55-529: The Wilman Wadandi Highway is a partially-constructed ring road around the city of Bunbury, Western Australia . The road will be 27 kilometres (17 mi) long when complete, and link Forrest Highway in the north-east to Bussell Highway in the south-west, passing via South Western Highway . Formerly known as the Bunbury Outer Ring Road (or BORR), it was renamed in October 2024 after
110-413: A city or town, with the standard of road being anything from an ordinary city street up to motorway level. An excellent example of this is London's North Circular/South Circular ring roads, which are largely made up of (mainly congested) ordinary city streets. In some cases, a circumferential route is formed by the combination of a major through highway and a similar-quality loop route that extends out from
165-669: A complete belt road around Hawaii Island . Other major U.S. cities with such a beltway superhighway: There are other U.S. superhighway beltway systems that consist of multiple routes that require multiple interchanges and thus do not provide true ring routes. Two designated examples are the Capital Beltway around Harrisburg, Pennsylvania using Interstate 81 , Interstate 83 , and Pennsylvania Route 581 and "The Bypass" around South Bend, Indiana using Interstate 80 , Interstate 90 , U.S. Route 31 , and Indiana State Road 331 . Edmonton , Alberta, has two ring roads. The first
220-524: A ring road is to assist in reducing traffic volumes in the urban centre, such as by offering an alternate route around the city for drivers who do not need to stop in the city core. Ring roads can also serve to connect suburbs to each other, allowing efficient travel between them. The name "ring road" is used for the majority of metropolitan circumferential routes in Europe, such as the Berliner Ring ,
275-458: A ring road or ring road system: In Iceland , there is a 1,332 km ring road, called the ring road (or Route 1), around most of the island (excluding only the remote Westfjords ). Most of the country's settlements are on or near this road. Major cities that are served by a ring road or ring road system: Gelorup, Western Australia Gelorup is a locality of the Shire of Capel in
330-528: A through-the-city route there, with the Beltway encircling the city as I-495. The portion of I-95 entering the city from the south was soon completed (and so signed), primarily by adapting an existing major highway, but the planned extension of I-95 through residential areas northward to the Beltway was long delayed, and eventually abandoned, leaving the eastern portion of the Beltway as the best Interstate-quality route for through traffic. This eastern portion of
385-634: A town or city, typically without either signals or road or railroad crossings. In the United States, beltways are commonly parts of the Interstate Highway System. Similar roads in the United Kingdom are often called "orbital motorways". Although the terms "ring road" and "orbital motorway" are sometimes used interchangeably, "ring road" often indicates a circumferential route formed from one or more existing roads within
440-532: A true ring road around Detroit is effectively blocked by its location on the border with Canada and the Detroit River ; although constructing a route mostly or entirely outside city limits is technically feasible, a true ring around Detroit would necessarily pass through Canada, and so Interstate 275 and Interstate 696 together bypass but do not encircle the city. Sometimes, the presence of significant natural or historical areas limits route options, as for
495-405: Is a loose conglomeration of four major arterial roads with an average distance of 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) from the downtown core. Yellowhead Trail forms the northern section, Wayne Gretzky Drive /75 Street forms the eastern section, Whitemud Drive forms the southern and longest section, and 170 Street forms the western and shortest section. Whitemud Drive is the only section that
550-413: Is a true controlled-access highway , while Yellowhead Trail and Wayne Gretzky Drive have interchanges and intersections and are therefore both limited-access roads . 170 Street and 75 Street are merely large arterial roads with intersections only. The second and more prominent ring road is named Anthony Henday Drive ; it circles the city at an average distance of 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) from
605-417: Is challenging when a through highway and a loop bypass together form a circumferential ring road. Since neither of the highways involved is circumferential itself, either dual signage or two (or more) route numbers is needed. The history of signage on the Capital Beltway around Washington, D.C., is instructive here. Interstate 95 , a major through highway along the U.S. East Coast , was originally planned as
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#1732791668824660-654: Is complete. The road intersects with Willinge Drive at a roundabout 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) further. Willinge Drive, also known as the Bunbury Port Access Road, leads to the industrial area of Picton and the Bunbury Port in Vittoria . A further 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) is the southern section of South Western Highway, where the currently-open section of the WWH terminates at a roundabout. West of
715-533: Is designed such that Discovery Road traffic will have to turn left or right and cannot cross over the ring road. The road will then travel east-southeast, bridging over Golding Crescent, the Ferguson River , the Northcliffe branch railway and Boyanup–Picton road, meeting the currently-opened section of the road. The ring road will be cut off from Boyanup-Picton Road by the time stage two of the ring road
770-858: The Brussels Ring , the Amsterdam Ring , the Boulevard Périphérique around Paris and the Leeds Inner and Outer ring roads. Australia , Pakistan and India also use the term ring road, as in Melbourne 's Western Ring Road , Lahore 's Lahore Ring Road and Hyderabad 's Outer Ring Road . In Canada the term is the most commonly used, with "orbital" also used, but to a much lesser extent. In Europe and Australia, some ring roads, particularly longer ones of motorway standard, are known as "orbital motorways". Examples are
825-474: The Frankfurt area, major national highways converge just outside city limits before forming one of several routes of an urban network of roads circling the city. Unlike in United States, route numbering is not a challenge on European ring roads as routes merge to form the single designated road. However, exit and road junction access can be challenging due to the complexity of other routes branching from or into
880-590: The London Orbital (generally known as the M25; 188 km), Sydney Orbital Network (110 km) and Rome Orbital (68 km). In the United States many ring roads are called beltlines , beltways or loops , such as the Capital Beltway around Washington, D.C. Some ring roads, such as Washington's Capital Beltway, use "Inner Loop" and "Outer Loop" terminology for directions of travel, since cardinal (compass) directions cannot be signed uniformly around
935-943: The North and South Circular roads and the Inner Ring Road ). Birmingham also has three ring roads which consist of the Birmingham Box ; the A4540 , commonly known as the Middleway; and the A4040 , the Outer Ring Road. Birmingham once had a fourth ring road, the A4400 . This has been partially demolished and downgraded to improve traffic flow into the city. Other British cities have two: Leeds , Sheffield , Norwich and Glasgow . Cleveland, OH and San Antonio, TX , in
990-797: The South West region of Western Australia. The locality is immediately south of the City of Bunbury . Its western border is formed by the Bussell Highway . The Shire of Capel and the locality of Gelorup are located on the traditional land of the Wardandi (also spelled Wadandi) people of the Noongar nation. The locality is home to the Bunbury Cathedral Grammar School , established in 1972. The locality has
1045-495: The United States , also each have two, while Houston, Texas will have three official ring roads (not including the downtown freeway loop). Some cities have far more – Beijing , for example, has six ring roads , simply numbered in increasing order from the city center (though skipping #1), while Moscow has five, three innermost ( Central Squares of Moscow , Boulevard Ring and Garden Ring ) corresponding to
1100-468: The Wilman and Wadandi Indigenous Australian peoples that originally lived in the area. The highway will be signed State Route 101 . The Wilman Wadandi Highway (WWH) will be a 27-kilometre (17 mi) long four-lane dual carriageway running from Forrest Highway near Australind to Bussell Highway near Dalyellup . The construction of the WWH was divided into three stages. The first stage involved
1155-680: The 1950s and not yet completed, called the Suburban Beltway. It consists of several roads— Lagimodière Boulevard , Abinojii Mikanah , the Fort Garry Bridge, the Moray Bridge, William R Clement Parkway , Chief Peguis Trail and the Kildonan Bridge . Saskatoon , Saskatchewan, has a ring road named Circle Drive. It is cosigned as Saskatchewan Highway 16 and Saskatchewan Highway 11 along the whole route since
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#17327916688241210-415: The 2013 opening of Circle Drive South. Regina , Saskatchewan has a partial ring road that is named Ring Road ; however, due to the city's urban growth since the road was originally constructed, it no longer functions as a true ring road and has instead come to be used partially for local arterial traffic. The Regina Bypass , a new partial ring road, has replaced it, although Ring Road must still be used in
1265-475: The BORR received $ 15.8 million in funding in the 2010 state budget for land acquisition and pre-construction activities. The BORR's first stage was constructed as part of the second stage of the Bunbury Port Access Road project. This saw the construction of Willinge Drive from South Western Highway to the BORR and the construction of the BORR from South Western Highway to Boyanup-Picton Road. This stage followed on from
1320-604: The Beltway ", derived metonymically from the Capital Beltway encircling Washington, D.C. Ring roads have been criticised for inducing demand , leading to more car journeys being taken and thus higher levels of pollution being created. By creating easy access by car to large areas of land, they can also act as a catalyst for development, leading to urban sprawl and car-centric planning. Ring roads have also been criticised for splitting communities and being difficult to navigate for pedestrians and cyclists. Most orbital motorways (or beltways) are purpose-built major highways around
1375-468: The Beltway was then redesignated from I-495 to I-95, leaving the I-495 designation only on the western portion, and the completed part of the planned Interstate inside the Beltway was redesignated as a spur, I-395 . A few years later, the resulting confusion from different route numbers on the circumferential Beltway was resolved by restoring I-495 signage for the entire Beltway, with dual signage for I-95 for
1430-664: The Bunbury Port Access Road project's first section, which was Willinge Drive from the Bunbury Port to South Western Highway. The contract for this was awarded to Fulton Hogan at a cost of $ 133.9 million, jointly funded by the federal and state governments. Out of that cost, $ 44 million was for the ring road. Construction was completed in May 2013. The second stage of the BORR was recommended to be built by Infrastructure Australia 's National Infrastructure Plan in 2013. Expressions of interest were called for in September 2019. The plans at
1485-461: The United States. In many cases, such as Interstate 285 in Atlanta, Georgia , circumferential highways serve as a bypass while other highways pass directly through the city center. In other cases, a primary Interstate highway passes around a city on one side, with a connecting loop Interstate bypassing the city on the other side, together forming a circumferential route, as with I-93 and I-495 in
1540-510: The WWH and then merge with the road. The original concept for the originally-named Bunbury Outer Ring Road was developed in the early 1970s with the land for the southern section reserved for a Primary Regional Road in the Greater Bunbury Region scheme. The land was acquired as part of the subdivision process for the southern part of Gelorup in the early 1980s, when it was set aside for future development. The first stage of
1595-592: The area of Lawrence, Massachusetts . However, if a primary Interstate passes through a city and a loop bypasses it on only one side (as in the Wilmington, Delaware , area), no fully circumferential route is provided. Within cities, ring roads sometimes have local nicknames; these include Washington DC's Interstate 495 (The "Capital Beltway"), Interstate 270 in Columbus, Ohio (The "Outerbelt"), and Interstate 285 in Atlanta (The "Perimeter"). Route numbering
1650-475: The city of Calgary , Alberta, for an entire length of 101-kilometre (63 mi). Winnipeg , Manitoba, has a ring road which is called the Perimeter Highway . It is designated as Manitoba Highway 101 on the north, northwest and east sides and as Manitoba Highway 100 on the south and southwest sides. The majority of it is a four-lane divided expressway . It has a second ring road, planned since
1705-614: The concentric lines of fortifications around the ancient city, and the two outermost ( MKAD and Third Ring ) built in the twentieth century, though, confusingly, the Third Ring was built last. Geographical constraints can complicate the construction of a complete ring road. For example, the Baltimore Beltway in Maryland formerly crossed Baltimore Harbor on a high arch bridge prior to its collapse in 2024, and much of
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1760-514: The construction of the central section of the road, between the southern section of South Western Highway and Boyanup-Picton Road. The second stage is the northern section, between Forrest Highway and Boyanup-Picton Road. The third stage is the southern section, between South Western Highway and Bussell Highway. The second stage of the WWH will commence at a modified dogbone interchange with Forrest Highway, Paris Road and Clifton Road. The interchange will split Forrest Highway into two sections, with
1815-447: The currently-open section will be stage three of the WWH. This section will curve to the south, intersecting with Lillydale Road as a roundabout, before curving to the west again and passing under a Yalinda Drive bridge. This section has Jilley Road as a frontage road to the east. Soon after this, the WWH will come to its south-western terminus as an interchange with Bussell Highway. The southbound Bussell Highway carriageway will pass over
1870-454: The downtown core. It is a freeway for its entire 78-kilometre (48 mi) length, and was built to reduce inner-city traffic congestion, created a bypass of Yellowhead Trail, and has improved the movement of goods and services across Edmonton and the surrounding areas. It was completed in October 2016 as the first free-flowing orbital road in Canada. Stoney Trail is a ring road that circles
1925-488: The entire loop. The term 'ring road' is occasionally – and inaccurately – used interchangeably with the term ' bypass '. Bypasses around many large and small towns were built in many areas when many old roads were converted to four-lane status in the 1930s to 1950s, such as those along the Old National Road (now generally U.S. 40 or Interstate 70 ) in the United States, leaving the old road in place to serve
1980-665: The highway's concurrent use as a through Interstate on its eastern portion. The longest complete beltway in the United States is the Charles W. Anderson Loop , a 94-mile (151 km) loop in Texas that forms a complete loop around the Greater San Antonio area. The longest complete belt road, or a beltway that is only two lanes, in the United States is Hawaii Belt Road , a 260-mile (420 km) belt in Hawaii that forms
2035-563: The interchange with South Western Highway was modified to allow movements in all possible directions as part of a redesign released in December 2019. This was in response to the City of Bunbury's fears that the BORR's design encouraged people to bypass Bunbury, although concerns remained with the interchange with Forrest Highway. Construction commenced on 29 January 2021. The federal government revealed it would spend an additional $ 320 million on
2090-542: The long-proposed Outer Beltway around Washington, D.C., where options for a new western Potomac River crossing are limited by a nearly continuous corridor of heavily visited scenic, natural, and historical landscapes in the Potomac River Gorge and adjacent areas. When referring to a road encircling a capital city, the term "beltway" can also have a political connotation, as in the American term " Inside
2145-711: The northeast quadrant of the city. Hamilton , Ontario, has the Lincoln M. Alexander Parkway , Highway 403 and the Red Hill Valley Parkway which form a ring on three sides. Sudbury , Ontario, has a partial ring road consisting of the Southwest and Southeast Bypasses segment of Highway 17 , and the Northwest Bypass segment of Highway 144 . An unofficial northeast "bypass" route can also be completed on city arterial roads that largely bypass
2200-424: The northern section of the highway continuing south as the WWH with traffic wanting to continue along the southern part of the highway into Bunbury having to take an exit ramp. This aspect of the design was contentious, as the City of Bunbury wanted for Forrest Highway to be continuous so that more traffic would head into the centre of Bunbury. Only the northbound entrance and southbound exit ramps will be built, with
2255-522: The parent road, later reconnecting with the same highway. Such loops not only function as a bypass for through traffic, but also to serve outlying suburbs . In the United States, an Interstate highway loop is usually designated by a three-digit number beginning with an even digit before the two-digit number of its parent interstate. Interstate spurs, on the other hand, generally have three-digit numbers beginning with an odd digit. Circumferential highways are prominent features in or near many large cities in
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2310-691: The partially completed Stockholm Ring Road in Sweden runs through tunnels or over long bridges. Some towns or cities on sea coasts or near rugged mountains cannot have a full ring road. Examples of such partial ring roads are Dublin's ring road ; and, in the USA, Interstate 287 , mostly in New Jersey (bypassing New York City), and Interstate 495 around Boston , none of which completely circles these seaport cities. In other cases, adjacent international boundaries may prevent ring road completion. Construction of
2365-445: The project in its March 2022 budget due to labour shortages and an increase in the cost of raw materials. The state government revealed it would spend an additional $ 80 million on the project in its May 2022 budget, bringing the total cost increase to $ 400 million. This was accompanied by a decrease in the project's scope, with four interchanges being replaced with at-grade intersections at Discovery Road, Lillydale Road, Willinge Drive and
2420-524: The project, the state government created a Local Capability Fund to award grants to local businesses. In March 2020, two consortia were shortlisted: the Forrest Alliance, comprising CPB Contractors , Carey MC, Densford Civil, GHD and BG&E; and Southwest Connex, comprising Acciona , NRW Contracting , MACA Civil, AECOM and Aurecon . Due to the COVID-19 recession , the tendering process
2475-550: The ring road will have a dogbone interchange with Raymond Road, which leads to the town of Roelands to the east. A further 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) south, the WWH will meet the northern section of South Western Highway at a modified dogbone interchange where the northbound exit ramp is looped. Following that, the WWH will cross over the South Western Railway and then bend to the west, coming to an at-grade intersection with Discovery Road. The intersection's layout
2530-476: The ring road. One of the most renowned ring roads is the Vienna Ring Road ( Ringstraße ), a grand boulevard constructed in the mid-19th century and filled with representative buildings. Due to its unique architectural beauty and history, it has also been called the "Lord of the ring roads", and is declared by UNESCO as part of Vienna's World Heritage Site . Major European cities that are served by
2585-623: The road would go through 60 hectares (150 acres) of the possum's habitat, out of the 6,000 hectares (15,000 acres) of total habitat. To offset the loss in habitat, the EPA recommended that Main Roads Western Australia protect and buy 179 hectares (440 acres) of existing habitat nearby, and create 220 hectares (540 acres) of habitat in places such as the Ludlow State Forest . Federal environmental approval for stage three
2640-459: The southbound exit ramp being a loop ramp so that traffic heading towards Bunbury does not have to give way to traffic on Clifton Road. Heading east from the future interchange is Clifton Road, which leads to the town of Brunswick Junction . Heading west is Paris Road, which heads into Australind . The WWH then passes over the Collie River . Approximately 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) south,
2695-467: The southern section of South Western Highway. In response to suggestions that the project should be abandoned, Transport Minister Rita Saffioti said "we are mid-way through this project so we believe abandoning it would not be the right decision". Stage three was controversial as it cut into the habitat of the critically endangered western ringtail possum . The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) approved stage three in October 2021, determining that
2750-443: The third stage was paused due to a Federal Court injunction. Three days later, the injunction was extended, and on 9 August, the court dismissed the injunction, allowing clearing to continue. 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
2805-551: The time had the road be built to a freeway standard with grade separations at all junctions. The project had $ 681.6 million of federal government funding and $ 170.4 million of state government funding. During this time, the state government had been lobbying the federal government to include duplication of Bussell Highway within the BORR project. Funding was brought forward by a year in November 2019, allowing construction to begin in early 2021. To help local businesses tender for work on
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#17327916688242860-629: The town or city, but allowing through travelers to continue on a wider, faster and safer route. Construction of fully circumferential ring roads has generally occurred more recently, beginning in the 1960s in many areas, when the U.S. Interstate Highway System and similar-quality roads elsewhere were designed. Ring roads have now been built around numerous cities and metropolitan areas, including cities with multiple ring roads, irregularly shaped ring roads and ring roads made up of various other long-distance roads. London has three ring roads (the M25 motorway ,
2915-479: The urban core of the city, but are not fully controlled-access and must be shared with local traffic in the Nickel Centre and Rayside-Balfour districts of the city. Most major cities in Europe are served by a ring road that circles either the inner core of their metropolitan areas or the outer borders of the city proper or both. In major transit hubs, such as the Île-de-France region surrounding Paris and
2970-515: Was fast tracked by three months to create jobs as soon as possible. In April 2020, a contract for early works, including earthworks, fencing and planting, was awarded to Fulton Hogan. Southwest Connex was chosen as the preferred proponent in August 2020, and they were awarded the contract in October 2020, now known under the name of South West Gateway Alliance. The project was billed as the South West 's largest ever infrastructure project. The design of
3025-601: Was given in June 2022, allowing construction to commence in July 2022. Over 300 people protested when machinery was being moved in, with several people being issued with move-on notices by police for blocking machinery. Former Greens leader Bob Brown spoke at a gathering of protesters, saying "there's alternatives, there's open cleared areas where the proposed road could go but there's no alternative to this woodland for these rare creatures that live in it". On 5 August 2022, clearing for
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