Erode Ring Road
| Outer Ring Road, Erode | |
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| Route information | |
| Maintained by Highways and Minor Ports Department | |
| Length: | 22 km (14 mi) |
| Major junctions | |
| South end: | Kokkarayanpet |
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Lakkapuram Thindal |
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| North end: | Chithode |
| Highway system | |
Outer Ring Road, Erode or Erode Ring Road is a 22-kilometer (14 mi) long Ring Road being constructed around the South Indian City of Erode in Tamil Nadu. It also acts as an easy roadway for connecting Namakkal district with Erode.
The state Government of Tamil Nadu has sanctioned the project in 2006, with a funding of ₹85 crore, with a land acquisition of 180acres. Among which, ₹30 crore will be given as compensation for 120 acres of private patta land.
Erode city, being the district headquarters and a major marketing hub in the region, has an extensive network of radial roads originating from core city and the growth of the city is along these transport corridors. This results in the rapid increase in traffic congestion inside the core city. Also, the number of trucks entering the city is significantly high. The narrow and congested city roads does not cater to the increasing traffic needs. This paved the need for developing better road infrastructure for vehicles travelling across Erode.
The four-laned National Highway 544 connecting Salem with Cochin has been strategically planned and constructed along the western periphery of the city through Lakshmi Nagar, Chithode, Gangapuram and Nasiyanur areas to reach Perundurai, is a natural bypass for Erode in the west. Due to the presence of this highway, the growth pattern of the city is in North-west direction. Vehicles from Erode city can access this highway through the arterial roads like Sathy road, Bhavani road, Nasiyanur road and Perundurai road. But still the traffic due to the vehicles flowing from South and East of the City makes traffic worse. So, the demand raised for the construction of Outer Ring Road for the city.
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