The Outer Ring Road, officially as,

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Outer Ring Road and abbreviated as, O.R.R., is a 158 kilometer, 8-lanes

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expressway Expressway may refer to: * Controlled-access highway, the highest-grade type of highway with access ramps, lane markings, etc., for high-speed traffic. * Limited-access road, a lower grade of highway or arterial road. *Expressway, the fictional s ...

encircling Hyderabad, capital of the Indian state of

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. The expressway is designed for speeds up to 100 km/h. A large part, 124 km (covering urban nodes viz., Hi- Tech city,

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Financial District,

Rajiv Gandhi International Airport Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) is an international airport that serves Hyderabad, the capital of the Indian state of Telangana. It is located in Shamshabad, about south of Hyderabad and it was opened on 23 March 2008 to replace B ...

, IKP Knowledge park, Hardware Park, Telangana State Police Academy, Singapore Financial District, and Games village) of the 158-km was opened by December 2012. It gives an easy connectivity between

NH 44 National Highway 44 (NH 44) is a major north–south National Highway in India and is the longest in the country. It passes through the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, in addition to the states of Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh ...

, NH 65, NH 161, NH 765 and NH 163 from

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to Vijayawada and

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as well as state highways leading to

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Nagarjuna Sagar Nagarjuna Sagar Dam is a masonry dam across the Krishna River at Nagarjuna Sagar which straddles the border between Nalgonda district in Telangana and Palnadu district in Andhra Pradesh. The dam provides irrigation water to the Nalgonda, Surya ...

and

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. The Outer Ring Road also helps in reducing the travel time from

to cities like Nizamabad &

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as it connects to NH44. The expressway is fenced and 33

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s connect it with the Inner Ring Road, and the upcoming

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History

Initially this project was taken up by HUDA (Hyderabad Urban Development Authority), through its internal funding without political intervention of state government.

Route map

Exit & Entry Junctions

Hyderabad Outer Ring Road and its radial roads

There are 20 interchange junctions on the Outer Ring Road. * Kokapet interchange *Shamshabad Junction * Telangana State Police Academy Junction (TSPA Junction) * Nanakramguda Junction * Gachibowli Junction * Muttangi Junction, Pantancheru * Dommarapochampalli Junction * Kandlakoya Junction, Medchal (NH44) Nagpur highway (Srinagar to Kanyakumari National Highway) * Shamirpet Junction(SH1) Karimnagar State Highway * Keesara Junction * Annojiguda Junction, Ghatkesar * Pedda Amberpet Junction * Bongloor Junction The ORR passes through the villages in

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and

Sangareddy Sangareddy, is a city and district headquarters of the Sangareddy district in the Indian state of Telangana. It was named after the ruler Sanga, who was the son of Rani Shankaramba, a ruler of Medak district, Medak during the period of Nizams. ...

districts viz.

Ghatkesar Ghatkesar is a satellite town of Hyderabad in the Medchal-Malkajgiri district of Telangana, India. It is the Mandal headquarters of Ghatkesar Mandal in The Keesara revenue division. Located in the outer suburbs of Hyderabad, it is a part of The ...

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, Kollur, Narsingi,

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Patancheru Patancheru is located in the north western end of Hyderabad. It is an industrial zone located about 32 km from the city centre on the Hyderabad-Solapur highway, and around 18 km from HITEC City. Earlier, it was the headquarters of Bi ...

, Bowrampet, Gowdavelli,

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, Bongloor and

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Traffic studies

The traffic studies on

and NH 65 concluded that a 4/6 lane road is due. The traffic movement on the existing inner ring road proved that the existing 4-lane road was inadequate. Due to the anticipated growth in the region and the development of proposed satellite townships around the ring road and beyond, an 8-lane

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was planned with a design life of 20 years. The conclusion was to develop a highway with access control provides highway grade separations or interchanges for all intersecting highways. Once it had been decided to develop the route as an expressway, all intersecting highways should be terminated, rerouted or provided with a grade separation. The proposed corridor was access-controlled and limited access was to be provided at National Highway/SHI Major road crossings. A 2-lane service roads designed to carry two-way traffic, were proposed on both sides of the corridor. Low level underpasses were to be provided for connecting both the service roads at every 1–2 km, where the terrain permits.

Opening timeline

* 14 Nov 2008: Gachibowli – Narsingi – Shamshabad (for

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) (22 km) * 07 Jul 2010: Shamshabad – Pedda Amberpet (38 km) * 14 Aug 2011: Narsingi – Patancheru (23.7 km) * 03 Dec 2012: (part completed in 27 April 2018) Patancheru – Gowdavalli, and Kandlakoya – Shamirpet (38 km) * 04 Mar 2015: Pedda Amberpet – Ghatkesar (14 km) * 15 Jul 2016: Ghatkesar – Shameerpet (23 km)

Land Acquisition

The First Phase land required was , out of which the private land acquired was . The land required for Second Phase is about , of which the Govt. land is about . The estimated Cost of Acquisition was ₹250 Crores.

Criticism

Much before the outer ring road (ORR) became a ring road, it underwent several changes in the road alignments. Influential farmers and realtors changed the alignment to best serve their interests at the cost of small and marginal farmers. The

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passed a landmark judgement on 9 September 2010 in which the land acquisition proceedings were quashed for various reasons. Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) vs Others

Gallery

File:Outer ring road for multi-purpose transportation.jpg, Shamshabad Airport towards Gachibowli File:View from Nehru outer ring road 3114.JPG, Welcome sign board File:View from Nehru outer ring road 3133.JPG, View from Nehru ORR File:Outer Ring Road (Nehru ORR) at Narsinghi.jpg, Outer Ring Road at Narsingi File:Hyderabad Outer Ring Road.jpg, Aerial View of Nehru Outer Ring Road

References

External links

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