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Template:Future road Template:Infobox Elevated Expressway Chennai Elevated Expressways is a Road Network Development Scheme of the Second Master Plan by CMDA for the Chennai city.[1]
Corridors
A total of 8 Elevated Corridors have been proposed as a medium-term Scheme.[2]
Type | Along/Across | From | To | via | Length (km) | Cost in INR crores (Estimated) | Status |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Elevated Freight Corridor | Banks of Cooum River | Chennai Port | Maduravoyal | 19 | 1655* | Under Construction[3][4] | |
Elevated Road | Adyar Estuary | Light House | ECR | Besant Nagar | 9.7 | 430* (1st Phase) | Under Construction[5] |
Elevated Road | Jawaharlal Nehru Salai (IRR) | SIDCO Junction | Koyambedu Kaliamman Koil Street Junction | 8 | 600 | ||
Elevated Road | Arcot Road | Vadapalani | Porur | 300 | |||
Elevated Road | Thiruvottiyur High Road | Tollgate | Ernavur Bridge | 250 | |||
Elevated Road | Rajaji Salai | Parrys Corner | Tollgate | 350 | |||
Elevated Road | Nungambakkam High Road | Valluvarkotta High Road, Mc. Nichols Hight Road, College Road and Haddows Road | 300 | ||||
Elevated Road | GST | Chennai Port | Tambaram | 1400 |
The following 12 Corridors have been proposed in the Long term Scheme
Type | Along/Across | From | To | via | Length (km) | Cost in INR crores (Estimated) | Status |
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Elevated Freight Corridor | Ennore Port (Northern Gate) | NH5 | Tachur | 100.68 | |||
Elevated Freight Corridor | Ennore Port (Northern Gate) | TPP (Thiruvottiyur Ponneri-Panjetty Road) | Vallur | 142.98 | |||
Elevated Freight Corridor | Beach | Ennore Port | Chennai Port | 1500 | |||
Elevated Road | Anna Salai | 750 | |||||
Elevated Road | EVR Salai | 600 | |||||
Elevated Road | Kamarajar Salai | 480 | |||||
Elevated Road | Rajiv Gandhi Salai (IT Expressway) | 900 | |||||
Elevated Road | Arcot Road | 360 | |||||
Elevated Road | Aminjikarai | Sterling Road | 225 | ||||
Elevated Road | Kathivakkam High Road | 600 | |||||
Elevated Road | Thiruvottiyur High Road | Monroe Statue | Manali | 600 | |||
Elevated Road | NH45 | Kathipara | Tambaram | 1350 |
* Revised cost during tender process.
Other Corridors
Apart from the Master Plan, other corridors are being planned by the Corporation of Chennai, Chennai Port Trust and Ennore Port Trust. The following are the details of these elevated roads.
Type | Along/Across | From | To | via | Length (km) | Cost in INR crores (Estimated) | Status |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Elevated Freight Corridor | NH4 | Maduravoyal | Sriperumbudur Dry Port | 20 (approx) | Pre-feasibility study under process | ||
Elevated Road | Sardar Patel Road | Halda | Madhya Kailash Junction | 3.6 {approx} | 100 | Proposed under JNNURM |
Project Deadline
Ten years from the commencement of the project (Jan,2009). The corridors are expected to be completed by 2019-2020.
Project Details
Corridor 1: Chennai Port — Maduravoyal [19 Km]
This corridor is implemented under Phase-VII [6] of National Highways Development Project by NHAI. The Feasibility study cum DPR was done by Wilbur Smith Associates. This expressway forms a part of the circular corridor 2 of the High Speed Cirucal Corridors.
Alignment
- Km 0 - Km 1.56 reaches Northern Cooum River bank and parallel to MRTS line
- @ Km 2.1, the Expressway crosses the Elevated MRTS line between Chintadripet and Park Town Stations
- @ Km 3.2, it crosses the Longs Garden Bridge to prevent conflict with Chennai Metro alignment
- @ Km 5.3, it crosses Binny Bridge near Taj connemara
- @ Km 6.5, it crosses College Road Bridge
- @ Km 8.1, it crosses Chetpet Road
- @ Km 9.2, it crosses Choolaimedu Railway Bridge
- @ Km 11.3, it crosses NH4 near Aruna Hotel
- @ Km 13.1, it crosses Arumbakkam Bridge
- @ Km 13.8, the Road splits into two and merges with NH4 as entry and exit ramps.
- The Expressway section meets the Koyambedu Grade Separator and the section between them will be 10-laned with 2-lane service roads on both sides
- At-grade stretch of 1.5 Km because of Koyambedu Grade Separator and Chennai Metro over-head line crossing just after the grade separator
- @ Km 14.227, the Elevated Expressway restarts and goes along NH4 median
- @ Km 17.3, the Expressway starts coming down and meet the Maduravoyal Clover-leaf Grade Separator and the section will be 14-laned [8-lane toll plaza + 6-lane NH4] with 2-lane service roads on both sides
- Elevated section — 17.5 Km
- Total Length - 19 Km
Entry Ramps
- Sivananda Salai
- College Road
Exit Ramps
- Kamarajar Salai
- Spur Tank Road
Project status
Jan 2009:
- Prime minister Manmohan Singh laid the foundation stone for elevated expressway from Chennai Port to Madhuravoyal.[7]
- Soma enterprises bagged the project and the project is under construction.
Corridor 2: Lighthouse, Chennai — East Coast Road [9.7 km]
This corridor is being implemented by the state-owned Highways Department in two phases.[8][9]
Alignment
There are three segments for the project. The vertical clearance is 5.5 m.
Phase 1: Lighthouse — Elliot's Beach [4.7 km]
Gandhi Statue — Foreshore Estate: [2.4 km] (4 lane)
- This section is 4-laned. The ramp starts near Gandhi Statue on either side of Kamarajar Salai.
- The entry ramp takes a left turn after 200 m before the Lighthouse.
- The exit ramp takes a left turn after 300 m just after the Lighthouse and runs along the median of the Nochikuppam Road.
- Both ramps meets @ 0.5 km and run for distance of 1.9 km and continue to pass through the next section.
- This section forms a part of the High Speed Circular Corridors that connects the Buckingham corridors with the Adayar Corridor.
Foreshore Estate — Elliot's Beach: [2.3 km] (4 lane)
- An entry and exit ramp at Foreshore Estate junction joins the main section and continues as a 4-lane road till Elliot's Beach.
- It runs for a distance of 1.7 km and joins Besant Nagar 5th Avenue Road @ Elliot's Beach.
- It crosses Adyar River and passes to the west of Broken Bridge.
- It also includes a 4-lane "Signature Bridge" across Adyar Estuary for a distance of 250 m.
- This section was proposed as a 6-lane stretch by the consultant but the committee wants it to be 4-laned uniformly throughout the corridor!
Phase 2: Elliot's Beach — East Coast Road [5 km] (4 lane)
This stretch runs over Elliots Beach Road and turns east near velankanni church and runs parallel to the Bay of Bengal till Kottivakkamkuppam and take a right turn to join the East Coast Road at Kottivakkam
Ramps
The corridor will have entry and exit ramps at the following places.
Project Status
Jan 2009:
- Wilbur Smith Associates submitted the final feasibility study of the corridor.
- Protests from Green Activists.[10]
- Project will make 30 year-old conservation program of the critically endangered Olive Ridley Turtles useless, fears Environmentalists.
- Project is under construction.
References
- ^ http://www.cmdachennai.gov.in/Volume1_English_PDF/Vol1_Chapter04_Transport.pdf
- ^ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/3438868.cms
- ^ http://www.tn.gov.in/gorders/highways/hway_e_63_2008.pdf
- ^ http://www.hindu.com/2009/01/28/stories/2009012858270300.htm
- ^ http://www.hindu.com/2009/01/25/stories/2009012558090100.htm
- ^ http://www.nhai.org/nhdpphase5.asp
- ^ http://www.hindu.com/2009/01/28/stories/2009012858270300.htm
- ^ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/3438480.cms
- ^ http://www.hindu.com/2009/01/25/stories/2009012558090100.htm
- ^ http://www.ndtv.com/news/india/new_chennai_bridge_displeases_ecologists.php