Ring I (pronounced "ring one", , ) is the busiest road in Finland, carrying up to 113,000 vehicles per day. It is the innermost of the three

beltway A ring road (also known as circular road, beltline, beltway, circumferential (high)way, loop 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 in reducin ...

s in the

Helsinki capital region The Helsinki capital region (, ) is the area formed by the cities of Espoo, Helsinki, Kauniainen and Vantaa in Finland.In the association of municipalities and other official municipal contexts, the capital region includes the following four citi ...

, numbered as regional route 101 and runs from the easternmost part of

Espoo Espoo (, ; ) is a city in Finland. It is located to the west of the capital, Helsinki, in southern Uusimaa. The population is approximately . It is the most populous Municipalities of Finland, municipality in Finland. Espoo is part of the Helsi ...

Itäkeskus Itäkeskus (, literal translation ''East center'') is a '' quarter'' in the neighbourhood of Vartiokylä (as of the 1980s) in Helsinki, Finland. The district's main attraction is the largest covered-in shopping mall in the Nordic countries, Itis ...

in eastern

Helsinki Helsinki () is the Capital city, capital and most populous List of cities and towns in Finland, city in Finland. It is on the shore of the Gulf of Finland and is the seat of southern Finland's Uusimaa region. About people live in the municipali ...

. The total length is , of which are in Helsinki. It is primarily intended for local traffic—before the large road numbering change in the 1990s and the reconstruction of

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

, Ring I was also designated as a bypass for avoiding Helsinki centre.

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Ring I has at least two

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 eac ...

s per direction for its entire length but a

speed limit Speed limits on road traffic, as used in most countries, set the legal maximum speed at which vehicles may travel on a given stretch of road. Speed limits are generally indicated on a traffic sign reflecting the maximum permitted speed, express ...

that never exceeds owing to heavy traffic. With the introduction of new grade-separated interchanges, provisions have been made to increase the speed limits to 70–80 km/h. Eventually, all of the junctions on Ring I will be upgraded to grade-separated interchanges. However, the road was not originally constructed as a

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, which limits its capacity..

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

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