorway
Interchange of MKAD and Leningradskoye Highway
Interchange of MKAD and Borovskoe shosse
Interchange of MKAD and Mozhayskoe shosse
MKAD interchange with Novorizhskoe shosse
Interchange of MKAD and Volokolamskoe shosse
Interchange of MKAD and Yaroslavskoe shosse
Interchange of MKAD and Myakininsky proezd
MKAD interchange with Molodogvardeyskaya street
MKAD interchange with Dmitrovskoe highway
MKAD interchange with Verkhniye polya street
MKAD interchange with M2
MKAD near Strogino District
MKAD interchange with Profsoyuznaya street
Yaroslavskoe highway interchange
Interchange of MKAD and Volgogradsky Prospekt in Moscow

Notes and references

^ Map not including the new boroughs (2012) of Novomoskovsky and Troitsky
^ "Bul'var Dmitriya Donskogo". Moscow Metro official site. Archived from the original on 13 March 2012. Retrieved 30 June 2013.

External links

[1] Map not including the new boroughs (2012) of Novomoskovsky and Troitsky

[2] "Bul'var Dmitriya Donskogo". Moscow Metro official site. Archived from the original on 13 March 2012. Retrieved 30 June 2013.

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 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.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://engl.mosmetro.ru/pages/page_6.php?id_page=298 | title=Bul’var Dmitriya Donskogo | publisher=Moscow Metro official site | accessdate=30 June 2013 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120313010618/http://engl.mosmetro.ru/pages/page_6.php?id_page=298 | archivedate=13 March 2012 }}</ref>
-In 1995-1999, the road was widened from the initial four to ten lanes, while all [[Intersection (road)|intersections]] became [[Grade separation|grade-separated]], bridges were built to accommodate pedestrians, traffic lights were removed, and a solid concrete barrier was installed in the [[Central reservation|median]]. In 2001, all slow-moving vehicles were banned from entering the MKAD, and the renovated road received a [[freeway]] designation from the [[Mayor of Moscow|mayor's office]].
+In 1995–1999, the road was widened from the initial four to ten lanes, while all [[Intersection (road)|intersections]] became [[Grade separation|grade-separated]], bridges were built to accommodate pedestrians, traffic lights were removed, and a solid concrete barrier was installed in the [[Central reservation|median]]. In 2001, all slow-moving vehicles were banned from entering the MKAD, and the renovated road received a [[freeway]] designation from the [[Mayor of Moscow|mayor's office]].
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