Московская кольцевая автомобильная дорога: История и современность

Circumferential artery around Russia's capital

The Moscow Automobile Ring Road (Московская кольцевая автомобильная дорога), or MKAD (МКАД), is a ring road running predominantly on the city border of Moscow with a length of 108.9 km (67.7 mi) and 35 exits (including ten interchanges). It was completed in 1962. The speed limit is 100 km/h.

The growth of traffic in and around Moscow in the 1950s made the city planners realise Russia's largest metropolis needed a bypass to redirect incoming traffic from major roads that run through the city. Opened in 1961, the MKAD had four lanes of asphalt running 108.9 kilometres along the city borders. Although not yet a freeway, it featured interchanges at major junctions, very few traffic lights, and a speed limit of
For a long time the MKAD served as the administrative boundary of Moscow city, until in the 1980s Moscow started annexing territory outside the beltway. In December 2002 Bulvar Dmitriya Donskogo became the first Moscow Metro station that opened beyond the limits of MKAD. In 1995–1999, the road was widened from the initial four to ten lanes, while all intersections became grade separated, bridges were built to accommodate pedestrians, traffic lights were removed, and a solid concrete barrier was installed in the median. In 2001, all slow moving vehicles were banned from entering the MKAD, and the renovated road received a freeway designation from the mayor's office.

Distance(approx.) Destinations Notes0 km 2 km Pobeda ulitsa — Reutov, Ivanovskoe4 km Ketcherskaya ulitsa, Nosovikhinskoye ulitsa — Balashikha, Elektrougli 6 kmNovokosino District7 km Moldagulovoy ulitsa, Novoukhtomskoe shosse8 kmNorth Eastern Chord, Kosinskoe Highway8 km Ryazansky prospekt, Lermontovsky prospekt — Lyubertsy11 km 14 km Verkhniye Polya ulitsa — Kotelniki16 kmEnergetikov ulitsa, Kapotnya ulitsa — Dzerzhinsky, Kapotnya20 kmBesedinskoe shosse — Besedy24 kmKashirskoye Highway27 km30 kmBulatnikovo33 km 35 kmPolyany ulitsa — Butovo38 kmPaustovskogo ulitsa — Yasenevo41 km45 km48 km Borovskoye shosse, Ozyornaya ulitsa55 km 56 km Gorbunova ulitsa — Nemchinovka60 km 61 kmRublevo Uspenskoye shosse — Rublevo63 km65 kmMyankininsky prospekt — Myakinino68 km72 kmNovokurkinskoye shosse — Kurkino74 kmSvobody ulitsa, Molodezhnaya ulitsa — Kurkino75 km 78 km82 km 85 kmAltufyevskoye shosse — Veshki91 kmOstashskovskaya ulitsa95 km103 kmKhabarovskaya ulitsa — Abramtsevo105 km