There are 4 concentric ring roads in

Wuhan Wuhan (, ; ; ) is the capital of Hubei Province in the People's Republic of China. It is the largest city in Hubei and the most populous city in Central China, with a population of over eleven million, the ninth-most populous Chinese city an ...

, China.

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 The Second Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge (, ''Wuhan Changjiang Er Qiao'') is a bridge across the Yangtze River in Wuhan, Hubei province, China. It is located northeast (downstream) of the historic central area of the city's Hankou District and is the ...

opened, forming a complete loop with the already completed

Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge The Wuhan Yangtze Great Bridge (), commonly known as Wuhan First Yangtze Bridge, is a double-deck road and rail bridge across the Yangtze River in Wuhan, in Central China. At its completion in 1957, the bridge was the easternmost crossing of ...

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 The Yangtze or Yangzi ( or ; ) is the longest list of rivers of Asia, river in Asia, the list of rivers by length, third-longest in the world, and the longest in the world to flow entirely within one country. It rises at Jari Hill in th ...

using the Erqi Yangtze River Bridge in the north and the Yingwuzhou Yangtze River Bridge 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 opened in the 2000s. The eastern section includes the Tianxingzhou Yangtze River Bridge. 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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