[s.jain1990]

I used to travel from Gachibaoli to Airport ever weekend and i have had my fair share of good amd bad experience on this stretch.

It used to take exactly 20-25 minutes for me to reach the airport and never faced any major issue while traveling even late at night.

Some people drive at very high speed and a lot of cases of DUI were reported. Many of the entrances and exits have blocks with breath analyzer at specific time of evening and it is really required.

I have also seen a lot of accidents on that particular stretch and i feel there is a need of install cameras on the stretch.

[Aditya]

Originally Posted by paragsachania

Ring roads if planned, designed and implemented well will have a lot more advantages than the disadvantages. That said, Hyderabad's Outer Ring Road is perhaps the best example for anyone to understand how Ring Roads should ideally be.

Absolutely no doubt about that. I have driven on the Hyderabad Outer Ring Road multiple times (last drive was in March this year) in various cars and always admired it. It's smooth, nicely planned and well marked. It greatly helps you get anywhere in the city in quick time.

I don't mind spending on toll as long as the road does what it is supposed to do. For someone who has driven all the way from Mumbai, the last thing you want for the home stretch is getting stuck at every signal in the world. Just try getting into Mumbai at 7 pm or so from anywhere and you'll understand what I mean.

That said, if any city in India desperately needs a ring road today, it is Pune. Watch and learn Maharashtra.

[tirumalavoleti]

Hyderabad ORR is a masterpiece in planning, executing and operating. Well laid connecting radial roads and proper service roads.

I always use for travelling intercity also, while it is relatively costly, its at par with time taken and sometimes better than city drive. And imagine the bliss and peace of mind it brings.

The road has capability for speeds more than 100kmph, but having regulations will make it safe. With all the speed guns and regulations, its safe as well. Not allowing two wheelers is for good of all.

The most important advantage is to get in to city while coming from out stations. Been to Chennai, Bangalore and Pune, after a tiering journey, city traffic really takes away the fun before reaching final destination.

Definitely Bangalore and Pune should learn. Mumbai and Chennai has coast on one entire side making it hard, still half ring road should be good.

[moralfibre]

The most fascinating part of the ring road is that it shows up at a higher view on Google maps:



You can literally see all major highways into Hyderabad merging onto the ORR and thereby making it super easy to use the ORR as a connector instead of letting all highway bound traffic enter the city.

I would rate this as the best thought of idea at the right point of time as well.

Pune has been thinking of building a ring road for a little over a decade. Other than making mockup videos and budgetary presentations, it has not moved much. Imagine that all major connections from Pune to Bombay, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Nagpur, Nashik, etc goes right from the heart of the city!

[raghukodali]

When driving from Bangalore to Hyderabad, I enter the Hyderabad ORR at Shamshabad and exit at Shamirpet ~75km).

This is one of the roads where I am on cruise control for all the 75km @100kmph. practically no need to get out of cruise even once.

[vamsi.kona]

ORR is a boon for long distance truck drivers who had to wait outside city limits to enter late in the night. Also now works are slowly starting on another project called Regional Ring Road (RRR) connecting important towns surrounding Hyderabad, forming another circular road outside the ORR. May not be very popular immediately as the distances will be very far if RRR is used. I think for another decade or more ORR will serve the purpose as a bypass to Hyderabad. Once the City expands beyond ORR, RRR will gain significance.

[narayans80]

Originally Posted by vamsi.kona

Once the City expands beyond ORR, RRR will gain significance.

City has already expanded beyond ORR. RRR is relevant even today. Infact I wish RRR intersected much past Chotuppal and Sangareddy. I have zero experience on the NH7 intersections, so can't comment on them.

Originally Posted by tirumalavoleti

Mumbai and Chennai has coast on one entire side making it hard, still half ring road should be good.

It is not hard, its just plain laziness. Chennai Bypass and Outer Ring Road (just opened end to end) exist. Both were done without any forethought and were many years behind when they would have been useful. There are 2 more ring road projects that are still in imagination phase. I hope my 6 year old son sees them before he retires.
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Hyderabad locals who are bored of ORR, are welcome to deal with our pullingo on Chennai bypass

For those who are not aware, pullingo are an elite brand of 2 wheeled species (mostly on Scooty/Dios riding triples) in Madras, whose sole aim in life is to meet their maker, and cause collateral damage while at it.

[vamsi.kona]

Originally Posted by narayans80

City has already expanded beyond ORR. RRR is relevant even today. Infact I wish RRR intersected much past Chotuppal and Sangareddy. I have zero experience on the NH7 intersections, so can't comment on them.

Certain sections of City like Patancheruvu, Gachibowli/Financial District and towards Medchal did expand beyond ORR, but other areas are still not that populated to put much stress on ORR traffic. The traffic on ORR is the highest between Gachibowli and Airport even now. So yes, we need to start RRR now so that it will be available by the time stretches beyond ORR are also extensively populated within the next decade.

[landcruiser123]

I’ve never been on this road, but every Bangalorean is all ga-ga about how well-planned and maintained it is. Well planned expressway quality roads can help a city ease it’s traffic congestion problem.

Banagaloreans will admit to this: NICE road and the existing Ring Road are a mess. The only place where I see both roads ‘well connected’ is at PES college junction near Mysore road.

[racer_ash]

Originally Posted by landcruiser123

I’ve never been on this road, but every Bangalorean is all ga-ga about how well-planned and maintained it is. Well planned expressway quality roads can help a city ease it’s traffic congestion problem.

Banagaloreans will admit to this: NICE road and the existing Ring Road are a mess. The only place where I see both roads ‘well connected’ is at PES college junction near Mysore road.

On a lighter note. I think that is one of the reason why many KA registered cars speed like crazy on the ORR while majority of locals maintain lane and speed discipline. My wife always comments on how liberated they would feel driving on Hyd ORR when compared to Bangalore ORR.

[vamsi.kona]

The lack of a Median on NICE road is one of the major factors, especially while driving at night. While I am not from Bangaluru, I experienced this while returning from Ooty in 2017. We went there for the August 15 holiday and while returning, just as we took the NICE road it started raining heavily. The rain was so heavy that the visibility reduced to just a few meters. The problem was the light from oncoming vehicles on the other side was blinding us further and I was more afraid of driving into the drain in the middle, where ideally there should have been a median.

PS: I know that many western countries also don't have median on highways and drain like grass embankment just like NICE road, but I believe that majority of the drivers in such nations follow rules, which may not be the case with us. Using High beams and even fitting aftermarket headlights which aren't scientifically tested and fitted so as to not cause inconvenience to the oncoming traffic is very common for us.

[narayans80]

Originally Posted by vamsi.kona

Certain sections of City like Patancheruvu, Gachibowli/Financial District and towards Medchal did expand beyond ORR, but other areas are still not that populated to put much stress on ORR traffic. The traffic on ORR is the highest between Gachibowli and Airport even now. So yes, we need to start RRR now so that it will be available by the time stretches beyond ORR are also extensively populated within the next decade.

I guess our perspectives differ because you are assessing as a local, and I do as an outsider who is looking get past the extended city traffic as soon as possible. We all subconsciously get attuned to home city traffic.

While a good resurfacing could possibly solve the eastern arm of NH9 towards Chottupal, the western arm is a pain and sees lot of indisciplined traffic that you'd see in the city and at evening peak hours you even encounter traffic jams (as I did in December 2020). Its not a deal breaker and going via Hyderabad is my preferred way to enter MH (towards Solapur/Pune/Aurangabad), but these are some things that can be considered when making future plans.

Originally Posted by landcruiser123

I’ve never been on this road

You drive on this road, you'll crib about every city bypass that exists in south India.

Originally Posted by k0p

We have been fined for 101 and 104 kmph. Do they really have a 0% margin of error?

Are you saying 101 on speedo or on challan? As a fact, your speedo will overstate the speed (Speedometer calibration: Government says that vehicle should overstate speed). At 100, GPS will show 93-94 at the most. If using distance/time calculation is used, the calculated speed will be even lesser. These observations are based on stock tyre dimensions.

[ashis89]

Originally Posted by k0p

We have been fined for 101 and 104 kmph. Do they really have a 0% margin of error?

Originally Posted by narayans80

IAt 100, GPS will show 93-94 at the most. If using distance/time calculation is used, the calculated speed will be even lesser. These observations are based on stock tyre dimensions.

I have been fined for driving at 101 kmph. But they waived it off if you raise a dispute for error. As far as I know, they allow error upto 103 and waive it off if you request it.

That said, I have set my cruise control at 99 or 100 multiple times and never got fined.

Originally Posted by narayans80

City has already expanded beyond ORR. RRR is relevant even today. Infact I wish RRR intersected much past Chotuppal and Sangareddy. I have zero experience on the NH7 intersections, so can't comment on them.

Originally Posted by vamsi.kona

Certain sections of City like Patancheruvu, Gachibowli/Financial District and towards Medchal did expand beyond ORR,

Businesses have come up on the outskirts of the city, around Medchal, Patancheruvu, Chotuppal, Jadcherla and so on. These towns have grown in size. But they are neighboring towns/villages around Hyderabad. The ORR can only cover so much and not everything.

If one is complaining of traffic, then you will be more frustrated while entering Hyderabad from Bangalore (Jadcherla area onwards) then while coming from Chennai/Vijayawada (Chotuppal onwards).

I like the current size of the ORR. Any bigger and it would be too much of a roundabout. That said, RRR is most welcome if and when they manage to build it!

[k0p]

Originally Posted by narayans80

Are you saying 101 on speedo or on challan?

Challan. These were a few years before.

[rst89]

Hyderabad ORR has definitely reduced the stress and anxiety to reach RGIA irrespective of peak hours.

I used it extensively for Hyderabad-Mumbai-Hyderabad runs between 2013-16. Before Telangana got created, even RGIA used to be empty, glad they are increasing size of terminal.

My schedule was fixed, leave office by 1615h, catch the Pushpak express bus by 1630h at Gachibowli flyover and reach airport by 1715h for a 1900h 6E flight.

The service road around 2014 were not good, too many speed breakers, used to make riding on a motorbike tough. Reason: Decathalon was located near airport. Better to ride over there instead of crossing the whole city to Uppal.