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The Greater Ring or Intermediate Ring in Brussels, Belgium (French: ''Moyenne Ceinture'', Dutch: ''Middenring'') is a set of roads in the shape of a ring, intermediate between the small ring and the main Brussels ring motorway. The greater part of this set of roads is numbered R21 and is about 30 km long, compared to 8 km for the small ring and 80 km for the main ring. It crosses two highways (A12 and E40-east) and offers a connection to the E40-west at Basilique/Basiliek via Avenue Charles Quint/Keizer Karellaan, to the A12 at Gros Tilleul/Dikke Linde, to the E19-north and A201 at Leopold III via Boulevard Léopold III/Leopold III-laan, to the E40-east at Reyers, to the E411 at Arsena(a)l via Boulevard du Triomphe/Triomflaan and to the E19-south at Paepsem via Boulevard Industriel/Industrielaan. This road passes through tunnels (Boileau tunnel, Montgomery tunnel, Georges Henri tunnel), on bridges and viaducts (e.g. Diamant viaduct, Teichmann bridge and Van Praet bridge) and under bridges and viaducts (e.g. Luttre bridge). Among those bridges, 7 are used to cross railroads and 2 are used to cross the Brussels-Scheldt Maritime Canal. Tunnels and the Diamant viaduct are used to avoid crossroads. The greater ring runs along many parks: the Royal Domain, the Josaphat park, the Forest park, the Astrid park, the Scheutbos park, the Elisabeth park, the Jeugdpark and the Laeken park. It also crosses the Bois de la Cambre. The road goes through 14 municipalities out of the 19 which form the Brussels Capital Region: City of Brussels, Schaerbeek, Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, Woluwe-Saint-Pierre, Etterbeek, Ixelles, Uccle, Forest, Saint-Gilles (only when riding counterclockwise), Anderlecht, Sint-Jans-Molenbeek, Koekelberg, Ganshoren (only when riding counterclockwise) and Jette. == Crossroads== The greater ring counts 15 main crossroads with other main roads in Brussels. Starting from the north and going clockwise, those crossroads are: * Gros Tilleul/Dikke Linde: where highway A12 starts, leading to Antwerp via Willebroek * Van Praet: crossroad with the Quai des Usines/Werkhuizenkaai (the road along the Brussels-Scheldt Maritime Canal) and the Avenue de Vilvorde/Vilvoordselaan (N1 road leading to Antwerp via Mechelen) * Josaphat: crossroad with Avenue Chazal/Chazallaan located at the eastern end of the Josaphat park * Meiser: crossroad with the Chaussée de Louvain/Leuvensesteenweg (N2 road) as well as the Avenue Rogier/Rogierlaan and the Avenue Eugène Plasky/Eugène Plaskylaan * Reyers: where the highway E40 starts, leading to Germany via Leuven and Liège, this is also the crossroad with Avenue de Roodebeek/Roodebeeklaan, Avenue des cerisiers/Kerselarenlaan and Avenue du Diamant/Diamantlaan; the Belgian national radios and televisions (RTBF and VRT) are also located next to this crossroad * Montgomery: crossroad with the Avenue de Tervueren/Tervurenlaan (N3 road) and the Avenue de Broqueville/De Broquevillelaan * Arsenal/Arsenaal: crossroad with the Chaussée de Wavre (N4 road) and the Boulevard du Triomphe/Triomflaan * Couronne/Kroon: crossroad with the Avenue de la Couronne/Kroonlaan * La Cambre/Ter Kameren: crossroad with the Avenue Louise/Louizalaan, where the greater ring enters the Bois de La Cambre/Ter Kameren Bos * Vanderkindere: crossroad with Avenue Brugmann/Brugmannlaan and rue Vanderkindere/Vanderkinderelaan * Albert: crossroad with Chaussée d'Alsemberg/Alsembergse Steenweg * Paepsem: crossroad with Boulevard Industriel/Industrielaan * Dupuis: crossroad with Boulevard Sylvain Dupuis/Sylvain Dupuislaan * Prince de Liège/Prins van Luik: crossroad with Chaussée de Ninove/Ninoofsesteenweg (N8 road) and Boulevard Prince de Liège/Prins van Luiklaan * Basilique/Basiliek: crossroad with Boulevard Leopold II/Leopold II Laan next to the Basilica 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Greater ring (Brussels)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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