[sandeepsc]

The Mumbai-Nashik highway is in very pathetic condition. The complete length of highway has deep potholes especially stretch upto Padgha toll plaza and Kasara ghat has worst condition. Such is a condition of the highway that Bombay High Court has Suo-Moto admitted the plea and have warned the concerned agencies for stringent action if they fail to repair the highway in fifteen days.

[Shreyas_H]

Anyone traveled recently from Mumbai to Nashik? Any idea if the repair work has been carried out on the potholes on the way? I am skeptical of taking my new Polo if the roads are too bad

[VT-RNS]

Originally Posted by Shreyas_H

I am skeptical of taking my new Polo if the roads are too bad

The road quality is not great. Some patches are bad. The worrisome parts are those unexpected potholes/craters that show up in the first lane, esp if you are on the permissible speed limit. I see some cars flying on the highway, and the close calls I saw were frightening. Most accidents don't happen coz other generous drivers give the crazy ones the space through hard braking.

Coming back to you query: I have a Baleno, so not much different in GC to your Polo. The issue is not so much the GC, but more about managing the roads at certain speeds.
I never go above 80 kmph, but even then, requires your utmost attention. On the return, I was driving at night, and it was foggy. It meant my speeds were super low (in ghats & igatpuri section). So avoid night drives if possible.

Cheers!

[Shreyas_H]

Originally Posted by VT-RNS

The road quality is not great. Some patches are bad. The worrisome parts are those unexpected potholes/craters that show up in the first lane, esp if you are on the permissible speed limit.

Cheers!

Thanks I just reached here today and the roads were pretty decent. Nothing as bad as I was reading about. Possibly they've done some emergency patch work on war footing.

[Suprit]

I travelled from Mumbai to Nashik on Sunday, 10th Oct, returning after a 3 week stay in Mumbai. They have indeed started repairing the potholes.
The worst stretch towards Nashik was between Igatpuri and Ghoti.
Last week, sections of the southbound lane between Ghoti and Igatpuri were closed for resurfacing that day.
Now that a week has passed without heavy rains, I think the road should be back to normal now.

[humyum]

Hi Team,

Any travelled from Mumbai to Nasik or vice versa lately. Need to travel and have been hearing stories of the road being completely broken.

[GTO]

Yuck, this is the worst highway I've ever driven on in the last 10 years. Encountered a minimum of 100 potholes from Mumbai - Nashik. The highway is in pathetic condition. It's a throwback to the 90s really, when we had more or less accepted road quality to be poor. But in 2022? It's a shame.

Avoid this road as much as you can.

[samdarshi.pali]

Originally Posted by GTO

Avoid this road as much as you can.

Any alternate routes from Kharghar, Navi Mumbai, to Indore that we could take to avoid the Mumbai-Nasik route?

[denzdm]

I travelled from Mumbai to Nashik this week. Heavy traffic near Hotel Fountain (30 mins) and around Bhiwandi bridge (15 mins). After Padgha, the roads are in great shape, except for a couple of bad patches. Be on the watch out for some nasty pot holes in the fast lane which can cause serious damage to the tyres. If you cruising under 80 km/h, then it can be spotted in day light.

Overall, a great drive till Nashik city.

[dvl666]

We travelled Mumbai - Nashik - Mumbai route in beginning of September and recently around Diwali. Thane bridge is still horrid on both sides and causes traffic to slow down drastically. Otherwise, the highway roads have improved in 1.5 - 2 months.

Mumbai - Nashik
The roads have improved with 3-4 bad patches on Mumbai - Nashik route which also should be fixed in a few days. The work for overbridge causes some issues but it's a small stretch and manageable at most times. The potholes have been patched with paver blocks / asphalt. Some rough surfaces still exist but they don't disturb the occupants as much.
We left Santacruz at 7am and were able to do this stretch in 3.5 hours

Nashik - Mumbai
The return stretch of roads was always better than Mumbai - Nashik. The patch before Igatpuri around Starbucks / IOC pump / food mall is still the worst part of the stretch. The ghats are smooth as always and the traffic starts to build after Padhgha till Mankholi naka. Potholes are patched up with paver blocks after Padhgha toll. Mankholi naka to Thane bridge multiple lanes merge into 3 lanes and the entry is all uneven just after the bridge so need to reduce the speed on the way down to avoid car damage.
We left Nashik Ambad at 7am and were able to reach BKC by 10am since it was a Friday and there was very less traffic in Padhgha - Bhiwandi stretch.

Overall, a great drive with road conditions improving constantly. With the Samriddhi highway opening soon, we can expect the roads to improve further.

[GreyNomad]

Am planning a drive to Nashik via trimbakeshwar this weekend. Gmaps shows 2 routes - 1. Via padgha and igatpuri & 2. Via manor and Jawhar. Which route should I take?

[dvl666]

Originally Posted by GreyNomad

Am planning a drive to Nashik via trimbakeshwar this weekend. Gmaps shows 2 routes - 1. Via padgha and igatpuri & 2. Via manor and Jawhar. Which route should I take?

Go via Padgha - Igatpuri. Leave early and you should reach comfortably.
We did this route on 31 May - left early morning 630am from suburbs and were in Nashik in 4 hours with a bathroom break at Starbucks, Shahpur

[GreyNomad]

Originally Posted by dvl666

Go via Padgha - Igatpuri. Leave early and you should reach comfortably.
We did this route on 31 May - left early morning 630am from suburbs and were in Nashik in 4 hours with a bathroom break at Starbucks, Shahpur

That’s the route I took.

[dvl666]

Quick update
Mumbai to Nashik took 7 hours few days back with little rain. Road is non existent.
Be careful & take one of the multiple trains available.

[manonsong]

Originally Posted by sandeepsc

The Mumbai-Nashik highway is in very pathetic condition. The complete length of highway has deep potholes especially stretch upto Padgha toll plaza and Kasara ghat has worst condition. Such is a condition of the highway that Bombay High Court has Suo-Moto admitted the plea and have warned the concerned agencies for stringent action if they fail to repair the highway in fifteen days.

In 2023 August the Mumbai Nashik Highway is worse than ever. Potholes, work in progress, poor quality of service roads and diversions. I have tried the route from Nashik-Trimbakeshwar-Jawhar and back via Manor but traffic from Manor to Borivali is terrible.

Maybe time to explore another route, maybe longer but less traffic and better roads? Or is this a dream?