Mettupalayam Road, Coimbatore


Mettupalayam Road, is a busy arterial road in city of Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. This NH runs for about 36 kilometers starting exactly from Rangai Gownder street up to the northern suburb of Mettupalayam. It is wide in most stretches. The road narrows at the stretches between Edayar street, RG street and Flower Market areas. The City Corporation and state government has proposed few subways, foot overbridges, flyovers on important and most congested junctions on this arterial road. Green Corridor system is under implementation between Chintamani and Thudiyalur to synchronise traffic signals, as it is one of the most congested stretches in the city.

Features and alignment

The National Highways Authority of India has proposed bypass road from Neelambur on NH47 and will join Mettupalayam Road at Narasimhanaickenpalayam. This would help ease the traffic on the road. It is one of the widely used stretches in the city, with a large number of tourists using the road to reach the tourism destination of Ooty.

Railway stations along MTP Road