The Outer Ring Road (ORR) is a

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that runs around most of the perimeter of the city of

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. This road was developed by the

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and different sections were opened progressively between 1996 and 2002. IT firms on the Outer Ring Road generate revenue of

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22 billion every year, accounting for 32% of Bengaluru’s total IT revenue. The Outer Ring Road connects all major highways around the city – Tumakuru Road ( NH 48), Airport Road (

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), Old Madras Road ( NH 75),

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

(

Bannerghatta Road Bannerghatta Road (ಬನ್ನೇರುಘಟ್ಟ ರಸ್ತೆ, commonly known as BG Road) is an Indian State Highway in Karnataka. It connects Bangalore with the towns of Bannerghatta, Jigani, and Anekal. It extends for . It starts a ...

( SH 87), Kanakapura Road ( NH 948), Mysuru Road ( NH 275) and Magadi Road (SH 85). It passes through major neighborhoods and suburbs such as Hebbala, Banaswadi, Krishnarajapura,

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, Marathahalli,

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, Madiwala,

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, JP Nagar, Banashankari, Kengeri,

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, Nagarbhavi, Nandini Layout, Kengeri Satellite Town and Gokula. Initially conceived to keep the truck traffic out of downtown Bangalore, the city has outgrown the Outer Ring Road. Nandi Infrastructure Corporation Limited has almost completed another partial ring road around Bangalore as a part of the Bangalore–Mysore Infrastructure Corridor (BMIC) project. The BDA and BMRDA have planned three more ring roads beyond the existing ring road. The first of these, the

Peripheral Ring Road The Peripheral Ring Road (PRR) is a proposed 12-lane ring road that runs around Bangalore, Karnataka,. It will have 8-lane access-controlled main carriageway along with 2-lane service roads on both sides. It is outside of Outer Ring Road, Bang ...

(PRR) will run a few kilometres beyond the BMIC-PRR. The second and third of these will be known as the Intermediate Ring Road (IRR) and the Satellite Towns Ring Road (STRR) respectively.

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