Avinashi Road, is an arterial road in Coimbatore, India. Running from west to east, the road starts at Uppilipalayam flyover and ends at Neelambur by-pass junction where it joins NH 544, Beyond Neelambur 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.
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. 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.
Places transversed Anna Silai junction Chinniampalayam Civil Aerodrome Goldwins Thottipalayam Pirivu Hope College Lakshmi Mills junction Mylampatty Nava India Neelambur Papanaickenpalayam Peelamedu SITRA (Airport signal) Uppilipalayam Flyover VOC Park & LIC junction
Landmarks on Avinashi Road
Major Hotels The Residency Towers Coimbatore The Orbis Hotels Radisson Blu Le Méridien Fairfield by Marriott Ibis Coimbatore City Centre Jenney's Residency Grand Regent Satyam Grand Park Plaza GRT Grand The Arcadia
Railway Stations Peelamedu Railway station
Airport Coimbatore International Airport, Peelamedu, Coimbatore
Major Landmarks Art Gallery & Museums G. D. Naidu Industrial Exhibition Gedee Car Museum Kasthuri Srinivasan Art Gallery
Parks & Recreation VOC Park Grounds Coimbatore Zoo
Research Institutes The South India Textile Research Association a.k.a. SITRA Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International School of Textiles and Management UMS Technologies Training Centre
Educational Institutions
Stanes Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School GRG Matriculation Higher Secondary School National Model Schools PSG College of Technology PSG College of Arts and Science PSG Institute of Management Coimbatore PSG Institute of Medical Sciences & Research Coimbatore Medical College Government Polytechnic College SNR College of Arts and science Sri Ramakrishna dental college and hospital Coimbatore Institute of Technology Dr G R Damodaran College of Science
IT-Parks TIDEL Park Coimbatore Hanudev InfoPark ELCOT IT Park [Under Construction] ELCOT SEZ, Coimbatore
MNC Companies Accenture Bosch Capgemini IBM Infosys State Street HCL Services SLB Tata Consultancy Services Tech Mahindra UST Global Wipro
Other Notable Landmark Anna Statue Passport Seva Kendra PSG Tech skywalk
Shopping Fun Republic Mall
Cinemas Cinépolis- 5 Screens
Textile Mills Lakshmi Mills Radhakrishna Mills Tirupur Textile Mills Varadaraja Mills
Hospitals Aravind Eye Hospital G. Kuppusamy Naidu Memorial Hospital Kovai Medical Center Hospital (KMCH) Lotus Eye Care Hospital PSG Hospitals
Exhibition Venues Padmavathi Ammal Cultural Center CODDISIA Trade Fair Grounds
Major Flyovers Avinashi Road Expressway, Coimbatore Avinashi Road flyover Hope College Flyover
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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