Kathipara Junction

Kathipara Junction is an important road junction in Chennai, India. It is located at Alandur at the intersection of the Grand Southern Trunk Road, Inner Ring Road, Anna Salai and Mount-Poonamallee Road. Kathipara flyover is the largest cloverleaf flyover in Asia.[2]

Kathipara Grade Separator
Kathipara flyover, the largest cloverleaf interchanges in South Asia
Location
Chennai, India
Coordinates13.00727°N 80.20371°E / 13.00727; 80.20371
Roads at
junction		Grand Southern Trunk Road
Inner Ring Road
Anna Salai
Mount-Poonamallee Road
Construction
TypeCloverleaf grade separator
Lanes6
Opened2008 (2008)[1]
Maintained byNational Highway Authority of India

Construction

The junction used to be a roundabout with a statue of Jawaharlal Nehru. A cloverleaf grade separator was constructed as part of the NHDP to ease traffic congestion at the junction. The structure was built at an estimated project cost of ₹486 crore (US$68 million) with an initial deadline of March 2007. It is the first of three grade separators being built on the Inner Ring Road to improve connectivity between the various National Highways radiating from the city, the other two being the one on Koyambedu junction (NH 4) near the Chennai Mofussil Bus Terminus and the one at Padi Junction (NH 205). The main span of the flyover connecting Inner Ring Road and GST Road was opened to traffic on 9 April 2008 and the entire section was opened to the public on 26 October 2008. Landscaping work worth ₹150 lakh (US$210,000) on the 40,000 sq m area will be taken up after Chennai Metro work is completed.[3]

Urban Square

Urban Square a metro rail initiative to build facilities under the clover leaf loops of the Kathipara Junction being developed by a private contractor. It will have a bus terminal where MTC and out- station buses can halt to pick up and drop passengers, kids play area, food court, open air theater, retail shops, office space, washrooms, vehicular parking facility, kiosks, ATMs and facilities for horticulture spread across an area of 54,400 sqm.[4]

This development is estimated to cost around 140 million INR and will be funded by the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority and implementation and maintenance will be taken care of by the Chennai Metro Rail.[5]

  • Kathipara Flyover, Chennai
  • Kathipara Junction, Chennai, a bird's-eye view
  • A part of Kathipara's Cloverleaf Grade separator
  • Kathipara junction before the construction of flyover
  • The main span of the flyover along with the loops that are in its final stages

See also

References
  1. "New traffic arrangement comes into effect at Kathipara junction". Chennai. The Hindu. 27 October 2008. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
  2. "St Thomas Mount". Retrieved 9 January 2016.
  3. Ramakrishnan, Deepa H. (22 April 2013). "Koyambedu flyover to geta touch of green". Chennai: The Hindu. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  4. "Urban square starts taking shape, eat, play and shop at Kathipara Junction". Chennai. Times of India. 22 September 2018. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  5. "Rs 14 crore urban square proposed beneath Kathipara flyover in Chennai". Chennai. Indian Express. 13 August 2018. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
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