Outer Ring Road, Hyderabad

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Outer Ring Road, Hyderabad
Hyderabad Outer Ring Road.jpg
Outer Ring Road in red
Route information
Maintained by Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation,
Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority
Length158.00000000000000000000 km (98.17664837349900000000000000000000 mi)
Existed2005–present
Major junctions
North endMuttangi
South endHitech City
Highway system

The Outer Ring Road is a 158 kilometer, 8-lane ring road expressway encircling Hyderabad, capital of Telangana, India. The expressway is designed for speeds up to 100 km/h.[1] A large part, 124 km (covering urban nodes viz., Hi- Tech city, Nanakramguda Financial District, Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, IKP Knowledge park, Hardware Park, Telangana State Police Academy, Singapore Financial District, and Games village) of the 158-km was opened by December 2012.[2]

It gives an easy connectivity between NH 44, NH 65, NH 161, NH 765 and NH 163 from Hyderabad to Vijayawada and Warangal as well as state highways leading to Vikarabad Nagarjuna Sagar and Karimnagar /Mancherial.[3] The Outer Ring Road also helps in reducing the travel time from Rajiv Gandhi International Airport to cities like Nizamabad & Adilabad as it connects to NH44. The expressway is fenced and 33 radial roads connect it with the Inner Ring Road,[4] and the upcoming Regional Ring Road.

History[edit]

Initially this project was taken up by HUDA (Hyderabad Urban Development Authority) , through its internal funding without political intervention of state government.[5]

Route map[edit]

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Exit & Entry Junctions[edit]

The Hyderabad Outer Ring Road
Ringroad towards RGIA

There are 20 interchange junctions on the Outer Ring Road.[6]

  • Kokapet interchange
  • Shamshabad Junction
  • Telangana State Police Academy Junction (TSPA Junction)
  • Nanakramguda Junction
  • Gachibowli Junction
  • Muttangi Junction, Pantancheru
  • Dommarapochampalli Junction
  • Kandlakoya Junction, Medchal (NH44) Nagpur highway (Srinagar to Kanyakumari National Highway)
  • Shamirpet Junction(SH1) Karimnagar State Highway
  • Keesara Junction
  • Annojiguda Junction, Ghatkesar
  • Pedda Amberpet Junction
  • Bongloor Junction

The ORR passes through the villages in Ranga Reddy and Sangareddy districts viz. Ghatkesar, Shamshabad, Tukkuguda, Kollur, Narsingi, Gachibowli, Patancheru, Bowrampet, Gowdavelli, Shamirpet, Pedda Amberpet, Bongloor and Medchal.

Traffic studies[edit]

A glimpse of the ORR while heading from Gachibowli towards Shamshabad

The traffic studies on NH 44 and NH 65 concluded that a 4/6 lane road is due. The traffic movement on the existing inner ring road proved that the existing 4-lane road was inadequate. Due to the anticipated growth in the region and the development of proposed satellite townships around the ring road and beyond, an 8-lane carriageway was planned with a design life of 20 years.

The conclusion was to develop a highway with access control provides highway grade separations or interchanges for all intersecting highways. Once it had been decided to develop the route as an expressway, all intersecting highways should be terminated, rerouted or provided with a grade separation. The proposed corridor was access-controlled and limited access was to be provided at National Highway/SHI Major road crossings. A 2-lane service roads designed to carry two-way traffic, were proposed on both sides of the corridor. Low level underpasses were to be provided for connecting both the service roads at every 1–2 km, where the terrain permits.

Opening timeline[edit]

  • 14 Nov 2008: Gachibowli – Narsingi – Shamshabad (for Hyderabad International Airport) (22 km)[7]
  • 07 Jul 2010: Shamshabad – Pedda Amberpet (38 km)[8]
  • 14 Aug 2011: Narsingi – Patancheru (23.7 km)[9]
  • 03 Dec 2012: (part completed in 27 April 2018) Patancheru – Gowdavalli, and Kandlakoya – Shamirpet (38 km)[10]
  • 04 Mar 2015: Pedda Amberpet – Ghatkesar (14 km)[11]
  • 15 Jul 2016: Ghatkesar – Shameerpet (23 km)[12][13]

Land Acquisition[edit]

The First Phase land required was 750 acres (3.0 km2), out of which the private land acquired was 500 acres (2.0 km2). The land required for Second Phase is about 5,500 acres (22 km2), of which the Govt. land is about 1,000 acres (4.0 km2). The estimated Cost of Acquisition was ₹250 Crores.

Criticism[edit]

Much before the outer ring road (ORR) became a ring road, it underwent several changes in the road alignments. Influential farmers and realtors changed the alignment to best serve their interests at the cost of small and marginal farmers.[14]

The High Court of Andhra Pradesh passed a landmark judgement on 9 September 2010 in which the land acquisition proceedings were quashed for various reasons.[15]

See also[edit]

Gallery[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ORR to be drivers delight. Ibnlive.in.com (21 August 2011). Retrieved on 6 December 2013.
  2. Another Outer Ring Road stretch to be opened today. The Times of India]. (3 December 2012).
  3. Cities. Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved on 6 December 2013.
  4. HMDA seeks approval to work on 16 radial roads. The Hindu (3 December 2012). Retrieved on 6 December 2013.
  5. "Outer Ring Road - 2004 Budget Speech". apfinance.gov.in.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. "Origin & Destination Matrix, Nehru Outer Ring Road" (PDF). Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  7. "First phase of Hyderabad Outer Ring Road thrown open". Thaindian News.
  8. "For smooth traffic flow". The Hindu Business Line. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
  9. "Narsingi-Patancheru ORR stretch opened". IBNLive. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
  10. "Another Outer Ring Road stretch to be opened today". The Times of India. 2 December 2012.
  11. "ORR: Pedda Amberpet-Ghatkesar stretch opens". The Hindu. 5 March 2015. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
  12. "ORR: Ghatkesar – Shameerpet stretch opens". TOI. 15 July 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  13. "Work to be Resumed on ORR Kandlakoya Interchange". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
  14. Money, muscle decide outer ring road course|work=The Times of India. Timesofindia.indiatimes.com (10 May 2005). Retrieved on 6 December 2013.
  15. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 12 March 2012. Retrieved 4 November 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) vs Others

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