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(Redirected from Moscow Automobile Ring Road)
'MKAD' is a beltway encircling the City of Moscow.
The name is a transliteration of the Russian word 'МКАД', an acronym for ''Московская Кольцевая Автомобильная Дорога'' (''Moscow Automobile Ring Road'').
The growth of vehicular traffic in and around Moscow in the 1950s made the city planners realize that the 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 exactly 109 kilometers 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. Among drivers it was known as "The Road of Death" for very poor lighting.
For a long time the MKAD served as the administrative boundary of Moscow city, until in the 1980s
Moscow started annexing territory outside of the beltway. In December 2002 Bulvar Dmitriya Donskogo became the first Moscow Metro station that opened beyond the limits of MKAD.
In 1995-1997 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.
★ Paris's Périphérique
★ London's M25 motorway
★ Washington, DC's Capital Beltway
★ The MKAD on Google Maps.
★ A view of the MKAD from the pedestrian bridge.
Major MKAD interchange in southern Moscow
'MKAD' is a beltway encircling the City of Moscow.
The name is a transliteration of the Russian word 'МКАД', an acronym for ''Московская Кольцевая Автомобильная Дорога'' (''Moscow Automobile Ring Road'').
Rush hour at MKAD
The growth of vehicular traffic in and around Moscow in the 1950s made the city planners realize that the 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 exactly 109 kilometers 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. Among drivers it was known as "The Road of Death" for very poor lighting.
Zero point of MKAD
For a long time the MKAD served as the administrative boundary of Moscow city, until in the 1980s
Moscow started annexing territory outside of the beltway. In December 2002 Bulvar Dmitriya Donskogo became the first Moscow Metro station that opened beyond the limits of MKAD.
In 1995-1997 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.
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See also
★ Paris's Périphérique
★ London's M25 motorway
★ Washington, DC's Capital Beltway
External links
★ The MKAD on Google Maps.
★ A view of the MKAD from the pedestrian bridge.
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