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Manapakkam signal on Mount-Poonamallee Road St. Thomas Mount-Poonamallee Road , popularly known as the Mount-Poonamallee Road (SH-55) , is an arterial road in the city of Chennai , India . It runs for 11 kilometres from Kathipara Junction to the NH 4 highway connecting St. Thomas Mount with the suburb of Poonamallee .
The Chennai Bypass Road is a full-access controlled expressway that interconnects four radial Indian National Highways around Chennai, India covering a distance of 32 km (20 mi) from Perungalathur (near Tambaram) on NH-32 to puzhal on NH-16 via Maduravoyal at a cost of ₹ 4.05 billion.
The construction of the first phase of Chennai Metro started in June 2009. [1] Commercial operations started on the green line in June 2015. [2] [3] [4] On 10 February 2019, the extension of blue line was opened, completing the first phase of the metro.
Blue Line 25 May 2018 Underground – [5] [6] 2 Anna Nagar East Green Line 14 May 2017 Underground – [7] [8] 3 Anna Nagar Tower Green Line 14 May 2017 Underground – [9] [10] 4 Arignar Anna Alandur* Blue Line Green Line 21 September 2016 29 June 2015 Elevated – [11] [12] 5 Arumbakkam Green Line 29 June 2015 Elevated – [13] [14] 6 Ashok ...
On March 22, 2016, the Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways reported that Chennai had the most crowded buses in the country with 1300 passengers per bus in each direction per day. [2] During peak hours, on some routes, a bus with a capacity to accommodate 80 persons carries twice the number of people due to the extensiveness of the system.
The Red Line or Line 5 is one of the planned lines of Chennai Metro. It is part of the second phase of the project and the under construction line stretches from Madhavaram Milk Colony to Sholinganallur. The 44.6 km (27.7 mi) long line will consist of 45 stations, out of which six will be underground and 39 will be at grade or elevated.
Kathipara Urban Square, a metro rail initiative to build facilities under the clover leaf loops of the Kathipara Junction, is being developed by a private contractor. It has a bus terminal where MTC and out- station buses can halt to pick up and drop passengers, kids play area, food court, open air theater, retail shops, office space, washrooms, vehicular parking facility, kiosks, ATMs and ...
The nearest railway stations are at Guindy (Chennai South Line) about 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) away and Avadi (Chennai West Line) about 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) away. The Porur Junction where a much-needed road overbridge on the busy Guindy–Poonamallee stretch was built after a very long delay of nearly five years is just about 2 km from ...