The Outer Ring Road (ORR), officially renamed as Dr. Puneeth Rajkumar Vartula Raste, is a
ring road
A ring road (also known as circular road, beltline, beltway, circumferential (high)way, loop, bypass or orbital) is a road or a series of connected roads encircling a town, city, or country. The most common purpose of a ring road is to assist i ...
that runs around most of the perimeter of the city of
Bangalore
Bangalore (), officially Bengaluru (), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It has a population of more than and a metropolitan population of around , making it the third most populous city and fifth most ...
,
Karnataka
Karnataka (; ISO 15919, ISO: , , also known as Karunāḍu) is a States and union territories of India, state in the southwestern region of India. It was Unification of Karnataka, formed on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reor ...
,
India
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. This road was developed by the
Bangalore Development Authority
The Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) of Bangalore, India, is a governmental organization (referred to within India as a parastatal entity) and the principal planning authority for Bangalore. Its function, under the Karnataka Town and Countr ...
and different sections were opened progressively between 1996 and 2002. IT firms on the Outer Ring Road generate revenue of
US$ 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
National Highway 48 (NH 48) is a National Highway of India that starts at Delhi and terminates at Chennai traversing through seven states of India. It has a total length of 2807 km (1744 miles). NH 48 passes through the states of Delh ...
), Airport Road (
NH 44), Old Madras Road (
NH 75),
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 ...
(
NH 44),
Bannerghatta Road (
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
Banaswadi is a locality situated to the north east of Bangalore, about 6 km from the city centre. It is Ward no 27 of the BBMP and is further divided into two regions; Chikka Banaswadi and Dodda Banaswadi. Historically the area was known a ...
,
Krishnarajapuram
Krishnarajapuram or K.R. Puram, officially Krishnarajapuram, is a neighborhood of in North-Eastern Bangalore, the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. It is one of the zones of BBMP. It is located from Bangalore City railway station. The ...
, Mahadevapuram,
Marathahalli
Marathahalli is an eastern suburb of Bangalore city in Karnataka state of India. The locality is named after the Marut fighter aircraft designed and developed by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited which has many of its divisions nearby.
Connectiv ...
,
HSR Layout
HSR Layout (Hosur-Sarjapur Road Layout) is a prominent suburb of South-Eastern Bangalore, India. The locality, initially developed by the Bangalore Development Authority in 1985 has now emerged into a coveted residential area due to its proxi ...
,
Madiwala
Madiwala is a locality in Bangalore, India.
It is close to Koramangala, Bommanahalli, BTM Layout, HSR Layout, Arekere Mico Layout, Bannerghatta Road, Jayanagar, and J. P. Nagar, among other localities. The Bangalore City railway station is ...
,
BTM Layout
BTM Layout (an abbreviation of Byrasandra, Tavarekere and Madivala Layout) or Kuvempunagara is a locality in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
Location
The area is around 45 km away from Kempegowda International Airport and 11 km away from ...
,
JP Nagar,
Banashankari
Banashankari, abbreviated as BSK, is a locality in South Bangalore. It gets its name from the Banashankari Amma Temple on Kanakapura Road, one of Bangalore's oldest and well known temples constructed by Subramanya Shetty in 1915.
Banashan ...
,
Kengeri
Kengeri is a suburb in Bangalore city. It is located on the western corridor along Mysore Road, bordered by Nagarbhavi to the north and Rajarajeshwari Nagar to the east.
History
The name Kengeri comes from the Kannada words Tengu coconut and K ...
,
Bangalore University
Bangalore University (BU) is a public state university located in Bangalore, Karnataka, India. The university is a part of the Association of Indian Universities (AIU), Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) and affiliated by Univer ...
,
Nagarbhavi
Nagarabhavi (also referred to as Nagarbhavi)is a residential area of Bangalore, Karnataka, India. Located in West Bangalore, Nagarabhavi is located between Mysore Road and Magadi road.
It is surrounded by Vijaynagar on the north, Bangalore Uni ...
, 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
The Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprises Road, commonly known as NICE Road and officially called Bengaluru–Mysuru Infrastructure Corridor (BMIC), is a proposed 4 to 6 lane private tolled expressway in Karnataka, that intends to connect ...
(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 (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.
See also
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Namma Metro
Namma Metro ("Our Metro" in Kannada), also known as Bengaluru Metro, is a rapid transit system serving the city of Bengaluru, India. Upon its inauguration, it became the first underground metro system in South India. Namma Metro has a mix of u ...
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NICE Road
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Inner Ring Road, Bangalore
The Inner Ring Road is an arterial road in Bangalore, India. It is a six-lane link road connecting Indiranagar and Koramangala. The northern end of the road, beyond Old Airport Road from Domlur junction is called 100 Feet Road.
Inner and interm ...
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Bengaluru Elevated Tollways
References
External links
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Roads in Bangalore
Ring roads in India