Padi Junction
| Padi Elevated Rotary | |
|---|---|
| பாடி சந்திப்பு | |
| Location | |
| Chennai, India | |
| Roads at junction: |
Inner Ring Road Chennai-Tiruvallur High Road |
| Construction | |
| Type: | Elevated rotary |
| Spans: | 100 |
| Lanes: | 4 |
| Constructed: | 2005–09 by National Highway Authority of India |
| Opened: | 20 February 2009 |
The Padi Junction (Tamil: பாடி சந்திப்பு) is one of the important junctions in Chennai. It is located north of Koyambedu Junction at the intersection of Inner Ring Road (IRR) with Chennai-Tiruvallur High Road (CTH). An elevated rotary has been constructed at this junction as part of the NHDP by NHAI to ease the traffic congestion. It was built at a cost of 
1,300 million and was opened for traffic on 20 February 2009.[1]
[edit] Grade separator
The junction is used by hundreds of heavy vehicles and the has a traffic density of about 200,000 passenger car units daily.[2] To ease the congestion, the NHAI has constructed an elevated four-lane rotary at the junction. Work on the project began in 2005 and completed in 2009.
Ramps A total of six ramps and an elevated rotary with 100 spans[3] form part of the elevated structure.
Along IRR
- Four ramps on each side of the IRR and on both sides of the grade separator.
- The ramps are all two-laned and are for One-way traffic.
Along CTH Road
- Two ramps along the median of the CTH road on both sides of the grade separator.
- The two ramps on CTH road are all four-laned with a median for two-way traffic.
- The ramp on the north of the grade separator on CTH road crosses a railway line.
- An elevated 4-laned rotary at the center connects all the 6 ramps and has an outer radius of 99 metres.[4]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "Padi grade separator to be inaugurated today". The Hindu (Chennai). 20 February 2009. http://www.hindu.com/2009/02/20/stories/2009022058010100.htm. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
- ^ "Padi grade separator work gains momentum". The Hindu (Chennai: The Hindu). 20 January 2009. http://www.hindu.com/2009/01/20/stories/2009012058860300.htm. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
- ^ "Padi grade separator to be opened by January-end". The Hindu (Chennai). 5 October 2008. http://www.hindu.com/2008/10/05/stories/2008100550100100.htm. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
- ^ "NHAI plans flyovers, underpass in Chennai". Project Monitor. 7 February 2005. http://www.projectsmonitor.com/detailnews.asp?newsid=8688. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
