Mettupalayam Road, Coimbatore Explained

Mettupalayam Road
Maint:Highways and Minor Ports Department
Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation
Length Km:10
Direction A:South
Terminus A:Rangai Gownder Street, Coimbatore
Direction B:North
Terminus B:Thudiyalur, Coimbatore

Mettupalayam Road, (NH 181) is a major arterial road in city of Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.[1] This NH runs for about 10 kilometers starting exactly from Rangai Gownder street up to the northern Thudiyalur within the corporation limits.Beyond that the road continues northwards for a distance of 26 kilometres till Mettupalayam. It is 6m (20feet) wide in most stretches. The road narrows at the stretches between Edayar street, RG street and Flower Market areas.[2] Green Corridor system is under implementation between Chintamani and Thudiyalur to synchronise traffic signals, as it is one of the most congested stretches in the city.[3] This road connects the city with Saibaba Colony Bus Terminus and the northern suburbs in the Coimbatore Metropolitan Area.

Features and alignment

The National Highways Authority of India(NHAI) has proposed bypass road from Neelambur on NH47 and will join Mettupalayam Road at Narasimhanaickenpalayam. This would help ease the traffic on the road.[4] [5] [6] [7] It is one of the widely used stretches in the city, with a large number of tourists using the road to reach the tourism destination of Ooty.[8]

North Coimbatore Flyover

The flyover was opened in 1992 to reduce traffic congestion by a railway line connecting Coimbatore Junction and Coimbatore North Junction

Goundampalayam Flyover

Currently a four lane Flyover is under construction by bypassing to reduce traffic congestion at Goundampalayam and GN Mills junctions on the Mettupalayam Road.

Railway stations along Mettupalayam Road

Places transversed

Cinemas

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Efforts needed to improve vehicle movement on Mettupalayam Road. The Hindu. 24 November 2014.
  2. Web site: Two subways proposed to decongest roads . . 2 February 2022 . https://archive.today/20130629122442/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-01-30/coimbatore/36635613_1_pedestrian-subway-coimbatore-corporation-scheme-roads . 29 June 2013 . live.
  3. Web site: Green corridor: trial run on Mettupalayam Road from today. The Hindu. 24 November 2014.
  4. Web site: No alternative road to ease congestion on Mettupalayam Road. V. S. Palaniappan. The Hindu. 24 November 2014.
  5. Web site: Works under way for Mettupalayam bypass road. https://web.archive.org/web/20080530025042/http://www.hindu.com/2008/05/28/stories/2008052850890200.htm. dead. 30 May 2008. The Hindu. 2008-05-28. 24 November 2014.
  6. Web site: Farmers wave down Mettupalayam Road bypass proposal - Times of India . . 2 February 2022 . https://archive.today/20130103104550/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-11-26/coimbatore/30444011_1_toll-plaza-mettupalayam-road-road-scheme . 3 January 2013 . live.
  7. Web site: The Times of India: Latest News India, World & Business News, Cricket & Sports, Bollywood. https://archive.today/20130629133103/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-02-17/coimbatore/28554722_1_20-km-road-electricity-poles-projec. dead. 29 June 2013. The Times of India. 24 November 2014.
  8. Web site: Mettupalayam Road widening to be completed by end of March 2011. M. Soundariya Preetha. The Hindu. 24 November 2014.

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