Kathipara junction

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Coordinates: 13.00727° N 80.20371° E

The original roundabout when construction of the interchange was initiated in April 2005

Construction of flyover at the junction

Construction of the interchange continues even after the deadline

Kathipara junction is an important road junction in Chennai, India. It is located south of Guindy at the intersection of the Grand Southern Trunk Road (NH 45), Inner Ring Road and the Mount Poonamalee Highway.

[edit] Kathipara Grade Separator

The junction used to be a roundabout and was the site of the statue of India's first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru. A cloverleaf grade separator is being constructed as part of the NHDP to ease traffic congestion at the junction. The structure is being built at an estimated project cost of Rs 486 crores with an initial deadline of March 2007. It is the first of three grade separators being built on the Inner Ring Road to improve connectivity between the various National Highways radiating from the city, the other two being on Koyambedu junction (NH 4) near the Chennai Mofussil Bus Terminus and at Padi junction.

[edit] Opening

The main span that was opened for traffic

Originally scheduled for completion in March 2007, the main span of the flyover connecting Inner Ring Road and GST Road was opened to traffic on 9 April 2008.