3rd Ring Road (Zhengzhou)

3rd Ring Road
三环路 (Chinese)
East 3rd Ring Road and Zhengzhou-Kaifeng intercity railway
Major junctions
Major intersections	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

North 3rd Ring Road eastbound near Zhongzhou Avenue

North 3rd Ring Road near Jingguang Expressway

West 3rd Ring Road

West 3rd Ring Road southbound near Nongye Expressway

East 3rd Ring Road tunnel, the final section completed on Zhengzhou's 3rd Ring Road

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	km	mi	Exit	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 File:Henan Expwy S316 sign no name.svg 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