Tampere_Ring_Road

Tampere Ring Road

Tampere Ring Road

Highway in the Pirkanmaa region, Finland

The Tampere Ring Road (Finnish: Tampereen kehätie) or former Finnish National Road 60 (Finnish: Kantatie 60) is a ring road in the Tampere metropolitan area, Finland. It runs (from west to east) from Ylöjärvi to Tampere, passing through Nokia and Pirkkala. Its western part is part of Highway 3 (between Helsinki and Vaasa), while its eastern part is part of Highway 9 (between Turku and Tohmajärvi).

Lakalaiva interchange in the Tampere Ring Road between the highway 3 (E12) and highway 9 (E63)

The ring road has been a motorway along its entire length since 2009.[1][2] The main section of the ring road is used by more than 50,000 vehicles per day. According to the ELY Centre of Pirkanmaa, the western part of the ring road is the busiest road in Finland, excluding the motorway and ring road connections in the Helsinki metropolitan area.[3]

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References

  1. [1]
    Tampereen läntinen kehätie levenee moottoritieksi, Rakennuslehti 07.10.2004 (in Finnish)
  2. [2]
    Tampereen läntinen kehätie vihittiin käyttöön, Liikenne- ja viestintäministeriö 15.01.2009 (in Finnish)
  3. [3]
    YLE: Kun Suomen pisimmässä tunnelissa sattuu jotain, Tampere halvaantuu, sen näki taas – näin tunnelista pelastaudutaan (in Finnish)
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