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Peripherique

Boulevard Périphérique is the French term for a ring road (Am. beltway), a motorway encircling or orbiting a large city.

The most famous of these is the Périphérique around Paris, a frequently congested stretch of motorway, which, unusually, does not feature a hard shoulder.

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