Avinashi Road, Coimbatore

Avinashi Road, is an arterial road in Coimbatore, India. Running from east to west, the road starts at Uppilipalayam flyover and ends at Nillambur by-pass junction where it joins NH 544, Beyond Nillambur Junction, the road branches into two, with one traversing southwards to Madukarai to form the Coimbatore bypass while the other continues westwards to Avinashi and beyond to form the National Highway 544. This road connects Coimbatore to its airport and the east and north-east suburbs. The road was an indicator of development as the city of Coimbatore grew up mostly along its eastern and western sides.

Avinashi Road
Avinashi Saalai
The Uffizi, Aninashi Road, Peelamedu Coimbatore
Maintained byHighways and Minor Ports Department
Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation
Coordinates11°01′38″N 77°01′23″E
East endNH 544 / Coimbatore bypass/ Nillambur bypass junction at Nillambur, Coimbatore
Major
junctions
Dr. Nanjappa Road/Old Post office Road
Headquarters Road/Addis street (Grey Town)
LIC Road
Dr. Balasundaram Road/Huzur Road
Netaji road (GKNM Hospital)
Circuit House Road
PN Palayam Road/Puliyakulam Road (Laxhmi Mills)
Nava India Road/Sowripalayam Road
Bharathi Colony Main Road
Pioneer Mills Road
GV Residency Road (Fun Mall)
Anna Nagar main Road
Villankuruchi Road/Masakalipalayam Road
Kamaraj Road/Tidel Park road (Hopes bridge)
CODISSIA Road
Airport Road/Kalapatti Road
Sulur road (Chinniampalayam).
West endUppilipalayam flyover, Grey Town, Coimbatore
Avinashi Road in Papanaickenpalayam, Coimbatore

Description

Avinashi Road is of the main gateway into the city by road as well as from North and Eastern parts of India. This road is also home for Educational Institutions, Major speciality hospitals, Corporate offices, Information technology parks, Shopping malls and Luxury hotels. Today, this road has turned out to be the most important arterial road in the city. This road is gateway to vehicles coming from East and North-East Tamil Nadu and bound for Tirupur, Erode, Salem, Vellore, Chennai, Bangalore. The road once part of National highways 544 (Salem - Cochin Highway) is now maintained by the Tamil Nadu Highways Department. In recent years the road was widened into a six-lane.[1] This 16-km stretch of road running diagonally across the city in East West orientation slightly moving North East tangent.a Avinashi road starts from Uppilipalayam flyover near Grey Town area, it passes through the important neighbourhoods of Peelamedu and Chinniampalayam and finally Neelambur.

An office building in Avinashi Road, Coimbatore

Places transversed
  • Uppilipalayam flyover
  • VOC PArk & LIC junction
  • Anna Silai junction
  • Papanaickenpalayam
  • Laxhmi Mills junction
  • Nava India
  • Peelamedu
  • Hope College
  • Civil Aerodrome
  • SITRA (Airport signal)
  • Goldwins
  • Chinniampalayam
  • Mylampatty
  • Neelambur bypass

Landmarks on Avinashi Road
The now defunct Radhakrishna Mills gate, once a major employer in Peelamedu, Coimbatore

Major Hotels

Railway Stations

Airport

Major Landmarks

Parks & Recreation
    • VOC Park Grounds
    • Coimbatore Zoo

Research Institutes

Educational Institutions
Rainbow complements PSG bridge

IT-Parks

MNC Companies

Other Notable Landmark
  • Anna Statue
  • PSG Tech skywalk
  • Passport Seva Kendra

Shopping

Cinemas

Textile Mills

Hospitals
    • Aravind Eye Hospital
    • Kovai Medical Center Hospital (KMCH)
    • PSG Hospitals
    • Lotus Eye Care Hospital
    • G. Kuppusamy Naidu Memorial Hospital

Exhibition Venues

Coimbatore Metro

Coimbatore Metro feasibility study is completed and one of the route planned from Kaniyur through Avinashi road till Ukkadam Bus stand covering 26 km.

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