The Sardar Patel Ring Road is a 76 km 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 ...

encircling the city of

Ahmedabad Ahmedabad ( ), also spelled Amdavad (), is the most populous city in the Indian state of Gujarat. It is the administrative headquarters of the Ahmedabad district and the seat of the Gujarat High Court. Ahmedabad's population of 5,570,585 ...

, Gujarat, India. It is a

toll road A toll road, also known as a turnpike or tollway, is a public or private road for which a fee (or ''Toll (fee), toll'') is assessed for passage. It is a form of road pricing typically implemented to help recoup the costs of road construction and ...

built by the Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority (AUDA). Built at a cost of ₹355 crore (₹3.55 billion), it was opened in 2004.

Route

It meets the Ahmedabad Vadodara Expressway at one point and crosses the

Sabarmati River The Sabarmati River is one of the major west-flowing rivers in India. It originates in the Aravalli Range of the Udaipur District of Rajasthan and meets the Gulf of Khambhat of the Arabian Sea after travelling in a south-westerly direction acr ...

and the Mumbai-Delhi National Highway twice. The AUDA demarcated a region of 1 km around the road as a ''residential affordable housing zone'' in an attempt to improve affordable housing.

Toll

The road is tolled with several toll plazas at Narol, Ramol, Ranasan and other locations.

Public transport

The

Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation abbreviated (GSRTC), is a Government State Transport Undertaking of Gujarat for passengers facilitating with road public transport in moffusil / city services. GSRTC operates within the state of Gujarat, ...

runs a circular bus service along the ring road from

Sarkhej Sarkhej is a suburban neighbourhood in the city of Ahmedabad. It is primarily known for the Sarkhej Roza, an architectural complex located 8 km south from the city centre. One of the most important roads of metropolitan Ahmedabad, Sarkhej� ...

on an hourly basis in both directions. The Shivranjani- Bopal line of the Ahmedabad Janmarg crosses the ring road at Ghuma.

References

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