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 (67.7 mi) and 35 exits (including ten interchanges). Completed in 1962, the road has a speed limit of 100 km/h.

History The growth of traffic in and around Moscow in the 1950s made city planners realise that Russia's largest metropolis needed a bypass to reroute incoming traffic from major roads that run through the city. Construction started in 1956. Opened in 1962, the MKAD had four asphalt lanes and ran 108.9 kilometres along the city's borders. Although not then a freeway, it featured interchanges at major junctions, very few traffic lights, and a speed limit of .

From 1960 to 1984 the MKAD ran around 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 to open beyond the limits of the MKAD.

The road was widened from four lanes to ten between 1995 and 1999; all intersections became grade-separated, pedestrian bridges were built, traffic lights were removed, and a solid concrete barrier was installed in the median. In 2001, 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 Notes0 km 2 km Pobeda ulitsa — Reutov, Ivanovskoe4 km Ketcherskaya ulitsa, Nosovikhinskoye ulitsa — Balashikha, Elektrougli 6 kmNovokosino District7 km Moldagulovoy ulitsa, Novoukhtomskoe shosse8 kmNorth-Eastern Chord, Kosinskoe Highway8 km Ryazansky prospekt, Lermontovsky prospekt — Lyubertsy11 km 14 km Verkhniye Polya ulitsa — Kotelniki16 kmEnergetikov ulitsa, Kapotnya ulitsa — Dzerzhinsky, Kapotnya20 kmBesedinskoe shosse — Besedy24 kmKashirskoye Highway27 km30 kmBulatnikovo33 km 35 kmPolyany ulitsa — Butovo38 kmPaustovskogo ulitsa — Yasenevo41 km45 km48 km Borovskoye shosse, Ozyornaya ulitsa55 km 56 km Gorbunova ulitsa — Nemchinovka60 km 61 kmRublevo-Uspenskoye shosse — Rublevo63 km65 kmMyankininsky prospekt — Myakinino68 km72 kmNovokurkinskoye shosse — Kurkino74 kmSvobody ulitsa, Molodezhnaya ulitsa — Kurkino75 km 78 km82 km 85 kmAltufyevskoye shosse — Veshki91 kmOstashskovskaya ulitsa95 km103 kmKhabarovskaya ulitsa — Abramtsevo105 km

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See also

Ring roads in Moscow: Boulevard Ring Garden Ring Third Ring Road Central Ring Road

Notes and references

External links

The MKAD on Google Maps. A view of the MKAD from a pedestrian bridge.