Ring Road : (1) A road that goes around, rather than through, an urban area. (2) A road or highway, roughly circumferential, about the centre of an urban area and permitting traffic to avoid the centre of such area
Peter Milne and Kieran Sharp, ARRB Group, and Bob Ungers, consultant, Austroads Glossary of Terms (4th Ed.), Austroads Ltd., Sydney, NSW, Australia 2010. http://www.bicyclensw.org.au/files/u1/Austroads_Gl ossary_of_Terms_4th_edition.pdf (Road Trfc and Transp Sfty - Brit) {529}