Ring Road
Delhi Ring Road
Also known as Mahatma Gandhi Marg and Inner Ring Road
49 km
Open
Delhi
City road
Route
Ring Road is a 49 km city road that loops right around Delhi, Delhi.
Crosses Delhi.
Through Delhi, Azadpur, Punjabi Bagh, South Extension, New Delhi and Connaught Place.
Why it matters
Every long trip across Delhi touches the Ring Road at some point. It links the railway terminals, the interstate bus terminal, the big hospitals and the arterial roads out of the city.
History
Delhi's Ring Road, formally Mahatma Gandhi Marg, was built in the 1960s around what was then the edge of the city, and it has been the capital's main circulating road ever since. It passes AIIMS, the Ashram crossing, ISBT at Kashmere Gate and Azadpur, and over the decades almost every junction on it has been given a flyover or underpass in a long campaign to make it signal-free. The Outer Ring Road was added further out as the city grew past it.
Good to know
- Formally named Mahatma Gandhi Marg, and built in the 1960s.
- Runs past AIIMS, ISBT Kashmere Gate, Azadpur and the Ashram crossing.
- Made almost entirely signal-free over the years by adding flyovers and underpasses.
- The Barapullah elevated road and the DND Flyway both connect to it.
- It is the inner of Delhi's two ring roads — the Outer Ring Road runs further out.
On the road
Signal-free for most of its length, but the Ashram, Moolchand and Azadpur stretches still back up badly at rush hour.
More details
- Lanes
- 6–8 lanes, largely signal-free