The Outer Ring Road is a six-lane

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that encircles the city of

Delhi Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, but spread chiefly to the west, or beyond its Bank (geography ...

. It has three lanes in each direction, with a total length of 47 km. Although it used to have

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s and at-grade intersections, mushrooming

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s have reduced the number of lights to just two, and traffic now flows much more smoothly. Several stretches of the Outer Ring Road have been notified as National Highways. Delhi features 3 ring roads, inner, outer and UER-II.

Areas on Outer Ring Road

List of places on Delhi Outer Ring road in anti-clockwise direction is as follows: * Civil Lines * Majnu Ka Tila / New Aruna Nagar * Gopalpur Village * Nirankari Park * Burari Crossing * Mukundupur * Bhalswa Lake * Mukarba Chowk * Haiderpur, Shalimar Bagh * Badli Village, Rohini *

Rohini Rohini may refer to: People * Rohini (given name), including a list of persons and characters with the name * Rohini (actress) (born 1969), Indian actress, screenwriter, and director * Rohini (Buddha's disciple), female disciple * Rohini (goddes ...

Pitampura Pitampura is a residential area in North West Delhi district of Delhi, India. It is located adjacent to Rohini. It is a planned neighbourhood developed by the Delhi Development Authority in the 1980s and Pitampura TV Tower, was built in 1988. ...

* Mangolpuri * Peeragarhi, Paschim Vihar *

Paschim Vihar Punjabi Bagh is an affluent neighbourhood in the West Delhi district of Delhi, India. History The land of the nearby Madipur village was acquired by government of India to resettle Hindu and Sikh refugees from Pakistan. It was previously ca ...

* Keshopur *

Vikaspuri Vikaspuri is a posh residential area in West Delhi, India. It is home to a few notable figures. Notable people * Virat Kohli, Former Captain of Indian Cricket Team * Daler Mehndi, singer * Shikhar Dhawan, cricketer * Millind Gaba, singer * ...

Janakpuri Janak Puri is an affluent neighborhood in the South West district of Delhi, India. It is located near the Delhi Cantonment area and is accessible by road and Delhi Metro via multiple lines as well as train because of its nearest railway stat ...

* Dabri * Dashrathpuri * Mahavir Enclave * Palam *

Delhi Cantonment Delhi Cantonment (ISO: ''Dillī Chāvanī''; popularly referred to as Delhi Cantt) is a Class I Cantonment Board established in 1914. The area of the Cantonment is and the population of the Cantonment as per the 2011 census is 110,351. The ...

Vasant Vihar Vasant Vihar is a diplomatic and residential sub-division of the New Delhi district of Delhi, India. It is located near the diplomatic area of Chanakyapuri, and houses over 50 diplomatic missions of foreign countries, including the High Commissio ...

* RK Puram * Munirka *

IIT Delhi Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT- Delhi) is a public institute of technology located in Delhi, India. It is one of the 23 Indian Institutes of Technology created to be a Centre of Excellence for India's training, research and developme ...

Hauz Khas Hauz Khas is a neighborhood in South Delhi, its heart being the historic Hauz Khas Complex. Well known in medieval times, the Hauz Khas village has buildings built around the reservoir. There are remnants of Islamic architecture roughly color ...

* Panchsheel Park * Chirag Delhi * Greater Kailash * Kalkaji * Nehru Place *

New Friends Colony New Friends Colony is a posh residential colony of South Delhi, India. It consists of A, B, C, D Blocks. It is situated near Uttar Pradesh border. Landmarks The landmarks in and around the area include Jamia Millia Islamia (A Central Unive ...

Okhla Okhla, short for Old Canal Housing and Land Authority, is an urban neighbourhood located by the Okhla barrage in South East Delhi, near the border between Delhi and Uttar Pradesh. Okhla has lent its name to the nearby planned township of Ne ...

* Kalindi Kunj

Junctions

Outer Ring Road features 14 junctions. In no particular order, they are: *NH 8/Subruto Park, *

Vasant Kunj Vasant Kunj is a neighbourhood located in New Delhi district of Indian union territory of Delhi. The area is home to several businessmen, actors, cricketers and the former prime minister of India, Manmohan Singh. It is located close to Indira ...

/ Munirka/ R.K. Puram, * IIT Gate (flyover), *Khel Gaon Marg (flyover), near Malviya Nagar and Panchsheel Colony *Madan Gir/Chirag Delhi (flyover)/Andrews Ganj, * Kalkaji/ Nehru Place (flyover), *Modi Mill (flyover), *Okhla, *ISBT (flyover), * Majnu Ka Tilla, *Majra Burari, *Azad Pur/Jahingir Pur, *Rohini, *Peera Garhi, *Sundar Vihar, *Vikas Puri, *Janakpuri (Pankha Road) *Delhi Cantt (Cariappa Marg)

Pedestrian Underpasses

Like the Ring Road, Delhi's Outer Ring Road features some semblance of grade separation between pedestrian and vehicular traffic. Pedestrian underpasses are present at the following points: *Near Chirag Delhi Flyover (DTTDC) *Near IIT Flyover (DTTDC) *Dr. Hedgewar Marg at Saraswati Vihar *Soaminagar *Mangol Puri *Paras Cinema Flyover, Nehru Place * Munirka *Sarvpriya Vihar *Power House, Pitampura *Rama Market, Pitampura Additional pedestrian underpasses are to be constructed at the following points: *Kalkaji Temple junction *Panchsheel Colony

Gallery

Flyover at Vikaspuri on Outer Ring Road, Delhi.jpg, Elevated Corridor at

on Outer Ring Road, Delhi

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