Tampere Ring Road

The Tampere Ring Road (Finnish: Tampereen kehätie) or former Finnish National Road 60 (Finnish: Kantatie 60) is a ring road in Tampere sub-region, Finland. It leads (from west to east) from Ylöjärvi to Tampere, passing by Nokia and Pirkkala. Its western part forms part of Highway 3 (between Helsinki and Vaasa), while its eastern part forms 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 entire length of the ring road has been a motorway since 2009.[1][2] The main stretch of the ring road sees over 50,000 vehicles per day.[3] According to the ELY Centre of Pirkanmaa, the western part of the ring road is the busiest road in Finland, if highway and ring road connections in the Helsinki metropolitan area are excluded.[4]

See also

References
  1. Tampereen läntinen kehätie levenee moottoritieksi, Rakennuslehti 07.10.2004 (in Finnish)
  2. Tampereen läntinen kehätie vihittiin käyttöön, Liikenne- ja viestintäministeriö 15.01.2009 (in Finnish)
  3. Top Gear: Finland’s Busiest Roads Revealed
  4. YLE: Kun Suomen pisimmässä tunnelissa sattuu jotain, Tampere halvaantuu, sen näki taas – näin tunnelista pelastaudutaan (in Finnish)
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