Abbreviations from Soviet times have become part of our speech. Some of them are known to everyone and everyone, some have a meaning known only to a narrow professional circle. Do you know the decoding of the Moscow Ring Road? Let's talk more about this.
Deciphering the Moscow Ring Road
What does this phrase mean? Deciphering the abbreviation MKAD can be as follows:
- Moscow Ring Road.
- Minsk ring road.
In our country, the first meaning is more popular.
How to use the abbreviation?
We figured out the decoding of the Moscow Ring Road. But how to use this abbreviation in speech? Is it he, she, it? The Moscow (Minsk) ring road is a feminine phenomenon. But does it carry over to the letter combination?
Experts note that earlier MKAD was exclusively an abbreviation for the feminine gender. However, at present there is a "drift" of the letter combination to the masculine gender. Linguists advise the following:
- In official speech, use the feminine form. For example: "MKAD was extremely busy on a summer Sunday evening."
- In colloquial speech, it is more appropriate to use the abbreviation in the masculine gender. For example:"The Moscow Ring Road appeared in the distance."
Capital Ring Road
MKAD - ring Moscow federal highway. In the period 1960-1984. coincided with the administrative boundary of the capital. Hence the popular phrase "There is no life outside the Moscow Ring Road" - an irony over Muscovites who do not know about life in the provinces, in the rest of Russia. Today, the borders of an actively developing metropolis are far beyond the boundaries of this famous highway and only in some places partially coincide with it.
The main function of the Moscow Ring Road in Moscow is to unload the city's central highways. The need to build such a highway arose in the mid-50s of the last century. It was commissioned in 1962. The total length of the route is 109 km, five-lane (in each direction) traffic is organized along it. The speed limit on the Moscow Ring Road in Moscow is 100 km/h. Throughput is estimated at 9,000 vehicles per hour.
To date, two reconstructions of the road have been carried out - in the 1990s and 2010s. Today, new plans for the modernization of the track are ripe:
- Construction of understudies next to large shopping malls.
- Creation of lanes for acceleration and deceleration in separate sections.
- Construction of cloverleaf interchanges.
"Kilometer zero" (reference point) is located at the fork with the highway of Enthusiasts. The countdown is clockwise. The route is used not only by personal and freight transport, but also by public transport. Moving along its different partsbuses. These are both urban (served by Mosgortrans) and suburban, intercity flights.
We presented the scheme of the Moscow Ring Road in the photo. We also characterize the road in numbers:
- Total width - 10 strips.
- Length - 108.9 km.
- The width of each lane is from 3.5 to 3.75 m.
- The average distance from the center of Moscow is 17.5 km.
MKAD in Russia is considered one of the most modern and comfortable highways. But even though it has the maximum capacity in the region, alas, it has not been able to cope with the flow of transport for a long time. One of the most "sick" characteristics of the highway is traffic jams. Their reasons are different:
- No emergency parking ramps.
- Low capacity of exits from the ring road.
- Frequent traffic closures due to government motorcades.
- Close proximity to the Moscow Ring Road of large shopping centers - they attract many visitors to the l / a, which additionally load the track.
- Inefficient clovers interchanges.
- Using the ring road as an inter-district road, etc.
Minsk auto ring
Another interpretation of the Moscow Ring Road - the Minsk Ring Road. Or the M9 highway. This is a route, which, like Moscow, is oriented towards the administrative border of the capital. Its total length is about 56 km.
The construction of the Belarusian road took place in 1956-1963. Initially, it was assigned to the 3rd category of highways - with a total width of 7.5 m, it had one lane eachmovement in each direction.
The road also went through two reconstructions - in 1980 and 2002. After the last change, the track has gained a first-class level. It was expanded to 29 m wide. 6-lane traffic is arranged. The speed limit is 90 km/h. The capacity of the Minsk auto ring is estimated at 85,000 transport units per day.
MKAD is the Moscow and Minsk ring roads. In official speech, the abbreviation is used in the feminine form, in colloquial speech it is also allowed to be masculine.
