Mettupalayam Road, Coimbatore

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Mettupalayam Road
Native nameமேட்டுப்பாளையம் சாலை  (Tamil)
Maintained by Highways and Minor Ports Department
Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation
Length 10 km (10 mi)
South end Rangai Gownder Street, Coimbatore
North end 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 six metres (20 ft) 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.

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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

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References

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