Padi Junction

The Padi Junction is one of the important junctions in Chennai. It is located north of Koyambedu Junction at the intersection of Inner Ring Road (IRR) with Madras-Tiruvallur High Road (MTH). 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]

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 MTH Road

• Two ramps along the median of the MTH road on both sides of the grade separator.
• The two ramps on MTH road are all four-laned with a median for two-way traffic.
• The ramp on the north of the grade separator on MTH 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]

Landscaping

There is a 15,000 sq m space around the grade separator where landscaping works will be taken up in 2013 at a cost of 10 million.^[5]

See also

• Koyambedu Junction
• Kathipara Junction
• Maduravoyal Junction

References