There are 4 concentric

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 ...

s in Wuhan,

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

Inner Ring Road

The Inner Ring Road (), is a -long ring road consisting of a collection of surface arterial roads connecting the busy riverside commercial areas of Wuhan's three main central districts. The ring road was formed when the Second Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge opened, forming a complete loop with the already completed Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge and existing surface streets.

Second Ring Road

The Second Ring Road (), is a -long long elevated ring expressway encircling the downtown areas of Wuhan. It crosses the Yangtze River using the

Erqi Yangtze River Bridge The Erqi Yangtze River Bridge is a highway bridge over the Yangtze River in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China. The bridge is long and carries eight lanes of traffic of the Second Ring Road. With two main spans of it is the world's longest double sp ...

in the north and the

Yingwuzhou Yangtze River Bridge The Yingwuzhou Yangtze River Bridge () is a bridge carrying the southern section of the Second Ring Road over the Yangtze River in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China. It is one of the longest suspension bridges in the world with two consecutive spans. ...

in the south.

Third Ring Road

The Third Ring Road (Chinese: 武汉三环线; pinyin: Wǔhàn Sānhuánxiàn; literally: "Wuhan Third Ring Line"), formerly known as Middle Ring Road(),is a -long ring expressway. The western section which includes the

Baishazhou Yangtze River Bridge The Baishazhou Yangtze River Bridge (), sometimes referred as the Third Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge for being the third Yangtze river bridge in Wuhan, is a highway bridge over the Yangtze River in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China. It is located southw ...

opened in the 2000s. The eastern section includes the

Tianxingzhou Yangtze River Bridge The Tianxingzhou Yangtze River Bridge () is a combined road and rail bridge across the Yangtze River in the city of Wuhan, the capital of the Hubei Province of China. The bridge crosses the Yangtze in the northeastern part of the city, a few kilo ...

. It was fully completed on December 30, 2010.

Fourth Ring Road

The Fourth Ring Road (Chinese: 武汉四环线; pinyin: Wǔhàn Sānhuánxiàn; literally: "Wuhan Fourth Ring Line"), is an under construction -long ring expressway. Construction of the western section between State Road 107 and the Wuhan Economic and Technological Development Zone started November 20, 2011. On June 19, 2017 the Wuhan Hanjiang Bridge opened, carrying the southern section of the ring road across the Yangtze river.

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