Chennai - Bangalore - Coorg

VMG · 5th February 2008, 18:16

I am planning to drive from Chennai to Coorg. Would like to know how to get into Bangalore - Mysore highway without going inside of Bangalore and also
how much time and KM for each sector ...
Chennai - Bangalore
Bangalore - Srirangapatinam
Srirangapatinam - Coorg

Thanks

neoranjit · 5th February 2008, 18:40

Chennai - blr shud take you around 5hrs.
After getting into Blr, past the electronics city, take the ring road to mysore. So you need not get into Blr city.

Blr - Srirangapatinam shuld probably take you 2.5 hrs.
I think coorg is approx 100 kms from there.

headers · 5th February 2008, 18:59

chennai blore - 4 hrs via GQ avg speed at 120
Blore mysore - 1.5 @ 120
Mysore Coorg - 2.5 @ 70

Have fun..safe driving

reignofchaos · 5th February 2008, 19:05

Right after Electronics City, you can get onto BMIC and drive towards the bannerghatta end. At Bannerghatta you'll have to get off the road and join it again on the other side that leads towards Mysore road. The bridge there is not complete. There's a bit of offroading involved, but nothing significant for your car as the area has been flattened as compared to before when it was a nightmare. Other than that bit, BMIC is a beauty. Good for speed testing

. Once you are on the other stretch, its quite easy... It'll lead you straight to mysore road.

Surprise · 8th February 2008, 11:55

Quote:

Originally Posted by headers

chennai blore - 4 hrs via GQ avg speed at 120
Blore mysore - 1.5 @ 120
Mysore Coorg - 2.5 @ 70

Have fun..safe driving

Chennai to Coorg in 8 hrs

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maddy42 · 8th February 2008, 13:48

Srirangapatnam to coorg in 2 hrs
Take the shortcut which bypasses mysore just after the holiday inn or somethin similar resorts

snaronikar · 8th February 2008, 13:56

Quote:

Originally Posted by reignofchaos

Right after Electronics City, you can get onto BMIC and drive towards the bannerghatta end. At Bannerghatta you'll have to get off the road and join it again on the other side that leads towards Mysore road. The bridge there is not complete. There's a bit of offroading involved, but nothing significant for your car as the area has been flattened as compared to before when it was a nightmare. Other than that bit, BMIC is a beauty. Good for speed testing

. Once you are on the other stretch, its quite easy... It'll lead you straight to mysore road.

Hey, he will surely get confused where all the turns he has to take as the road is still not complete and he has to take around 3 deviations (one from Hosur road to get into BMIC, another from BMIC to get in to Bennarghatta road and from Bennarghatta road again to connect to BMIC road. Lets not confuse him.

Simple suggestion from Bangalore, take the Mysore road and follow up till the end. It reaches Mysore. On the way you will also get Srirangpatnam. From Mysore to Coorg it will be 2.5 hrs. Enjoy the drive and your stay.

akroy · 8th February 2008, 13:59

VMG,
Pls follow the Straight Mysore Road, Take left from Silk Board. BMIC can get confusing as well but you can give a try as the directions given by ROC

Chennai outskirts - ECity - 5 hours (4 hours if you do nonstop)
Blr(Ecity) - Mysore Road - 1.5 hours
Mysore Road - Srirangapatnam turn - 1.5-2 hours (if you do nonstop)
Srirangapatnam turn - hotel East End(Coorg) - 3 hours min (nonstop, time also depends upon whether u take via Kushalnagar or via Virajpet)

Quote:

Originally Posted by headers

chennai blore - 4 hrs via GQ avg speed at 120
Blore mysore - 1.5 @ 120
Mysore Coorg - 2.5 @ 70

Have fun..safe driving

Hey, Are you joking?

Forget about Blr - Mysore, it will take 1.5 hours from Blr (Electronic City) to Blr (Mysore Road)

Abhi

Mods pls move this thread out of travelogues to Route/Travel Query section

bmuralidharan01 · 8th February 2008, 16:30

I recently made a trip from Chennai to Coorg on January 2008.

The Chennai - Bangalore nh46 is a beauty but there will not be much restaurants in this road. After Krishnagiri, before Hosur, you will get an A1 Plaza which is good.

After Hosur, when you keep travelling on towards Bangalore, around 10 KMS from narayana Hridayala (which is also on the Hosur Bangalore road), there is a Metro highway which is being built. Jus' @ the starting of that you get an exit (not named yet) on the left hand side. Jus' get on to that exit and it will lead you towards the Bannerghatta end enroute to Mysore.

At Bannerghatta you'll have to get off the road and join it again on the other side that leads towards Mysore road. The bridge there is not complete. There's a bit of offroading involved but thats jus' about 2-3 kms, but nothing significant for your car as the area has been flattened as compared to before when it was a nightmare. Once you are on the other stretch, its quite easy... It'll lead you straight to mysore road.

Till Srirangapatnam the road is a beauty. After that once you take the right to Madikeri, you will have 4 way highway for around 20 KMS after that its a 3 way highway (no median in between).

Due to rains and due to the road relaying work going on , the last 50 KMS stretch to Madikeri is really bad. The strain for the last 50 KMS is more than the strain taken on the first 550 KMS. From mysore, it took me around 4 hours to reach Madikeri.

It took us around 11 hours to cover the whole stretch.

Have fun.

Regards
Murali

HappyWheels · 10th February 2008, 23:26

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Originally Posted by bmuralidharan01

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At Bannerghatta you'll have to get off the road and join it again on the other side that leads towards Mysore road. The bridge there is not complete. There's a bit of offroading involved but thats jus' about 2-3 kms, but nothing significant for your car as the area has been flattened as compared to before when it was a nightmare. Once you are on the other stretch, its quite easy... It'll lead you straight to mysore road....

why does this read very very similar to an earlier post by reignofchaos:

Quote:

Originally Posted by reignofchaos

...At Bannerghatta you'll have to get off the road and join it again on the other side that leads towards Mysore road. The bridge there is not complete. There's a bit of offroading involved, but nothing significant for your car as the area has been flattened as compared to before when it was a nightmare. Other than that bit, BMIC is a beauty. Good for speed testing

. Once you are on the other stretch, its quite easy... It'll lead you straight to mysore road.

Was that a quote gone wrong???

I agree with snaronikar, its better to give the straight drive, instead of the new road which can be confusing.

Quote:

Originally Posted by snaronikar

Hey, he will surely get confused where all the turns he has to take as the road is still not complete and he has to take around 3 deviations (one from Hosur road to get into BMIC, another from BMIC to get in to Bennarghatta road and from Bennarghatta road again to connect to BMIC road. Lets not confuse him.

Simple suggestion from Bangalore, take the Mysore road and follow up till the end. It reaches Mysore. On the way you will also get Srirangpatnam. From Mysore to Coorg it will be 2.5 hrs. Enjoy the drive and your stay.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Surprise

Chennai to Coorg in 8 hrs

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Yeah, provided you were traveling in a VIP escort with all traffic junctions blocked for you to fly thru... apart from that I find no way! Getting from Bangalore EC to Silk Board flyover itself take 1hr!!!

NIP · 14th February 2008, 09:56

Murali's directions (and timing) is the advice i would go with. Just follow this route and you will be fine.

dadu · 14th February 2008, 10:32

MODS: Please move to the Route/travel queries section, this is a a wrong section for the thread.

PatchyBoy · 14th February 2008, 17:50

Hi,

If you will be passing through Bangalore anytime between 8 AM and 8 PM, then taking the NICE road will be ideal. It will save you a lot of time. Let me try and give you directions -

After you pass Narayana Hrudayalaya which comes on your left about 10 KMs after crossing into Karnataka, watch out for Electronics City first gate, after about 4-5- kms, also on your left. You will find NTTF board. Drive further down Hosur Road. After passing a pyramid shaped office building of Infosys, you will come to the second gate of Electronics City - again on your left. Further ahead, you must be able to see a road over bridge. At the second gate, get on to the service road and take the ramp up to the NICE road. Drive down this world class road for the next 10 kms. You will find a mud road leading off on the right hand side. This is after the last road over bridge across the NICE road on this stretch.

Follow this mud road and you will reach a T junction after 500 mtrs. Take a left turn there and keep following this road for the next kilometer or so. You will pass by a huge mosque type building on your right and a lake on your left. After passing these, you will reach Bannerghatta road. At this junction, take a left turn and drive down Bannerghatta road for a kilometer. Once again you will find a mud road leading off from your right. Take this road and you will be back on NICE road.

The next major intersection will be Kanakpura Road. The bridge here is not complete either. You will need to take the ramp down to Kanakpura road, cut across and take the ramp back on to nice road. From there it is just a straight dive to Mysore road.

At Mysore road junction, you will once again need to take the ramp down and turn left to head towards Mysore.

The total time taken from Electronics City to Mysore road would be less than an hour as compared to 1.5 to 2 hours required, if you take the silk board route.

Hope this helps.

Cheers,

Rajan

esteem_lover · 14th February 2008, 18:26

Quote:

Originally Posted by headers

chennai blore - 4 hrs via GQ avg speed at 120

chennai - bangalore avg speed 120, you will get there in less than 3 hours. flying low, are we ?

reignofchaos · 14th February 2008, 19:28

^^Last time I asked my passenger to time the run and I did chennai outskirts to hosur in 2hrs 45mins (~310 km). From there getting into bangalore took another 2 hours as traffic in E-City was terrible. If the traffic wasn't that bad, its quite easy to do chennai-blore in 4 hours.

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VMG BHPian Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Chennai Posts: 344 Thanked: 34 Times	Chennai - Bangalore - Coorg I am planning to drive from Chennai to Coorg. Would like to know how to get into Bangalore - Mysore highway without going inside of Bangalore and also how much time and KM for each sector ... Chennai - Bangalore Bangalore - Srirangapatinam Srirangapatinam - Coorg Thanks
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5th February 2008, 18:40	#2
neoranjit BHPian Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Chennai Posts: 588 Thanked: 195 Times View My Garage	Chennai - blr shud take you around 5hrs. After getting into Blr, past the electronics city, take the ring road to mysore. So you need not get into Blr city. Blr - Srirangapatinam shuld probably take you 2.5 hrs. I think coorg is approx 100 kms from there.
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headers Senior - BHPian Join Date: May 2006 Location: Greater Chennai Posts: 4,667 Thanked: 559 Times	chennai blore - 4 hrs via GQ avg speed at 120 Blore mysore - 1.5 @ 120 Mysore Coorg - 2.5 @ 70 Have fun..safe driving
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5th February 2008, 19:05	#4
reignofchaos Senior - BHPian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Bangalore Posts: 2,542 Thanked: 2,450 Times View My Garage	Right after Electronics City, you can get onto BMIC and drive towards the bannerghatta end. At Bannerghatta you'll have to get off the road and join it again on the other side that leads towards Mysore road. The bridge there is not complete. There's a bit of offroading involved, but nothing significant for your car as the area has been flattened as compared to before when it was a nightmare. Other than that bit, BMIC is a beauty. Good for speed testing . Once you are on the other stretch, its quite easy... It'll lead you straight to mysore road. Last edited by reignofchaos : 5th February 2008 at 19:06.
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8th February 2008, 13:48	#6
maddy42 Senior - BHPian Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Coorg Posts: 2,131 Thanked: 1,328 Times View My Garage	Srirangapatnam to coorg in 2 hrs Take the shortcut which bypasses mysore just after the holiday inn or somethin similar resorts
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8th February 2008, 16:30	#9
bmuralidharan01 Newbie Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Chennai Posts: 3 Thanked: 0 Times	I recently made a trip from Chennai to Coorg on January 2008. The Chennai - Bangalore nh46 is a beauty but there will not be much restaurants in this road. After Krishnagiri, before Hosur, you will get an A1 Plaza which is good. After Hosur, when you keep travelling on towards Bangalore, around 10 KMS from narayana Hridayala (which is also on the Hosur Bangalore road), there is a Metro highway which is being built. Jus' @ the starting of that you get an exit (not named yet) on the left hand side. Jus' get on to that exit and it will lead you towards the Bannerghatta end enroute to Mysore. At Bannerghatta you'll have to get off the road and join it again on the other side that leads towards Mysore road. The bridge there is not complete. There's a bit of offroading involved but thats jus' about 2-3 kms, but nothing significant for your car as the area has been flattened as compared to before when it was a nightmare. Once you are on the other stretch, its quite easy... It'll lead you straight to mysore road. Till Srirangapatnam the road is a beauty. After that once you take the right to Madikeri, you will have 4 way highway for around 20 KMS after that its a 3 way highway (no median in between). Due to rains and due to the road relaying work going on , the last 50 KMS stretch to Madikeri is really bad. The strain for the last 50 KMS is more than the strain taken on the first 550 KMS. From mysore, it took me around 4 hours to reach Madikeri. It took us around 11 hours to cover the whole stretch. Have fun. Regards Murali
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14th February 2008, 09:56	#11
NIP Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Bangalore Posts: 1,180 Thanked: 152 Times View My Garage	Murali's directions (and timing) is the advice i would go with. Just follow this route and you will be fine.
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14th February 2008, 10:32	#12
dadu Senior - BHPian Join Date: May 2007 Location: Bangalore Posts: 3,803 Thanked: 462 Times View My Garage	MODS: Please move to the Route/travel queries section, this is a a wrong section for the thread.
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14th February 2008, 17:50	#13
PatchyBoy BHPian Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Goa Posts: 917 Thanked: 2,022 Times View My Garage	Hi, If you will be passing through Bangalore anytime between 8 AM and 8 PM, then taking the NICE road will be ideal. It will save you a lot of time. Let me try and give you directions - After you pass Narayana Hrudayalaya which comes on your left about 10 KMs after crossing into Karnataka, watch out for Electronics City first gate, after about 4-5- kms, also on your left. You will find NTTF board. Drive further down Hosur Road. After passing a pyramid shaped office building of Infosys, you will come to the second gate of Electronics City - again on your left. Further ahead, you must be able to see a road over bridge. At the second gate, get on to the service road and take the ramp up to the NICE road. Drive down this world class road for the next 10 kms. You will find a mud road leading off on the right hand side. This is after the last road over bridge across the NICE road on this stretch. Follow this mud road and you will reach a T junction after 500 mtrs. Take a left turn there and keep following this road for the next kilometer or so. You will pass by a huge mosque type building on your right and a lake on your left. After passing these, you will reach Bannerghatta road. At this junction, take a left turn and drive down Bannerghatta road for a kilometer. Once again you will find a mud road leading off from your right. Take this road and you will be back on NICE road. The next major intersection will be Kanakpura Road. The bridge here is not complete either. You will need to take the ramp down to Kanakpura road, cut across and take the ramp back on to nice road. From there it is just a straight dive to Mysore road. At Mysore road junction, you will once again need to take the ramp down and turn left to head towards Mysore. The total time taken from Electronics City to Mysore road would be less than an hour as compared to 1.5 to 2 hours required, if you take the silk board route. Hope this helps. Cheers, Rajan
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14th February 2008, 19:28	#15
reignofchaos Senior - BHPian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Bangalore Posts: 2,542 Thanked: 2,450 Times View My Garage	^^Last time I asked my passenger to time the run and I did chennai outskirts to hosur in 2hrs 45mins (~310 km). From there getting into bangalore took another 2 hours as traffic in E-City was terrible. If the traffic wasn't that bad, its quite easy to do chennai-blore in 4 hours.
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