Outer Ring Road, Delhi

Outer Ring Road
Outer Ring Road
Route information
Length	47.537 km (29.538 mi)
Existed	1984–present
Location
Country	India
State	Delhi
Major cities	New Delhi, North Delhi, North West Delhi, West Delhi, South West Delhi, South Delhi, South East Delhi, Central Delhi
Highway system
	Roads in India; Expressways; National; State; Asian; State Highways in Delhi

The Outer Ring Road is a 6-lane ring road that encircles the city of Delhi. It has three lanes in each direction, with a total length of 47 km. Although it used to have traffic lights and at-grade intersections, mushrooming interchanges have reduced the number of lights to just two, and traffic now flows much more smoothly. Several stretches of the Outer Ring Road have been notified as National Highways.^[1]

Delhi features two ring roads, a main one and an outer one. The two ring roads have a combined length of 87 km.

Junctions

Outer Ring Road features 14 junctions. In no particular order, they are:

NH 8/Subruto Park,
Vasant Kunj/Munirka/R.K. Puram,
IIT Gate (flyover),
Khel Gaon Marg (flyover), near Malviya Nagar and Panchsheel Colony
Madan Gir/Chirag Delhi (flyover)/Andrews Ganj,
Kalkaji/Nehru Place (flyover),^[2]
Modi Mill (flyover),
Okhla,

ISBT (flyover),
Majnu Ka Tilla,
Majra Burari,
Azad Pur/Jahingir Pur,
Rohini,
Peera Garhi,
Sundar Vihar,
Vikas Puri,
Janakpuri (Pankha Road)
Delhi Cantt (Cariappa Marg)

Pedestrian Underpasses

Like the Ring Road, Delhi's Outer Ring Road features some semblance of grade separation between pedestrian and vehicular traffic. Pedestrian underpasses are present at the following points:

Near Chirag Delhi Flyover (DTTDC)
Near IIT Flyover (DTTDC)
Dr. Hedgewar Marg at Saraswati Vihar
Soaminagar
Mangol Puri
Paras Cinema Flyover, Nehru Place
Munirka
Sarvpriya Vihar
Power House, Pitampura
Rama Market, Pitampura

Additional pedestrian underpasses are to be constructed at the following points:

Kalkaji Temple junction
Panchsheel Colony

Gallery

Elevated Corridor at Vikaspuri on Outer Ring Road, Delhi

References

^ Kaushik, Krishn (7 April 2017). "Highways and others: How India classifies roads, reclassifies them". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 27 April 2017. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
^ Shrangi, Vatsala (15 July 2016). "Pothole turns sinkhole on Outer Ring Road after 11 days of inaction". hindustantimes.com. Delhi: Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 27 April 2017. Retrieved 26 April 2017.

External links

[1] Kaushik, Krishn (7 April 2017). "Highways and others: How India classifies roads, reclassifies them". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 27 April 2017. Retrieved 26 April 2017.

[2] Shrangi, Vatsala (15 July 2016). "Pothole turns sinkhole on Outer Ring Road after 11 days of inaction". hindustantimes.com. Delhi: Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 27 April 2017. Retrieved 26 April 2017.

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