National Highway 209 (India)

209 National Highway 209
Route information
Length:	456 km (283 mi)
Major junctions
From:	Bangalore, Karnataka
To:	Vedasandur, Tamil Nadu
Location
States:	Karnataka: 170 km Tamil Nadu: 286 km
Primary destinations:	Palani - Pollachi - Coimbatore - Annur - Punjai Puliyampatti - Sathy - Bannari - Chamrajanagar - Kollegal
Highway system
Indian Road Network National • Expressways • State ← NH 208 NH 210 →

National Highway 209, on the Dimbum Ghat, near Sathyamangalam, in Tamil Nadu.

NH 209 Bannari in Tamil Nadu

National Highway 209 is a National Highway in Southern India. It starts from Dewan Madhao Rao road in Basavanagudi, Bengaluru in Karnataka and ends at NH 7 at Vedasandur north of Dindigul District in Tamil Nadu. The road crosses Kaveri river between Malavalli and Sattegal and it crosses from Punjanoor in Karnataka into Hasanur in Tamil Nadu. The road is called Sathy road between Coimbatore and Sathyamangalam of Erode District. This is the most important road passing through the Coimbatore city and its suburbs. The length of the road is about 44 km within its city limits including suburbs. It is the best way to reach Bangalore from Coimbatore about 350 km,insterd of going via Salem due to heavy traffic between Salem-Coimbatore NH47.^[1] There is a proposal to convert the Dindigal - Annur(Coimbatore) as an expressway in this route due to the volume of vehicular and truck traffic. This route passing through ghat session from Sathyamangalam to Hasanur in Tamilnadu.

Tamil Nadu Route

Hasanur, Bannari, Sathyamangalam, Puliyampatti, Annur(suburb of Coimbatore) , Coimbatore, Pollachi, Udumalaipettai, Madathukulam, Palani and Dindigul.

There is a proposal for extending this highway as NH 209-A, which splits from Sathy towards Erode via Gobi and reaches Dindigul via Sivagiri, Aravakkurichi.

Karnataka Side Route

Bengaluru, Kaglipur, Harohalli, Kanakapura, Halgur, Malavalli, Sattegal, Kollegal, Yelandur, Chamrajanagar and Punjanoor.

HISTORICAL IMPORTANCE

Tippu Sultan, the associated King of Mysore Kingdom used to travel along this route only. When he was in kingdom extending plan to Coimbatore he took Mysore-Nanjangud-Chamarajanagar-Sathy- Coimbatore route to reach his New areas in TN.But now we can say Chamarajanagar-Coimbatore section of NH -209 is important in historical perspective.The mode of Transportation was with help of Bulls or Horse.

Road Widening

Four lane road proposed from Dindigul to Coimbatore, considering the traffic and growth on the Dindigul-Coimbatore-Annur road. The road passes through the Coimbatore city and it is popularly known as Sathyamangalam road. Within the city stretch, the proposed flyover at Gandhipuram whould traffic and ease congection on Sathyamangalam road. Due to heavy volume of traffic between Saravanampatty and Annur the authorities proposed to have this stretch into a four-lane one. The other section covered 42Km from Annur to Sathyamangalam which will be Converted into two-lane including the Dhimbam Ghat Section.

References

1. ^ Google maps