Middle Ring Road (simplified Chinese: 中环路; traditional Chinese: 中環路; pinyin: Zhōnghuán Lù) is a ring expressway in Shanghai, China. It is the second smallest in a series of four ring expressways around the city of Shanghai. Construction began in April 2003 on the first section of the Middle Ring Road in Yangpu District.^{[citation needed]} The Middle Ring Road crosses the Huangpu River twice through the Jungong Road Tunnel and the Shangzhong Road Tunnel. On the Pudong side, the southern section from the Shangzhong Road Tunnel to Shenjiang Road opened on 25 December 2009.^[1] Most sections of the ring road are elevated. However, some sections passing through the Changning, Minhang, and Yangpu districts run at-grade and utilize Texas U-turn interchanges with the expressway running in a trenched underpass.

Middle Ring Road
中环路
The Middle Ring Road in Yangpu District.
Route information
Length	59.25 km (36.82 mi)
Major junctions
Orbital around Shanghai
Major intersections	Counterclockwise from Jungong Road Tunnel: Xiangyin Road and Jungong Road, to Xiangyin Road Tunnel Yixian Elevated Road at the Dabaishu Interchange, to Inner Ring Road South-North Elevated Road at the Middle Ring Gonghexin Road Interchange Shanghai–Jiading Expressway Beijing−Shanghai Expressway and Wuning Road Beidi Elevated Road Humin Elevated Road Jiyang Road, to Lupu Bridge South Yanggao Road Huaxia Elevated Road, Shenjiang Road
Location
Country	China
Province	Shanghai
Highway system
Transport in China