Bridging Chennai: Elevated Expressway from Chennai port - Maduravoyal

A very happy news the people of chennai heard in 2009 is the Expressway between Port and Maduravoyal. It is due to complete by 2013(which i don think it ll ever happen). Here are some Updates and Info.
Length: 19Kms.

Route: Chennai Port - Central - Egmore - Chetpet - Aminjikarai -Arumbakkam - Koyambed - Madhuravoyal

Alignment:

• Km 0 - Km 1.56 reaches Northern Cooum River bank and parallel to MRTS line
• @ Km 2.1, the Expressway crosses the Elevated MRTS line between Chintadripet and Park Town Stations
• @ Km 3.2, it crosses the Longs Garden Bridge to prevent conflict with Chennai Metro alignment
• @ Km 5.3, it crosses Binny Bridge near Taj connemara
• @ Km 6.5, it crosses College Road Bridge
• @ Km 8.1, it crosses Chetpet Road
• @ Km 9.2, it crosses Choolaimedu Railway Bridge
• @ Km 11.3, it crosses NH4 near Arun Hotel
• @ Km 13.1, it crosses Arumbakkam Bridge
• @ Km 13.8, the Road splits into two and merges with NH4 as entry and exit ramps.
• The Expressway section meets the Koyambedu Grade Separator and the section between them will be 10-laned with 2-lane service roads on both sides
• At-grade stretch of 1.5 km because of Koyambedu Grade Separator and Chennai Metro over-head line crossing just after the grade separator
• @ Km 14.227, the Elevated Expressway restarts and goes along NH4 median
• @ Km 17.3, the Expressway starts coming down and meet the Maduravoyal clover-leaf grade separator and the section will be 14-laned [8-lane toll plaza + 6-lane NH4] with 2-lane service roads on both sides
• Elevated section — 17.5 km
• Total Length - 19 km

  
Entry Ramps

• Sivananda Salai
• College Road

Exit Ramps

• Kamarajar Salai
• Spur Tank Road

Map View of the Project:

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Google view

 Project Status:

       7 March 2008:
                    The project was officially launched with the passing of a government order by the Tamil Nadu state government

         Jan 2009:
                     Prime minister Manmohan Singh laid the foundation stone for elevated expressway from Chennai Port to Madhuravoyal.
                     Soma enterprises bagged the project and the project is under construction.

       June 2009:
                     Physical work on the corridor to commence from November 2009. Land acquisition and preliminary works like casting yard are under progress.

        July 2010:
                     Environmental clearance has been obtained from National Coastal Zone Management Authority (NCZMA)