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Riyadh Ring Road

Riyadh City Ring Road
Route information
Length	76 km (47 mi)
Major junctions
Loop around Riyadh
Northern Ring Road الطريق الدائري الشمالي
Length	15 km (9.3 mi)
West end	Route 535 (King Khalid Road)
East end	Route 539
Eastern Ring Road الطريق الدائري الشرقي
Length	20 km (12 mi)
North end	Highway 40
South end	Route 500
Southern Ring Road الطريق الدائري الجنوبي
Length	18 km (11 mi)
East end	Route 513
West end	Hamzah ibn Abdul Muttalib Road
Western Ring Road الطريق الدائري الغربي
Length	26 km (16 mi)
South end	Hamzah ibn Abdul Muttalib Road
North end	Route 535 (King Khalid Road)
Location
Country	Saudi Arabia
Highway system
Transport in Saudi Arabia

The Riyadh Ring Road (Arabic: طريق الرياض الدائري, romanized: Tariq ar-Riyad ad-Da'iri) is a 76-km ring road around Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia. It completely encircles the old city of Riyadh and facilitates connectivity between Highway 40 and Highway 65 among other highways along its route. It is also the longest single ring road in Saudi Arabia.

Route description

Exit 6, at the intersection between the Northern Ring Road and Abi Bakr As Siddiq Road.

The Northern Ring Road (Arabic: الطريق الدائري الشمالي) runs north of the old city of Riyadh and carries Highway 40 through Riyadh from the eastern Dammam–Riyadh section to the western Riyadh–Jeddah section. It is 15 km (9 mi) in length and runs from its intersection with Highway 535 at Exit 1 to Astronaut Square (Exit 8), an intersection with Highway 539; connecting the Western Ring Road with the Eastern Ring Road.

The Northern Ring Road is the shortest of the four roads that form the ring road system, and aalso runs along of some of Riyadh's most famous districts, buildings and projects, such as the King Abdullah Financial District, Rabat Square (Exit 4) and the SABIC Headquarters building.

Northern Ring Road
Highway 40 toward Mecca 0 km Exit 1 Western Ring Road—King Khalid Road (Highway 535) 2 km Exit 2 Prince Turki Ibn Abdulaziz Al Awwal Road 5 km Exit 3 At Takhassusi Street 6 km Exit 4—Rabat Square King Fahd Road (Highway 65) 9 km Exit 5 King Abdulaziz Road (Highway 509) 11 km Exit 6 Abi Bakr As Siddiq Road 13 km Exit 7 Uthman Ibn Affan Road (Road 5735) 15 km Exit 8—Astronaut Square Eastern Ring Road—Airport Road (Highway 539) Highway 40 toward Dammam

Sign on Northern Ring Road, leading west to Makkah and the Diplomatic Quarter, carrying Highway 40W.

The Eastern Ring Road (Arabic: الطريق الدائري الشرقي) forms the eastern portion of the old city and is unique in being unsigned for its entire length. It connects the Northern Ring Road to the Southern Ring Road and is 19 km (12 mi) in length. It runs parallel to King Fahd Road (Highway 65) and the Western Ring Road. An extension of the Eastern Ring Road, signed Highway 513, connects it to the new Second Ring Road, which is under construction, and the Industrial City of Riyadh. This extension ends at an intersection with Kharj Road (Highway 509).

Eastern Ring Road
Highway 539 toward King Khalid International Airport 0 km Exit 8—Astronaut Square Northern Ring Road (Highway 40) 2 km Exit 9 Imam Abdullah Ibn Saud Ibn Abdulaziz Road 4 km Exit 10 King Abdulaziz Road (Road 5730) 7 km Exit 11 Al Urubah Road—Abdulrahman Al Ghafaqi Street 8 km Exit 12 Abdullah Ibn Rashid Street 10 km Exit 13—Damascus Square Khurais Road (Highway 522) 12 km Exit 14 Umar Ibn Abdul Aziz Road 14 km Exit 15 Salaheddin Al Ayyubi Street—Prince Saad Ibn Abdulrahman Al Awwal Road 15 km Exit 16 Omar Ibn Al Khattab Road 17 km Exit 17 Al Madinah Al Munawwarah Road 20 km Exit 18 Southern Ring Road—Second Ring Road (Highway 500) Highway 513 toward Industrial City and Kharj Road
Highway 513 is an extension of the existing Eastern Ring Road

The Southern Ring Road (Arabic: الطريق الدائري الجنوبي) encloses the old city from the south. It is the only route that transitions into the next uninterrupted, near the Wadi Namar Dam and Tuwaiq escarpment, and is 18 km (11 mi) in length. Just ahead of Exit 23, a bridge lets the Southern Ring Road cross the Dammam-Riyadh Line 2, the freight section of the line which arrives at Riyadh from Kharj.

Southern Ring Road
Highway 500 toward Highway 522 (Khurais Road) 0 km Exit 19 Eastern Ring Road 4km Dammam–Riyadh Line 2 5 km Exit 20 Kharj Road (Highway 65) 8 km Exit 21 Al Ha'ir Road—Al Batha' Street 10 km Exit 22 Al Fariyan Street 12 km Exit 23 King Fahd Road—Dirab Road (Highway 65) 14 km Exit 24 At Tirmidhi Street 16 km Exit 25 Aishah Bint Abi Bakr Street 18 km Exit 26 Hamzah Ibn Abdul Muttalib Street Western Ring Road toward Highway 40
Highway 500 is an extension of the Southern Ring Road

The Western Ring Road borders the western districts of the city, through the Tuwaiq escarpment and up to the historic city of Dir'iyah. It is the longest of the four sections, at 26 km (16 mi) in length, and is sometimes divided into two halves due to its length.