ring road

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ring road (plural ring roads)

  1. (chiefly Australia, New Zealand, UK) A circumferential highway around a town, city, or other conurbation.
    Synonyms: (US) beltway, orbital motorway
    • 2025 September 3, Christian Wolmar, “9 to 5: The changing face of commuting”, in RAIL, number 1043, page 57:
      Underground stations were also slated for closure, and there were plans for massive ring roads to cater for the ever-growing numbers of people commuting into town by car. […] However, it soon dawned on politicians that this was unsustainable. Much of London would have had to be demolished to make way for the ring roads, and parking was becoming an insuperable difficulty.

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