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= Riyadh Ring Road =

The Riyadh Ring Road (طريق الرياض الدائري) 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
The Northern Ring Road (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.



The Eastern Ring Road (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).

The Southern Ring Road (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.

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.