Middle Ring Road () is a ring expressway in the city of

Shanghai Shanghai (; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is one of the four direct-administered municipalities of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The city is located on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River flow ...

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. It is the second in a series of four ring expressways around the city of Shanghai. Construction began in April 2003 on the first section of the Middle Ring Road in

Yangpu District Yangpu District is one of the 16 districts of Shanghai. It is located in northeastern part of downtown Shanghai, bordering the Huangpu River on the east and south, Hongkou District on the west, and Baoshan District, Shanghai, Baoshan District on ...

. The Middle Ring Road crosses the

Huangpu River The Huangpu (), formerly romanized as Whangpoo, is a river flowing north through Shanghai. The Bund and Lujiazui are located along the Huangpu River. The Huangpu is the biggest river in central Shanghai, with the Suzhou Creek being its maj ...

twice, using the Jungong Road Tunnel and the Shangzhong Road Tunnel. On the

Pudong Pudong is a district of Shanghai located east of the Huangpu, the river which flows through central Shanghai. The name ''Pudong'' was originally applied to the Huangpu's east bank, directly across from the west bank or Puxi, the historic city ...

side, the southern section from the Shangzhong Road Tunnel to Shenjiang Road opened on 25 December 2009.中环路浦东段今晚10点通车
Most sections of the ring road are elevated. However sections passing through Changning,

Minhang District Minhang District is a suburban district of Shanghai with a land area of and population of 2,429,000 residents as of 2010. The original Minhang consist of present-day Jiangchuan Road Subdistrict (Former Minhang Town) and the eastern strip of Wu ...

, and

run at grade and utilizes

Texas U-turn A Texas U-turn, or Texas turnaround, boomerang, or loop around, is a lane allowing cars traveling on one side of a one-way frontage road to U-turn onto the opposite frontage road (typically crossing over or under a freeway or expressway). Typical ...

interchanges with the expressway running in a trenched underpass.

Exit list

* Yaolong Rd (CW exit and CCW entrance) * Shangzhong W Rd, Hongmei S Rd (CW entrance and CCW exit) * Humin Elevated Rd * Gudai Rd, Jiang'an Rd (CW entrance and CCW exit) * Caobao Rd * Wuzhong Rd * Xianxia Rd (No CW entrance) * Beidi Rd * Tianshan Rd (CW entrance and CCW exit) * Jinshajiang Rd (CW entrance and CCW exit) * G2, G42 Tongchuan Rd Exit (outer ring) Taopu Rd Exit & Entrance (inner ring) Zhennan Rd Entrance (outer ring)

References

{{Highway System of Shanghai Road transport in Shanghai