Chennai - Hyderabad route

[hrag]

If anybody is planning on NH205, watch out for horrible surprise potholes, non existent sections (esp. the narrow bridges) between Madanapalle and Kadiri. The road in general is superb but these bad stretches pop up and catch you by surprise.

The pleasant surprise is that Kadiri now has a superb 4 lane road (there was no road a few months ago) in front of the bus stand.

[vinodh2004]

Thanks to all. I have decided to take the CHE-VJY-HYD route on the way up and probably via kurnool on return.

[vnabhi]

Hi Vinod2004 and Ram2004.
How did your trip go? Can you please update us on the road condition?

[ravi@64bhp]

Met too keeping an eye on this thread. I am going to do a Chennai trip in February.

[bblost]

Originally Posted by ravi@64bhp

Met too keeping an eye on this thread. I am going to do a Chennai trip in February.

I might be doing this trip in June.
Hey travvellers please update.

On my last trip I chose the hyd-narketpally-miryalguda-ongole-chennai (650 kms) route.

This time I am driving (most proably alone).
Would like to check alternate routes.
Also since I want to reach Adyar would rather avoid North Chennai traffic

I have ridden once on the Hyderabad-Kurnool-Kadappa strecth and remember the road as quite decent.

[manavdotcom]

Any updates on this route condition. I want to do Srisailam also in this trip. Any other suggestions are welcome for a week long.

[potlaravi]

Originally Posted by Dhanasekaran

Which vehicle would you be using? It matters a lot. There are roughly 4 routes available and it depends purely upon the vehicle.

Chennai-Ongole-Pidiguralla-Narkatpally-Hyd

Chennai-Renigunta-Cuddapah-Kurnool-Hyd

Chennai-Chittoor-Cuddapah-Kurnool-Hyd

Chennai-Chittoor-Kadhari-Gooty-Kurnool-Hyd

Roughly 80~90Kms is the difference between each routes. Choose according to your preference.

Also look at MapmyIndia - maps, directions, and local search across India - just search, print and go! for detailed route plan.

By the way in that first route you can stop in Pidugurall for good food , Ie @ Kahleel Dhaba for food and drinks. ( basically my family is from Piduguralla , While coming form Ongole , jest after passing Piduguralla town ,left of the road you can find this Dhaba, ) Thare is separate Family section room is there, Don’t forget to taste curd rice at last
One more thing After passing Piduguralla - After Dachepally town take left turn -Rentachintala - Macherla - Nagarjuna Sagar - Mallepalli - Maal - Hyderabad.
This Route is very good with out any traffic, even roads also good.

[sreenivass]

Originally Posted by potlaravi

By the way in that first route you can stop in Pidugurall for good food , Ie @ Kahleel Dhaba for food and drinks. ( basically my family is from Piduguralla , While coming form Ongole , jest after passing Piduguralla town ,left of the road you can find this Dhaba, ) Thare is separate Family section room is there, Don’t forget to taste curd rice at last
One more thing After passing Piduguralla - After Dachepally town take left turn -Rentachintala - Macherla - Nagarjuna Sagar - Mallepalli - Maal - Hyderabad.
This Route is very good with out any traffic, even roads also good.

I did Narketpally-Pidiguraalla-Addanki- Ongole on 18th Jul 08. Its in the same shape as I had mentioned in one of the earlier threads. Between Pidiguraalla and Addanki it needed extreme caution during rains. The road looks smooth and good and suddenly there is a pot hole a couple of feet deep. Driving was actually worse as it was midnight and was drizzling a bit too. Aside from this stretch the roads were good minus speed bumps. After a coupleof months and much more rain I believe the surface would have become worse.

forgot to add, it took me 10 Teas and 10:30 hours for 408 KMs (a little beyond Ongole) from Hyderabad starting at 9:00 P.M.

[manavdotcom]

How is Ongole to Sirsi ? and then from Sirsi to Hyd what is the route ?

[manavdotcom]

Oops It's Srisailam, not Sirsi..

[varghesepaul]

Hello All:

I am planning a trip from Hyderabad to Chennai next week and wanted to know what would be the route that i should take. I am travelling with family and would prefer safe, good roads where there are places i can stop even if it is a bit longer.

Also, the kms and if i can complete this journey in a day. Any road updates or things that i should watch out for will be helpful.

Thanks

Varghese

[straightdrive]

Hi Varghese. I think the best route for you would be via Vijayawada, Guntur and Ongole. It is about 700 km but good roads - especially NH5 from Vijayawada to Chennai which is part of the Golden Quadrilateral.

Originally Posted by varghesepaul

Hello All:

I am planning a trip from Hyderabad to Chennai next week and wanted to know what would be the route that i should take. I am travelling with family and would prefer safe, good roads where there are places i can stop even if it is a bit longer.

Also, the kms and if i can complete this journey in a day. Any road updates or things that i should watch out for will be helpful.

Thanks

Varghese

[ssengo]

I am planning to do a weekend trip to Hyderabad from Chennai with my family with Kid. This is my first ride to AP in my new Maruti 800 which is 2 months old and driven 3500 odd kms far.

I would need help on the following details :

1. Shortest possible route with road conditions
2. Approximate Travel time
3. Pit stops on the way

Appreciate comments from the team.

[Harry1983]

Hi Vinodh,

I drove back from Chennai to Hyderabad in June and tool Chennai-Ongole-Pidiguralla-Narkatpally-Hyd route and it was good. I drive Zen Estilo and prefer smooth roads. As your's is a verna, you can choose few rough roads which can reduce the distance.

[gajadonga]

I driven this stretch 5 times.Hyderabad-Narketpally-Piduguralla-Addanki-Ongole is the best bet and the shortest possible time.The problem is between Hyderabad to Narketpally heavy traffic if you want to avoid this stretch then Ibrahimpatnam-Nagarjunasagar-Macherla-Dichipally-Piduguralla would be better.Piduguralla to Addanki road is average about 80kms.