3rd Ring Road (Zhengzhou)

3rd Ring Road
3rd Ring Road
三环路
	East 3rd Ring Road and Zhengzhou-Kaifeng intercity railway
Major junctions
	Zhongzhou Avenue; Jingguang Expressway; Nongye Expressway; Longhai Expressway; Henan S85; Henan S1
Location
Country	China
Province	Henan
Highway system
	Transport in China;

The 3rd Ring Road (Chinese: 三环路) is a controlled access urban express road in Zhengzhou, Henan, which runs around the city center.

Route

The 3rd Ring Road runs around Zhengzhou city center in a roughly rectangular shape.

North 3rd Ring Road: All elevated except the tunnel beneath the Longhu area. All complete.
West 3rd Ring Road: Partly elevated and partly on-level. All complete.
South 3rd Ring Road: Partly elevated and partly on-level. All complete.
East 3rd Ring Road: All elevated except the tunnel beneath Zhengzhou East railway station east plaza. All complete.

Road conditions

Speed limit

The max speed limit is 60 km/h for the tunnel section on the North 3rd Ring Road and 80 km/h for other sections.

Toll

This express road is toll-free.

Lanes

Main road:

8 lanes (4 lanes for each direction) on East 3rd Ring Road.
4 lanes (2 lanes for each direction) on the bridge across Zhengzhou North railway station (Beihuan Bridge) on North 3rd Ring Road. (planned to be renovated and widened into 6 lanes)
6 lanes (3 lanes for each direction) on other sections.

List of exits

In counter-clockwise from northeast:

Location	Name	Destinations	Notes
North 3rd Ring Road (east-west)
Jinshui District	East 3rd Ring Rd.	East 3rd Ring Road
	Longhu Outer Ring Road
	Longhu Middle Ring Road
	Longhu Inner Ring Road Chaoyang Road		Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
	Jiuru Rd.	Jiuru Road	Westbound entrance and eastbound exit
	Zhongyi Rd.	Zhongyi W. Road Zhongyi Road	Eastbound exit only
	Longhu Middle Ring Road
	Zhongzhou Ave.	Zhongzhou Avenue
	Huayuan Rd.	Huayuan Road
	Wenhua Rd.	Wenhua Road
	Suoling Rd.	Suoling Road Fengqing Road	Eastbound entrance is near Fengqing Road
Huiji District	Nanyang Road Interchange	Jiangshan Road Nanyang Road
	Jingguang Expwy	Jingguang Expressway	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
	Dianchang Rd.	Dianchang Road	Westbound entrance and eastbound exit
	Kexue Ave.	Kexue Avenue – Zhengzhou High and New Technology Zone West 3rd Ring Road (northern extension)	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
West 3rd Ring Road (north-south)
Zhongyuan District	Kexue Ave.	Kexue Avenue – Zhengzhou High and New Technology Zone West 3rd Ring Road (northern extension)	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
	Dianchang S. Rd.	Dianchang S. Road	Northbound entrance and exit
	Wulongkou S. Rd.	Wulongkou S. Road
	Nongye Expwy	Nongye Expressway
	Jianshe W. Rd.	Jianshe W. Road – Xingyang, Shangjie
	Zhongyuan W. Rd.	Zhongyuan W. Road
	Longhai Rd.	Longhai Expressway
	Huaihe Rd.	Huaihe W. Road	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
	Zhengshao Expwy	Henan S85 – Xinmi, Dengfeng, Shaolin Monastery Hanghai W. Road
	Changjiang Rd.	Changjiang W. Road
South 3rd Ring Road (west-east)
Erqi District	Changjiang W. Road Qifu Avenue Danqing Road
	Gongren Rd.	Gongren Road	Westbound exit and entrance only
	Songshan S. Rd.	Songshan S. Rd. – Henan S88 Henan S316 (Zhengmi Road) – Xinmi, Dengfeng
	Xinghua St.	Huainan Road Xinghua S. Street	Westbound exit and entrance only
	Daxue S. Rd.	Daxue S. Road
	Jingguang S. Rd.	Jingguang Expressway
	Lianyun Rd.	Lianyun Road Zijingshan S. Road	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
Guancheng Hui District	Zijingshan S. Rd.	Zijingshan S. Road Lianyun Road	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
	Zhongzhou Ave.	Zhongzhou Avenue
	Airport Expwy	Henan S1 – Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport	No westbound exit to northbound S1
	5th Jingkai Ave.	5th Jingkai Avenue
	East 3rd Ring Rd.	East 3rd Ring Road
East 3rd Ring Road (south-north)
Guancheng Hui District	East 3rd Ring Rd.	East 3rd Ring Road
	Hanghai E. Rd.	Hanghai E. Road – Zhengzhou Economic and Technological Development Zone
	Longhai Expwy	Longhai Expressway
	Shangding Rd.	Shangding Road Zhengzhou East Railway Station	Northbound exit and sounthbound entrance
Jinshui District	Jinshui E. Rd.	Jinshui E. Road
	Ping'an Ave.	Ping'an Avenue	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
	North 3rd Ring Rd.	North 3rd Ring Road
Closed/former Concurrency terminus HOV only Incomplete access Tolled Route transition Unopened

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