Nehru Outer Ring Road or ORR is a 158 kilometer, 8-lane ring road expressway encircling the City of Hyderabad, AP, India. It is built by HMDA at a cost of Rs.6696 crores.with an assistance of Rs 3,123 crores from Japan International Cooperation Agency.The expressway is designed for speeds up to 120 km/h.A large part, 124 km (covering urban nodes viz., Hi- Tech city, Nanakramguda Financial District, Hyderabad International Airport, IKP Knowledge park, Hardware Park, State Police Academy, Singapore Financial District, and Games village) of the 158-km was opened by December 2012.
It gives an easy connectivity between NH 9, NH 7, NH 202 and state highways leading to Vikarabad, Srisailam, Nagarjunasagarand Karimnagar/Mancherial. The expressway is fenced and 33 radial roads connect it with the Inner Ring Road, and the upcoming Regional Ring Road.
Objective
The road aims to improve connectivity and decongest the traffic flow on the existing major arterials between the outer suburbs of Greater Hyderabad. The state-run APSRTC is planning to build 22 terminals-cum-depots (TCD) along the Outer Ring Road.
The objectives are:
- De-congest metropolitan area and inner ring road and to meet future demand
- Provide orbital linkage to radial arterial roads
- Development of further satellite townships
- Provide linkage to the proposed MRTS and Bus system
- Provide faster access to the International Airport
- Connect urban nodes.
Completed segments
- Gachibowli - Shamshabad (22 Kilometers) - 14 November 2008
- Shamshabad to Pedda Amberpet (38 kilometers) 2010
- Narsingi to Patancheru (23.7 kilometers) - June 2011
- Patancheru to Shamirpet (38 kilometers) - December 2012
Under Construction
- Shamirpet to Pedda Amberpet (33 kilometers) - July 2014
Exit & Entry Junctions
There are 14 junctions on the Outer Ring Road, they are:
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