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Galle (Sinhala: ගාල්ල, romanized: Gālla; Tamil: காலி, romanized: Kāli) (formerly French: Point de Galle) is a major city in Sri Lanka, situated on the southwestern tip, 119 km (74 mi) from Colombo. Galle is the provincial capital and largest city of Southern Province, Sri Lanka and is the capital of Galle District.
The expressway reduces the time taken to travel from Colombo to Galle (116 km (72 mi)) to one hour from three hours, and Colombo to Matara (29.3 km (18.2 mi)) to one and a half hours from four hours taken by the regular A2 highway. The extension of the expressway to Hambantota was inaugurated on 4 July 2015.
Highway A2 provides road links to Galle from Colombo (a distance of 113 kilometres (70 mi)) and the rest of the country along the west coast or from the east along the south coast. Since 2012 an expressway has linked Galle to Colombo. Rail links are also available to Colombo and Matara. Sea route is through the Galle Port at the Galle Harbour. [8]
Distance between Colombo Fort Km; Colombo Fort: FOT Colombo: 4.87 0 Secretariant Halt SCR ... Galle: 7.92 66.68 Maha Induruwa: MWA Galle: 69.36 Kosgoda: KDA Galle: 72 ...
Within Colombo, the A2 serves as a north–south backbone to the city. It is split into two one-way streets from Colombo Fort to Wellawatte , in order to ease traffic flow. The highway passes through Wellawatte , Ratmalana , Kalutara , Wadduwa , Maggona , Beruwala , Bentota , Panadura , Kosgoda, Ambalangoda , Hikkaduwa , and Galle .
The second stage of the Southern Expressway opened in 2014 and extends to Matara. The E03 Expressway (Colombo–Katunayake Expressway) opened in 2013 and connects Sri Lanka's largest city Colombo with the Bandaranaike International Airport covering a distance of 25.8 kilometres (16.0 mi).
Old Colombo - Galle Road, Panadura: 1.9 AB028: Old Colombo - Puttalam Road, Ja Ela: 0.95 ... Total Distance: 466.92 km Class AC Roads. Road Number Route Length (km)
Galle's City Hall is next to the station and the historic Galle Fort is a short distance from the ... Colombo Maradana – Colombo Fort – Panadura - Galle – Matara: