There were no problems with the roads. They were good all along, apart from the crowd and busy 2 lane road.
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I Took The Vikravandi/Thirubhuvanai/Vaitheeswaran Koil Bypass/Mayiladuthurai Route Yesterday For Both Onward and Return.
The 10 kilometers or so that we travelled to koliyanur kootroad remains the same with giant potholes and badly tarred culverts which creates a “step” on the road.
But it is manageable if you keep an eye out in the road.
Once we took the left from kootroad the roads lead through narrow and crowded channels. After a couple of kilometers or so of the 2 lane SH roads, I even thought about returning back and proceeding towards the nellikuppam road. But better sense prevailed.
There were no problems with the roads. They were good all along, apart from the crowd and busy 2 lane road.
5 kms from the kootroad, I thought I got deliverance as we spotted the 4 lane road flyover merging with the 2 lane road.
Then for the next 50 or so kilometers it was closed flyovers , probably waiting to be inaugurated by minister, and take diversions. For most of the diversions, you just go to the other side service road and share with oncoming traffic.
The tarmac was concrete and chewed the tyres. There was a fair amount of road noise and my AT with no engine braking felt like it had EB when we took the foot off the pedal.
After the first 50 km, it was smooth sailing on the concrete tarmac till the Viatheeswaran koil Byepass. Saw 2 dog hits over the journey even with rails separating the service roads. That is something to take note of.
There are cameras, but they are not functioning as of now, or else I would have gotten fat challans by now. But their presence felt like it would be put to use sooner rather than later.
All in all, a pretty good alternative to have.
On hindsight I should have taken Tindivanam/ Pondicherry route and then linked up to this bypass instead of proceeding on the ECR, thereby skipping the horrible Pondy Cuddalore stretch. Google maps does show this route
I did notice that There were exits and ingress ramps to/from Pondy and all other major towns in the route.
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