Moscow Ring Road


The Moscow Automobile Ring Road, or MKAD, is a ring road running predominantly on the city border of Moscow with a length of 108.9 km and 35 exits. It was completed in 1962. The speed limit is 100 km/h.

History

The growth of traffic in and around Moscow in the 1950s made the city planners realise that 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 asphalt lanes and ran 108.9 kilometres along the city's borders. Although not yet a freeway, it featured interchanges at major junctions, very few traffic lights, and a speed limit of.
For a long time, the MKAD served as the administrative boundary of Moscow, but in the 1980s the city began annexing territory outside the beltway. In December 2002, Bulvar Dmitriya Donskogo became the first Moscow Metro station that opened beyond the limits of the MKAD.
From 1995 to 1999, the road was widened from the initial four to ten lanes; all intersections became grade-separated, pedestrian 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
DestinationsNotes
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2 km24pxPobeda ulitsa — Reutov, Ivanovskoe
4 km24pxKetcherskaya ulitsa, Nosovikhinskoye ulitsa — Balashikha, Elektrougli
6 km24pxNovokosino District
7 km24pxMoldagulovoy ulitsa, Novoukhtomskoe shosse
8 km24pxNorth-Eastern Chord, Kosinskoe Highway
8 km24pxRyazansky prospekt, Lermontovsky prospekt — Lyubertsy
11 km24px
14 km24pxVerkhniye Polya ulitsa — Kotelniki
16 km24pxEnergetikov ulitsa, Kapotnya ulitsa — Dzerzhinsky, Kapotnya
20 km24pxBesedinskoe shosse — Besedy
24 km24pxKashirskoye Highway
27 km24px
30 km24pxBulatnikovo
33 km24px
35 km24pxPolyany ulitsa — Butovo
38 km24pxPaustovskogo ulitsa — Yasenevo
41 km24px
45 km24px
48 km24pxBorovskoye shosse, Ozyornaya ulitsa
55 km24px
56 km24pxGorbunova ulitsa — Nemchinovka
60 km24px
61 km24pxRublevo-Uspenskoye shosse — Rublevo
63 km24px
65 km24pxMyankininsky prospekt — Myakinino
68 km24px
72 km24pxNovokurkinskoye shosse — Kurkino
74 km24pxSvobody ulitsa, Molodezhnaya ulitsa — Kurkino
75 km24px
78 km24px
82 km24px
85 km24pxAltufyevskoye shosse — Veshki
91 km24pxOstashskovskaya ulitsa
95 km24px
103 km24pxKhabarovskaya ulitsa — Abramtsevo
105 km24px