beltway, bypass, ring road, ringway (noun)

a highway that encircles an urban area so that traffic does not have to pass through the center

bypass (noun)

a surgically created shunt (usually around a damaged part)

shunt, electrical shunt, bypass (verb)

a conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current

bypass, short-circuit, go around, get around (verb)

avoid something unpleasant or laborious

"You cannot bypass these rules!"

bypass (Noun)

a road that passes around something, such as a residential area

bypass (Noun)

a circumvention

bypass (Noun)

a section of pipe that conducts a fluid around some other fixture

bypass (Noun)

an electrical shunt

bypass (Noun)

an alternative passage created to divert a bodily fluid around a damaged organ; the surgical procedure to construct such a bypass

bypass (Verb)

to avoid an obstacle etc, by constructing or using a bypass

bypass (Verb)

to ignore the usual channels or procedures

Bypass

A bypass is a road or highway that avoids or "bypasses" a built-up area, town, or village, to let through traffic flow without interference from local traffic, to reduce congestion in the built-up area, and to improve road safety. If there are no strong land use controls, buildings are often built in town along a bypass, converting it into an ordinary town road, and the bypass may eventually become as congested as the local streets it was intended to avoid. Shopping centres and some other companies often are built there for ease of access, while homes are often avoided for noise reasons.