The Kharkiv Ring Road ( uk, Окружна́ автомобі́льна доро́га) is a
ring road
A ring road (also known as circular road, beltline, beltway, circumferential (high)way, loop, bypass or orbital) is a road or a series of connected roads encircling a town, city, or country. The most common purpose of a ring road is to assist i ...
in
Kharkiv
Kharkiv ( uk, wikt:Харків, Ха́рків, ), also known as Kharkov (russian: Харькoв, ), is the second-largest List of cities in Ukraine, city and List of hromadas of Ukraine, municipality in Ukraine.[Kharkiv Oblast
Kharkiv Oblast ( uk, Харківська́ о́бласть, translit=Kharkivska oblast), also referred to as Kharkivshchyna ( uk, Ха́рківщина), is an oblast (province) of eastern Ukraine. The oblast borders Russia to the north, Luhans ...]
, running mainly along the administrative border of the city. The length of the road is , the width of the carriageway in different sections is from .
Reconstruction
As part of Ukraine's preparations for the
UEFA Euro 2012
The 2012 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Euro 2012 or simply Euro 2012, was the 14th European Championship for men's national football teams organised by UEFA. The final tournament, held between 8 June and 1 ...
, it was planned to repair and modernize the ring road to comply with its I technical category of road quality. On 10 August 2010, its overhaul began, and on 12 November, the road was solemnly opened after reconstruction. The cost of the work amounted to 320 million hryvnia (about $40 million).
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Ring roads in Ukraine
Roads in Kharkiv Oblast