Old Airport Road, Bangalore

Coordinates: 12°57′36″N 77°38′46″E / 12.96°N 77.646°E / 12.96; 77.646

Old Airport Road is a major road in Bangalore. It was renamed from Airport Road after the new Bengaluru International Airport was opened at Devanahalli. It begins from the junction of Trinity Church Road and Victoria Road and goes to HAL Bangalore International Airport. Beyond that, the road officially becomes Varthur Road, but ever since the real estate boom started around 2003, builders have started calling the stretch between the Airport and the Marathahalli Outer Ring Road as Old Airport Road. Even so, due to the high significance of this road it has achieved due to its high accessibility for reaching Whitefield.

Old Airport Road in Bangalore with Hotel Leela Palace

Old Airport Road is considered as one of the 10 "Black Spot" in Bangalore for its traffic problem.[1]

Landmarks

Some prominent landmarks on Airport Road are Command Hospital Air Force, the five star hotel Hotel Leela Palace, Diamond District Apartments, Builders Apartment, Nilgiris supermarket, Manipal Hospital, GlobalLogic India Pvt Ltd.'s Bangalore office (located in Anjaneya Techno Park) etc. It also has Total Mall, which houses a temple with a huge statue of the Hindu god Shiva, complete with a cave-like "yatra" at the rear which was built in 1995.

Localities Around Old Airport Road

Localities Around Old Airport Road
Indiranagar Jeevanbheemanagar BEML
Domlur Marathahalli
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Koramangala HAL Bangalore International Airport HAL Bangalore International Airport

Other roads and localities

Some of the major roads that branch out of the road are the Indiranagar 100 Feet Road, Inner Ring Road, HAL Wind Tunnel Road and Suranjandas Road. The areas that it runs through are Domlur, Kodihalli, Murugeshpalya, Konena Agrahara, and Vimanapura etc.,.

References

  1. ↑ "10 traffic ‘black spots’ in Bangalore: Study". indianexpress.com. Indian Express. |first1= missing |last1= in Authors list (help)
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