Chennai Elevated Expressways

Chennai Elevated Expressways
Chennai Elevated Expressways
Route information
History	Scheduled for completion in 2019–2020
Location
Country	India
Major cities	Chennai
Highway system
	Roads in India; Expressways; National; State; Asian;
	Chennai HSCTC

Chennai Elevated Expressways is a road network development scheme of the Second Master Plan by CMDA for Chennai city, India.^[1]

Corridors

Five elevated corridors have been proposed as a medium-term scheme.^[2]

Type	Along/across	From	To	via	Cost in INR crores (estimated)
Elevated road	Arcot Road	Vadapalani	Porur	Saligramam	300
Elevated road	Thiruvottiyur High Road	Tollgate	Ernavur Bridge		250
Elevated road	Rajaji Salai	Parrys Corner	Tollgate		350
Elevated road	Nungambakkam High Road			Valluvarkottam High Road, Mc. Nichols High 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	Cost in INR crores (estimated)
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 (January 2009). The corridors are expected to be completed by 2019–2020.

References

^ http://www.cmdachennai.gov.in/Volume1_English_PDF/Vol1_Chapter04_Transport.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}
^ Multi-crore infrastructure plan - Times Of India. Articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com (2008-09-03). Retrieved on 2013-12-06.

[1] ttp://www.cmdachennai.gov.in/Volume1_English_PDF/Vol1_Chapter04_Transport.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}

[2] Multi-crore infrastructure plan - Times Of India. Articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com (2008-09-03). Retrieved on 2013-12-06.