[Bullfrog]

Planning to drive from Mysore to Davanagere in the weekend.
Two options. One via Arasikere and other via Hassan. No difference in distance. I think Hassan route is better. Any inputs?

Hosadurga, Holalkere are on the fringes of mining lorry area, where they use the Hubli line to load. So risk of bad roads is high...

What are your thoughts ? Listed below is the distances which I got as driving directions from a website..

Mysore - Shrirangapattana - 18.6
Shrirangapattana - Pandavapura - 5.78
Pandavapura - Krishnarajpet - 31.19
Krishnarajpet - Kikkcri - 12.94
Kikkcri - Channarayapatna - 15.63
Channarayapatna - Arsikere - 51.23
Arsikere - Banavar - 20.05
Banavar - Yagati - 19.24
Yagati - Hosdurga - 31.71
Hosdurga - Holalkere - 23.01
Holalkere - Chikjajur - 17.1
Chikjajur - Anagodu - 26.91
Anagodu - Davangere - 17.88
Total - 291.27

Mysore - Elivala - 12.63
Elivala - KR Nagara - 20.19
KR Nagara - Blerya - 17.03
Blerya - Holenarsipura - 23.05
Holenarsipura - Hassan - 33.67
Hassan - Banavar - 55.18
Banavar - Yagati - 19.24
Yagati - Hosdurga - 31.71
Hosdurga - Holalkere - 23.01
Holalkere - Chikjajur - 17.1
Chikjajur - Anagodu - 26.91
Anagodu - Davangere - 17.88
Total - 297.6

Thanks
Arun

[srishiva]

Route to Davanagere is to keep going on NH4. Cant you drive through Bangalore for this ?

[hvkumar]

The most direct and shrtest route is via Arsikere.
Mysore-Srirangapatna-KR Pet-Channarayapatna-Arsikere-Tarikere-Bhadravathi-Shimoga-Honnali-Harihar-Davanagere.
I beleive that the Shimoga road is good, but expect the Shimoga-Harihar road to be a bit rough (although I do not know the current condition).

Alternatively, you can turn off into NH13 at Bhadravathi (you have to go through town) and via Chanagiri to Chitradurga, and take NH4 from there to Davangere. NH4 construction work is on in this stretch, but road is quite motorable.

Taking the Bangalore route does not make any sense, being longer and also teh problem of having to combat city traffic.

[condor]

hvkumar : Taking the Bangalore route does not make any sense, being longer and also teh problem of having to combat city traffic.

If going through BLR, you could take the outer ring road near Kengeri to reach Peenya directly. But - you will have to suffer the current condition of NH-4 through Peenya onwards.

[ravibhat]

If going through Bangalore you can take left turn into BMIC road from Mysore road which connects to NH4 after city limits but much before nelamangala. I think going via bangalore will be 400km drive.

Ravi.

[naveenvenkatesh]

Planning to drive to Davangere today. How is the route via Arsikere? Google maps suggests another round about route with tolls etc but timewise it is same as Arsikere route. Both are showing about 6.2 hours

[paragsachania]

Originally Posted by naveenvenkatesh

Planning to drive to Davangere today. How is the route via Arsikere? Google maps suggests another round about route with tolls etc but timewise it is same as Arsikere route. Both are showing about 6.2 hours

• Elwala KR Nagar HN Pura Hassan is undergoing expansion but driveble. You can consider KR Pet CR Patna option and then reach Arasikere via CR Patna itself.
• Hassan Arasikere is in good shape too
• The one via Ajjampura Channagiri is a popular choice for those driving from my hometown of Belur to Davanagere. I had mentioned it elsewhere in some other thread too.

So you may stick to Google recommended route which also is a sensible choice as of today.

[ampere]

Originally Posted by naveenvenkatesh

Planning to drive to Davangere today. How is the route via Arsikere? Google maps suggests another round about route with tolls etc but timewise it is same as Arsikere route. Both are showing about 6.2 hours

Originally Posted by paragsachania

So you may stick to Google recommended route which also is a sensible choice as of today.

Maddur-Kunigal is a belter these days. In fact Malavalli-Maddur-Kunigal is a belter. If Kunigal-Tumkur is good, this may be one of the best options.

But need to a find a good means to bypass Tumkur. When I see Google it shows a max difference of 5km if we take bypass all the way at Tumkur. (May not be all that bad during peak hours)

[paragsachania]

Originally Posted by ampere

Maddur-Kunigal is a belter these days. In fact Malavalli-Maddur-Kunigal is a belter. If Kunigal-Tumkur is good, this may be one of the best options.

Again for Kunigal Tumkur you can as well opt for Gudemaranahalli - Shivagange - Dabaspet which actually will help you avoid getting into Tumkur or Kunigal towns altogether. Dabaspet to Tumkur is the usual GQ and the congestion this side is lesser except crossing Khyatadansra Junction on Tumkur bypass at peaks hour where you may have 5 minutes extra at max.

But with Maddur Kunigal, you still need to do Mysore - Manyda - Maddur and the road expansion work on the erstwhile SH17 and uncertainties to factor.

Mysore Maddur Kunigal is 117 Km while Mysore Nagamangala Bellur Cross Kunigal is 115 Km. Also, with the latter, the conditions have vastly improved after the Pandavapura Nagamangala Bellur Cross section was widened last year that you manage this 60Km stretch in under 60 minutes.

The good thing to note today is that most of the internal routes have gotten much better while those which were popular have taken a backseat (Ex: Bellur Cross to Sira).

I recently also took the Magadi - Gudemaranahalli route to hit Hassan highway after picking someone from Bannerghatta road to head towards Sakleshpur and exited onto Magadi road on NICE and was pleasantly surprised with this option too. This one helps you reach Hassan highway without even entering Magadi town and hence saves quite some good time too.

[naveenvenkatesh]

Originally Posted by paragsachania

Again for Kunigal Tumkur you can as well opt for Gudemaranahalli - Shivagange - Dabaspet which actually will help you avoid getting into Tumkur or Kunigal towns altogether. Dabaspet to Tumkur is the usual GQ and the congestion this side is lesser except crossing Khyatadansra Junction on Tumkur bypass at peaks hour where you may have 5 minutes extra at max.

But with Maddur Kunigal, you still need to do Mysore - Manyda - Maddur and the road expansion work on the erstwhile SH17 and uncertainties to factor.

Mysore Maddur Kunigal is 117 Km while Mysore Nagamangala Bellur Cross Kunigal is 115 Km. Also, with the latter, the conditions have vastly improved after the Pandavapura Nagamangala Bellur Cross section was widened last year that you manage this 60Km stretch in under 60 minutes.

Originally Posted by ampere

Maddur-Kunigal is a belter these days. In fact Malavalli-Maddur-Kunigal is a belter. If Kunigal-Tumkur is good, this may be one of the best options.

But need to a find a good means to bypass Tumkur. When I see Google it shows a max difference of 5km if we take bypass all the way at Tumkur. (May not be all that bad during peak hours)

Originally Posted by paragsachania

• Elwala KR Nagar HN Pura Hassan is undergoing expansion but driveble. You can consider KR Pet CR Patna option and then reach Arasikere via CR Patna itself.
• Hassan Arasikere is in good shape too
• The one via Ajjampura Channagiri is a popular choice for those driving from my hometown of Belur to Davanagere. I had mentioned it elsewhere in some other thread too.

So you may stick to Google recommended route which also is a sensible choice as of today.

Thanks guys. Since this was an urgent trip, i just went by what google maps suggested. The route suggested was Mysore-Arsikere (via CR patna)-Kadur-Birur-Davangere.

Birur to Davengere SH 76 was awesome. Rest of the way was avarage at best. There were several bad roadcutting type potholes that i manage to hit
Drove back the same was a well. It was about 12 hours of driving non-stop.
The route via Tumkur i heard is very good. Perhaps next time.

[ampere]

Originally Posted by paragsachania

But with Maddur Kunigal, you still need to do Mysore - Manyda - Maddur and the road expansion work on the erstwhile SH17 and uncertainties to factor.

Yes this is for real. Also I notice this Maddur-Kunigal road does not have a proper exit constructed at 4-lane Kunigal bypass. Hopefully that should get done.

Also authorities should consider completing the bypass at Tumkur on the North west side of the town.

Have not tried the Dobbaspet-Magadi road. Will give is a shot some time.

[naveenvenkatesh]

Will be driving to Davengere on 24th again. Planning to take the road via Kunigal, Tumkur.

I am familier with the road from Mysore to Kunigal since this is the route i take to Bangalore (Pandavapura Nagamangala Bellur Cross section). Once i join NH 75, i need to take the left towards Tumkur to join NH 48.

How is the road condition between NH 75 and NH 48?

This is the section i am talking about: