Ring II (pronounced "ring two", fi, Kehä II, sv, Ring II; also known as ''Kilonväylä''Espoo puolustaa Kehä II:n jatketta – "Asukasmäärä kasvaa eivätkä liikkumisen tarve ja ruuhkaisuus vähene nykyisestä"
(in Finnish)) in the city of

Espoo Espoo (, ; sv, Esbo) is a city and municipality in the region of Uusimaa in the Republic of Finland. It is located on the northern shore of the Gulf of Finland, bordering the cities of Helsinki, Vantaa, Kirkkonummi, Vihti and Nurmijärvi ...

is one of the major

highways in Finland Highways in Finland, or Main roads, comprise the highest categories of roads in Finland: * Main roads Class I – fi, valtatiet; sv, riksvägar – numbered 1–39, between major cities * Main roads Class II – fi, kantatiet; sv, stamvä ...

. The road runs north–south, connecting

Turuntie Finnish regional road 110 ( fi, Seututie 110, sv, Regionalväg 110), or Turku Road ( fi, Turuntie, sv, Åbosvägen), is the leading regional road from Helsinki to Turku. The road is a parallel to the former Highway 1 and the current Highway 1 ( ...

in the north, to

Länsiväylä Länsiväylä (the Western Highway, Swedish: Västerleden) is a motorway in the Greater Helsinki area of Finland, mainly at the Helsinki conurbation. It is part of the Finnish national road 51. The road begins in Ruoholahti in western Helsinki ...

in the south. Despite its name suggesting a circle, it has not been built as a true

beltway 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 ...

yet, unlike the parallel

Ring I Ring I (pronounced "ring one", fi, Kehä I, sv, Ring I) is the busiest road in Finland, carrying up to 113,000 vehicles per day. It is the innermost of the three beltways in the Greater Helsinki region, numbered as regional route 101 and ru ...

and

Ring III Kehä III (''"ring three"'', ''National road 50''; or fi, Kehä III or ; or ) is an important highway in Southern Finland. It is the outermost of the three beltways in the Helsinki region, and the first one to be built. It lies across the fou ...

highways.

History

The road was initially planned in the 1960s, but it was not until the end of 2000 that the first phase was completed.

Future

Since the cross-city traffic in Espoo,

Kauniainen Kauniainen (; sv, Grankulla) is a small town and a municipality of inhabitants () in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area, Finland. It is surrounded and enclaved by the City of Espoo, in the Capital Region of Greater Helsinki. Kauniainen was founde ...

and

Vantaa Vantaa (; sv, Vanda, ) is a city and municipality in Finland. It is part of the inner core of the Finnish Capital Region along with Helsinki, Espoo, and Kauniainen. With a population of (), Vantaa is the fourth most populated city in Finland ...

is estimated to nearly double by the year 2025, plans have been made to extend Ring II to connect up with

Finnish national road 3 Finnish national road 3 ( fi, Valtatie 3 or '; sv, Riksväg 3) is a highway in Finland between Helsinki and Vaasa via Hämeenlinna and Tampere. The road is long and it is part of the European route E12. of the highway is motorway, connecting H ...

( fi, Hämeenlinnanväylä) in the northeast and add

lane In road transport, a lane is part of a roadway that is designated to be used by a single line of vehicles to control and guide drivers and reduce traffic conflicts. Most public roads (highways) have at least two lanes, one for traffic in each ...

s where the road is currently only one

wide in each direction.

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Ring roads in Finland Roads in Finland Transport in Espoo {{Europe-road-stub

History

Future

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