Brigade Road is a large

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centre and one of the busiest

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areas in the heart of

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, the capital of

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. It is a one-way connecting road from M G Road to

Hosur Road Hosur Road is the part of National Highway 48, erstwhile NH44, which connects metropolis Bangalore and industrial City Hosur. It is a four to eight-lane access controlled highway. The road is part of the National Highway network. The Nation ...

, also connecting Residency Road and Church Street on the way.

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Notable buildings on this road include St. Patrick's Church and the Bangalore Opera House. The Opera House is currently on lease to

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and is called the Samsung Opera House. The multinational uses it as an Experience Centre and store. Another notable landmark is the Sapper War Memorial, a

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memorial dedicated to the fallen soldiers of the Madras Sappers & Miners (Madras Engineer Group). The road is most famous as a commercial centre. It has several shopping centres, bookstores and retail outlets of international brands. It has many cafes, restaurants, pubs and other such happening places. The road has been a

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celebration hub in the city for many years and the entire length of the street is usually adorned with fairy lights stretching across its width for the celebrations. The first

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outlet in India opened on Brigade Road in June 1995. In 2004,

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s were imported from

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to manage the 85 parking slots on the road. On an average, 1400 cars, park in a day.

Connectivity

Brigade Road has a bus station. It can also be accessed from the M G Road metro station on the Purple Line of

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Gallery

File:Brigade Road Bangalore.jpg, Brigade Road, Bangalore, in the evening File:KFC Brigade Road Bangalore.jpg,

restaurant on Brigade Road File:Brigade Road, Bangalore (346718297).jpg, Fairy lights installed for

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War Memorial

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