Kulur or Kuloor is a locality in

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city,

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about north of the city centre. Kulur is one of the major commercial junctions in the city.

Transport links

Kulur is on

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, the main west coast road running south from

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, Maharashtra. The highway crosses the Gurupura River via the Kulur Bridge into Kulur, bypasses Mangalore city centre to the east, before continuing on into

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. The southbound Kular Bridge was built in 1952 and is of a bowstring arch truss design while the northbound is a reinforced concrete girder bridge. As of March 2023, a new six-lane bridge is under construction between the two existing bridges. A main road runs east from Kulur Junction to Kavoor where it connects to State Highway 67 northbound to

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Tourism

The River Festival of

was held at Kulur along with Bangrakulur & Tannirbhavi. The district administration and

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proposed the building of a permanent jetty at Kulur, to promote the backwater tourism of

along Gurupura River. The Kulur-Tannirbhavi corridor will be developed as a major tourist attraction under the Smart City Project.

Schools & Colleges in Kulur

* Kulur High School * VIBGYOR Roots and Rise, Kulur * AJ Institute of Engineering & Technology.

References

Localities in Mangalore {{Mangalore-geo-stub