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{{Infobox road
| image = Sardar Patel Ring Road Ahmedabad.png
| name = Sardar Patel Ring Road
| country = IND
| state = Gujarat
| cities = [[Ahmedabad]]
| length_km = 76
| history = Opened in 2004
| maint = [[Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority]]
| junction = Sarkhej, Narol, Naroda, Bopal, Odhav, Nikol, Vastral, Ramol, Zundal, Jashodanagar, Hathijan, Vatwa
}}

The '''Sardar Patel Ring Road''' is a 78 km long [[ring road]] encircling the city of [[Ahmedabad]], [[Gujarat]], India.<ref>{{cite news|title=As city expands, AUDA to construct another ring road |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/as-city-expands-auda-to-construct-another-ring-road/624328/|access-date=28 July 2013}}</ref> It is a [[toll road]] built by the Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority (AUDA).<ref name="submitplan">{{cite news |title='Submit plan for service roads on SP Ring Road' |url=http://www.ahmedabadmirror.com/article/3/2011031520110315020603538f8d3bcd1/%E2%80%98Submit-plan-for-service-roads-on-SP-Ring-Road%E2%80%99.html |first=Tanushree |last=Bhatia |date=15 March 2011 |agency=Ahmedabad Mirror |location=Ahmedabad |access-date=29 July 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222143803/http://www.ahmedabadmirror.com/article/3/2011031520110315020603538f8d3bcd1/%E2%80%98Submit-plan-for-service-roads-on-SP-Ring-Road%E2%80%99.html |archive-date=22 February 2014 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> Built at a cost of ₹3.55 billion, it was opened in 2004.<ref name="acquire">{{cite news |title=AUDA acquires land for Sardar Ring Road |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2002-10-19/ahmedabad/27305987_1_sardar-patel-ring-road-ahmedabad-urban-development-authority-tar-road |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130730115637/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2002-10-19/ahmedabad/27305987_1_sardar-patel-ring-road-ahmedabad-urban-development-authority-tar-road |url-status=dead |archive-date=30 July 2013 |date=19 October 2002 |agency=[[Times of India]] |location=Ahmedabad |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=30 July 2013}}</ref>

== Route ==
It meets the [[Ahmedabad Vadodara Expressway]] at one point<ref>{{cite web |title=REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL FOR EMPANELMENT OF USER FEE AUDITOR |url=http://www.nhai.org/Doc/29Jun09/User%20Fee%20Auditor%203%20Toll%20May-09.pdf |publisher=[[National Highways Authority of India]] |orig-year=2009 |access-date=2 August 2013 |year=2009 }}</ref> and crosses the [[Sabarmati River]] and the [[National Highway 8 (India)|Mumbai-Delhi National Highway]] twice.<ref name="audadoc">{{cite web |title=Public-Private Partnership for Road Infrastructure Development |url=http://www.auda.org.in/library/ring_road.pdf |publisher=Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority |orig-year=2007 |access-date=31 July 2013 |year=2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081203004903/http://auda.org.in/library/ring_road.pdf |archive-date=3 December 2008 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

The AUDA demarcated a region of 1 km around the road as a ''residential affordable housing zone'' in an attempt to improve affordable housing.<ref name="flyoveroffing">{{cite news |title= Six flyovers for SP Ring Road in offing |url=http://daily.bhaskar.com/article/GUJ-AHD-six-flyovers-for-sp-ring-road-in-offing-4214935-NOR.html |date= 22 March 2013 |agency=[[Dainik Bhaskar]] |location=Ahmedabad |access-date=2 August 2013}}</ref>

== Toll ==
The road is tolled with several toll plazas at Narol, [[Ramol]], Ranasan and other locations.<ref name="submitplan" /><ref name="loot">{{cite news|title=Goons vandalise toll booth, loot cash |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-08-27/ahmedabad/28275435_1_toll-booth-loot-cash-toll-money |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130729144755/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-08-27/ahmedabad/28275435_1_toll-booth-loot-cash-toll-money |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 July 2013 |date=27 August 2010 |agency=Times of India |location=Ahmedabad |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=29 July 2013}}</ref><ref name="strike">{{cite news |title=Toll booth staffer's death leads to strike |url=http://www.ahmedabadmirror.com/article/3/2012080920120809023208584ddfad06e/Toll-booth-staffer%E2%80%99s-death-leads-to-strike.html |date=9 August 2012 |agency=Ahmedabad Mirror |location=Ahmedabad |access-date=29 July 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222143759/http://www.ahmedabadmirror.com/article/3/2012080920120809023208584ddfad06e/Toll-booth-staffer%E2%80%99s-death-leads-to-strike.html |archive-date=22 February 2014 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

== Public transport ==

The [[Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation]] runs a circular bus service along the ring road from [[Sarkhej]] on an hourly basis in both directions.<ref name="circular">{{cite news |title=Circular bus service on Sardar Patel Ring Road |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/circular-bus-service-on-sardar-patel-ring-road/550901/ |date=7 December 2009 |agency=[[The Indian Express]] |location=Ahmedabad |access-date=29 July 2013}}</ref><ref name="circ">{{cite news |title=GSRTC to have circular bus service along SP Ring Road |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-12-06/ahmedabad/28093495_1_gsrtc-circular-routes-buses |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130729142931/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-12-06/ahmedabad/28093495_1_gsrtc-circular-routes-buses |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 July 2013 |date=6 December 2009 |agency=[[Times of India]] |location=Ahmedabad|work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=29 July 2013}}</ref>

The Shivranjani-[[Bopal]] line of the [[Ahmedabad BRTS|Ahmedabad Janmarg]] crosses the ring road at Ghuma.<ref name="reachbopal">{{cite news|title=BRTS reaches Bopal today |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-07-11/ahmedabad/40513613_1_brts-corridor-ajl-ahmedabad-janmarg-limited |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130715214638/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-07-11/ahmedabad/40513613_1_brts-corridor-ajl-ahmedabad-janmarg-limited |url-status=dead |archive-date=15 July 2013 |date=11 July 2013 |agency=[[Times of India]] |location=Ahmedabad |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=29 July 2013}}</ref><ref name="relaxbrts">{{cite news |title=Relax, BRTS will not mow down the trees on Iscon-SP ring road stretch in Ahmedabad |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/1497398/report-relax-brts-will-not-mow-down-the-trees-on-iscon-sp-ring-road-stretch-in-ahmedabad |first=Niyati|last=Rana |date=21 January 2011 |agency=[[Daily News and Analysis]] |location=Ahmedabad |access-date=29 July 2013}}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:Ring roads in India]]
[[Category:Roads in Gujarat]]
[[Category:Transport in Ahmedabad]]
[[Category:Toll roads in India]]

Sardar Patel Ring Road - Revision history

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