Inner Ring Road (), also known as Inner Ring Elevated Road (), is an elevated expressway loop in the city of Shanghai. It was the first ring road around the city of Shanghai. The Puxi section of the road was completely grade-separated and complete in 1994, while the Pudong section of the road was completely grade-separated in 2009. Before the grade separation in Pudong, the road ran at street level, with traffic lights at intersections.
The maximum speed on the expressway is , with two lanes in each direction. The Inner Ring Road crosses the Huangpu River twice, using the Yangpu and Nanpu bridges.
Exit list + Inner Ring Road Exit List District / Location km mi Exit Notes Huangpu River Nanpu Bridge Pudong New Area South Pudong Road Clockwise: Entrance ramp onlyCounter-clockwise: Exit ramp only South Yanggao Road Pujian Road / Hunan Road Fangdian Road Clockwise: Entrance ramp onlyCounter-clockwise: Exit ramp only Longdong Elevated Road Zhangjiang Interchange Luoshan Elevated Road Jinxiu Road Counter-clockwise: Exit ramp only Middle Yanggao Road Luoshan Road Interchange Zhangyang Road Clockwise: No interchangeCounter-clockwise: Exit ramp only Pudong Avenue Clockwise: Exit ramp onlyCounter-clockwise: Entrance ramp only Huangpu River Yangpu Bridge Yangpu District Linqing Road Clockwise: Entrance ramp only (from Meizhou Road)Counter-clockwise: Exit ramp only Zhoujiazui Road Huangxing Road Clockwise: Entrance ramp only Siping Road Clockwise: Entrance ramp onlyCounter-clockwise: No interchange Hongkou District North Zhongshan Road No. 1 / No. 2 Counter-clockwise entrance ramp follows the Yixian Elevated Road entrance. Yixian Elevated RoadMiddle Ring Road (Clockwise only) via Dabaishu InterchangeClockwise: Exit ramp onlyCounter-clockwise: Entrance ramp onlyNo access to the Inner Ring Road from the Middle Ring Road Guangzhong Road Clockwise: Exit ramp onlyCounter-clockwise: Entrance ramp only Jing'an District North Xizang Road Clockwise: No interchangeCounter-clockwise: Exit ramp only North–South Elevated Road Gonghexin Road Interchange Hutai Road Putuo District Guangxin Road Clockwise: No interchangeCounter-clockwise: Exit ramp only Zhenping Road Clockwise: Exit ramp onlyCounter-clockwise: No interchange Wuning Road Jinshajiang Road Changning District Wuyi Road Clockwise: Entrance ramp onlyCounter-clockwise: Exit ramp only Yan'an Elevated Road Counter-clockwise: Westbound (towards Hongqiao transportation hub) only Xinhua Road Clockwise: Exit ramp onlyCounter-clockwise: Entrance ramp only Xuhui District Wuzhong Road Caobao Road Counter-clockwise: Exit ramp only Humin Elevated Road Caoxi Road InterchangeClockwise: Southboard (towards Xinzhuang Interchange) only West Longhua Road Clockwise: No interchangeCounter-clockwise: Exit ramp only Tianyaoqiao Road Clockwise: Entrance ramp onlyCounter-clockwise: No interchange South Wanping Road Clockwise: Entrance ramp onlyCounter-clockwise: Exit ramp only South Ruijin Road Clockwise: Exit ramp onlyCounter-clockwise: Entrance ramp only Huangpu District North–South Elevated Road Luban Road Interchange South Xizang Road Clockwise: No interchangeCounter-clockwise: Exit ramp only The Bund Clockwise: Entrance ramp onlyCounter-clockwise: Exit ramp only South Zhongshan Road No. 1 Clockwise: Exit ramp onlyCounter-clockwise: Entrance ramp onlyAll while interchanging on to Nanpu Bridge. East Zhongshan Road No. 1 Lujiabang Road
See also S20 Outer Ring Expressway: Another ring road in Shanghai
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