The Madhya Kailash Junction is an important junction in the southern part of the city of
Chennai
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. It is located at the beginning of the
Rajiv Gandhi Salai
State Highway 49A (SH-49A) also known as Rajiv Gandhi Salai and Rajiv Gandhi IT Expressway or just IT Expressway is a major road connecting Chennai, Tamil Nadu with Mahabalipuram in Chengalpattu district, Tamil Nadu. It is 45 km long and ...
(IT Expressway) which intersects the Sardar Patel Road in the form of "T".
Madhya Kailash Interchange
Four flyovers were planned to be completed by 2009, but these projects have remained unbuilt.
A
Trumpet interchange
In the field of road transport, an interchange (American English) or a grade-separated junction (British English) is a road junction that uses grade separations to allow for the movement of traffic between two or more roadways or highways, using ...
is planned for the junction. The interchange starts at the IT Expressway in front of
Kasturba Nagar
Kasturbai Mohandas Gandhi (, born Kasturbai Gokuldas Kapadia; 11 April 1869 – 22 February 1944) was an Indian political activist. She married Mohandas Gandhi, more commonly known as Mahatma Gandhi, in 1883. With her husband and her eldest s ...
station and goes parallel to
MRTS line and then turn about while splitting into two joining the Sardar Patel Road.
As of December 2007, the
corporation
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and government were yet to finalise the design and alignment of the flyover.
See also
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Koyambedu Junction
Koyambedu Junction, also called the Koyambedu Roundtana, is an important road junction in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It is located north of the Chennai Mofussil Bus Terminus at the junction of the Inner Ring Road and the Poonamallee High Ro ...
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Kathipara Junction
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Padi Junction
The Padi Lucas Junction is the intersection of NH 205 ( Madras-Tiruvallur High Road) and Inner Ring Road in the city of Chennai and is one of the most important junctions in the city. It is located in Anna Nagar north of Koyambedu Junction. An ...
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Maduravoyal Junction
Maduravoyal Junction is an important junction in Chennai. It is located to the west of Koyambedu Junction at the intersection of National Highway 4 (India) (NH4) and Chennai Bypass.
Maduravoyal Grade Separator
A Cloverleaf interchange was constr ...
References
External links
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