Anna Salai
| அண்ணா சாலை | |
| Mount Road | |
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| Maintained by |
Highways and Minor Ports Department Corporation of Chennai National Highways Authority of India |
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| Coordinates | 13°03′52″N 80°15′57″E / 13.064369°N 80.265808°ECoordinates: 13°03′52″N 80°15′57″E / 13.064369°N 80.265808°E |
| South end | GST Road / Inner Ring Road, Mount-Poonamallee Road, Kathipara Junction at St.Thomas Mount, Chennai |
| Major junctions |
Pallavan Salai West Cooum River Road/Swami Sivananda Salai Wallaja Road/Blackers Road General Patters Road Binny Road/Spencers Plaza Whites Road/Greams Road Peters road Lloyds Road Nungambakkam High Road/Cathedral Road (Anna Flyover) Vijaya Raghava Road Sir Thyagaraya Road, T.Nagar/Eldams Road Cenotaph Road Venkatanarayana Road/Chamiers Road South Usman Road, T.Nagar Taluk Office Road ,Velachery Main Road(Little Mount) Sardhar Patel Road Guindy Race Course Road Maduvankarai Bridge Road |
| North end | Flag Staff Road, Island Grounds, Chennai |
Anna Salai, formerly known as St. Thomas Mount Road or simply Mount Road, is an arterial road in Chennai, India. It starts at the Cooum Creek, south of Fort St George and ends at the Kathipara Junction in Guindy. Beyond the Kathipara Junction, the road branches into two, with one traversing westwards to Poonamallee to form the Mount-Poonamallee Road while the other continues southwards to Chennai Airport, Tambaram and beyond to form Grand Southern Trunk Road (GST Road or NH45). Anna Salai is acknowledged as the most important road in Chennai city. The head offices of many commercial enterprises and public buildings are located along Anna Salai.
There were several flyover projects under proposal along the stretch, many of which have been shelved owing to the construction of the Chennai Metro Rail project, which runs along the median of the road. Famous Anna Salai Head Post office is located on this road. Anna Salai Head Post Office was established in 1854 as Mount Road SO as a non- gazetted delivery office. With the growth of commerce & urbanization this SO was upgraded to gazetted in the year 1955. Nomenclature of this Head Post office was changed from Mount Road Head Post office to Anna Road Head Post office on 15.9.1974. In the year 2015, Alok Ojha ( Indian Postal Services) officer, took the Charge of Chief Postmaster Anna Road Head Post office.
Anna Salai is almost 400 years old and has its origins in a cart track which was used by the European employees of the British East India Company to travel from the factory at Fort St George to the holy town of St Thomas Mount where the apostle St Thomas was crucified. The road, in its present form, took shape during the time of Charles Macartney who served as Governor of Madras. With the construction of Marmalong Bridge in 1724, the road started gaining prominence. In the following years, the road became part of the city's central business district which originally covered only George Town. Today, most of Chennai's business and corporate offices are located on Anna Salai.
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