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Flyovers and underpasses

Elevated road on an already signal free road!

13 May 2012 - 10:09pm — idontspam

The BDA has proposed a six-lane bi-directional flyover from Le Meridien to Cauvery junction, all the way up to CBI junction on Bellary Road.

Civil engineering greatness on ORR

4 May 2012 - 2:48pm — GNT

Hello Everyone, If you haven't experienced or haven't heard about this, there was a horrible traffic pile up on Wednesday morning on ORR underpass near the Cisco Offices and Prestige Tech Park. Because of the huge rain on Tuesday night, water accumulated at the bottom of the underpass and literally the water was a couple of inches short of knee deep.

Mehkri Circle - 75 yrs gone, Junction that still embodies the philanthrophic deed of a responsible citizen!

28 April 2012 - 11:31pm — kbsyed61

About 75 years ago, a ordinary citizen and a merchant by name Enayathullah Mehkri built something that is still remembered by people for his noble act. Until that time, 1937, the place we all know today as Mehkri Circle (it is circle no more) was like a junction like any other junction where 4 roads meet.

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Cracks showing on Kadugodi overbridge

8 March 2012 - 7:36pm — Sanjeev

The railway overbridge at Kadugodi junction in Whitefield was to have been completed in 15 months but it took almost four years. One would have expected that extra time to have been translated into better quality. But motorists travelling on the 640-metre bridge have a different story.

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Elevated 'through' corridor concept - a "plus" inside Outer Ring Road

8 February 2012 - 10:31am — silkboard

Talking of vehicle movements, one need not addressed very well yet inside Bangalore city is separation of long-distance movements with local movements. One way this might be getting done today for goods movement is by routing their city entry from the point nearest to destination on Outer Ring Road.

18-lane autobahn to BIA - isn't it clearly an overkill?

21 January 2012 - 5:54pm — murali772

The ride towards Bengaluru International Airport and beyond will soon become a minutes-only affair with work under way to upgrade Bellary Road (NH 7) into an 18-lane autobahn with a high speed rail link (HSRL) embedded in it.

Sarjapur road signal-free corridor saga

28 September 2011 - 6:11pm — murali772

On the 10th of the month, a set of mails were received on the "savekoramangala" yahoo-group from a prominent member of the community, alongwith drawings (and a list, which is attached), informing that the BDA is undertaking construction of flyovers and underpasses on Sarjapura Road (at junctions marked A, B,C & D in the map below), as part of the "Signal-free Corridor between

Why signal free ride for Air travelers alone?

21 August 2011 - 7:59pm — captainjohann

Why is it road users to Railway station are denied signal free comfort while the same is being given to air travelers which has only made flyovers which are never used by any bus, auto or scooters?

(Reference made to Signal Free work going on for NH7 till Devanahalli)

BBMP does it again!! - Humps on Flyover

27 July 2011 - 11:52am — srinidhi

Bangalore has the dubious distinction of some of the worst implementations in infrastruacture..

Need Pedestrian overbridge at Kadugodi Railway / Bus Station area

7 July 2011 - 9:00pm — Ramesh Menon

Request to Railway authorities to consider a pedestrian over bridge / BMTC to extend the Volvo Buses to the other side of the new Over Bridge / and to provide more electric lighting at Kadugodi Railway Station area.

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