The Outer Ring Road is a long
Ring road
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 ...
within the South Indian city of
Mysore
Mysore ( ), officially Mysuru (), is a city in the southern Indian state of Karnataka. It is the headquarters of Mysore district and Mysore division. As the traditional seat of the Wadiyar dynasty, the city functioned as the capital of the ...
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Karnataka
Karnataka ( ) is a States and union territories of India, state in the southwestern region of India. It was Unification of Karnataka, formed as Mysore State on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, States Re ...
. The road was originally to be widened to eight lanes, but was reduced to six in order to free up funds for building a missing link along the road.
Most of the road was opened in 2012.
There are four railway bridges over the course of the road.
See also
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Kalaburagi Ring Road
The Kalaburagi Ring Road is a long, four-laned ring road in the city of Kalaburagi
Kalaburagi, formerly known as Gulbarga, is a city in the Indian state of Karnataka, It is headquarters of eponymous Kalaburagi district and Kalaburagi ...
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Bengaluru Outer Ring Road
The Outer Ring Road (ORR) is a ring road that runs around most of the perimeter of the city of Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. This road was developed by the Bangalore Development Authority and different sections were opened progressively betwe ...
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State Highway 17 (Karnataka)
State Highway 17 (SH-17) is a state highway connecting the cities of Bangalore and Mysore in the south Indian state of Karnataka. The highway has been built and maintained by the Karnataka Road Development Corporation Limited and inaugurated i ...
References
Ring roads in India
Roads in Mysore
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