Sarkhej–Gandhinagar Highway
The Sarkhej–Gandhinagar Highway, colloquially the "S.G. Road", connects the city of Ahmedabad with Gandhinagar, the capital of the state of Gujarat, India. It forms the major part of NH 8C that connects Sarkhej with Chiloda near Gandhinagar. It is a major artery of commerce and public transport, and is witnessing a major construction boom along its route to Gandhinagar. It as emerged as developed hub for entartaintment & corporates. Many malls have come up anchoring stores like Lifestyle, Globus, Croma and Westside. All the international car showrooms like Porsche, BMW, Audi, Nissan, Toyota & Mercedes are located on this road. Many people feel that ISCON Mega Mall, Gujarat's largest mall, is one of the main attraction on this road.
The highway was primarily built as a mean of by-passing the city of Ahmedabad. But in course of time, the cheap land prices in this area lead to the boom of retail industry. Presently, the prices of land in this area is more compared to the city area.
Gujarat's tallest commercial hub Shapath V (70m height) is located on S.G. Road.
Important landmarks located on S.G.Highway are:
- Gujarat High Court
- Sola Bhagvat Vidhyapith
- Sola Civil Hospital
- Nirma University
- Iskcon Temple
- Vasihnodevi Temple
- Shapath V
- Karnavati Club
- Rajpath Club