Coimbatore bypass
| Coimbatore bypass | |
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L&T Bypass connecting NH 544 near Madukkarai.
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| Maintained by National Highways Authority of India, Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation, Highways and Minor Ports Department | |
| Length: | 28 km (17 mi) |
| Existed: | 2000 – present |
| Major junctions | |
| From: | Neelambur, Mettupalayam |
| To: | Madukkarai, Sulur |
| Location | |
| Major cities: | Eachanari, Saravanampatti |
| Highway system | |
The Coimbatore Bypass refers to a series of bypasses connecting the various National Highways and State Highways passing through and originating in the South Indian city of Coimbatore.
The Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation is undertaking the construction of six rail-over-bridges in the city.
In 2008, the State Highways Department came up with a proposal to create a Ring Road passing through Peelamedu Road, Kalapatti Road, Saravanampatty Road and Kurumbapalayam Road to help decongest Avanashi Road, Mettupalayam Road and Sathyamangalam Road. The 12 km road would extend from the South India Textile Research Association (SITRA) Junction in Peelamedu, going through Kalapatti Road and connect Sathyamangalam Road at Saravanampatty and then it would connect Mettuppalayam Road at Kurumbapalayam.
The first section of the bypass was a 28-kilometre (17 mi) two-laned road with paved shoulders built by Larsen & Toubro (L&T) from Neelambur to Madukkarai on National Highway 544 (formerly National Highway 47) which intersects Trichy Road at Chintamani Pudur near Irugur and Eachanari on Pollachi Road. Land acquisition began as early as 1974, but the project was delayed. Construction began in 1998, and was completed in twenty-two months. It was made operational in 2000, after many delays which almost forced L&T to pull out. It was the first road privatisation project to be implemented on a build-operate-transfer model in South India. In 2010, the National Highways Authority of India gave Iragavarapu Venkata Reddy Construction Limited (IVRCL) the tender to widen and toll the road as part of a larger toll road project from Chengapalli to Walayar. The issue was taken to court and the Delhi High Court restrained the road transport ministry from withdrawing the project awarded to Larsen & Toubro. In late January 2012, it was reported that IVRCL planned to sell the project, valued at an estimated ₹ 10 billion, and Reliance Infrastructure was said to be a "likely frontrunner" to acquire it. In 2011, the Communist Party of India (Marxist) demanded that the road be widened to four lanes.
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