[gopi_rm]

Guys, I want to drive from Bangalore Airport to Salem. Could you please suggest a route to bypass the Bangalore city area.

[ampere]

Originally Posted by gopi_rm

Guys, I want to drive from Bangalore Airport to Salem. Could you please suggest a route to bypass the Bangalore city area.

You three major problems:

1. Crossing Bangalore itself
2. Cross Attibele
3. Driving till Krishnagiri

If you are OK looking at country roads and are driving during daytime: I can suggest:

1. Take STRR to Hoskote and there on to Malur.
2. From Malur drive to Berigai
3. And there on to Shoolagiri.

At least bulk of the problems will be resolved. Now till Malur you are well covered. STRR is beautifull till Hoskote. Hoskote-Malur is a 4-lane I think. But roads were not great last I heard (others can update. I think it had potholes). Malur-Berigai-Shoolagiri are country roads. They would decent, but still they are country roads.

What this saves you: Crossing Bangalore, Enduring Attibele, escaping the massive construction at Hosur.

Route Link: https://maps.app.goo.gl/RY6gVEHVCNLkgbnNA

[tharian]

Malur to Hosur is in bad state. So is Hoskote to Malur., but not as bad as Malur-Hosur. Heavy vehicles make it worse.

[gajadonga]

Originally Posted by tharian

Malur to Hosur is in bad state. So is Hoskote to Malur., but not as bad as Malur-Hosur. Heavy vehicles make it worse.

I regularly take this route Hoskote - Malur- Hosur to bypass Banglore.
Malur to Hosur has lots of speed breakers nearing the villages .At the Tamilnadu Karnataka border about 3 to 4 kms road is average in Karnataka side but once into Tamilnadu roads are good. Only problem Bagalur town traffic due to long trailer lorries passing through the narrow roads sometimes traffic jams are encountered

[tharian]

Originally Posted by gajadonga

I regularly take this route Hoskote - Malur- Hosur to bypass Banglore.
Malur to Hosur has lots of speed breakers nearing the villages .At the Tamilnadu Karnataka border about 3 to 4 kms road is average in Karnataka side but once into Tamilnadu roads are good. Only problem Bagalur town traffic due to long trailer lorries passing through the narrow roads sometimes traffic jams are encountered

When did you use this stretch last?
With the rains, the conditions of the roads have detoriated.

[ampere]

Originally Posted by gajadonga

I regularly take this route Hoskote - Malur- Hosur to bypass Banglore.
Malur to Hosur has lots of speed breakers nearing the villages .At the Tamilnadu Karnataka border about 3 to 4 kms road is average in Karnataka side but once into Tamilnadu roads are good. Only problem Bagalur town traffic due to long trailer lorries passing through the narrow roads sometimes traffic jams are encountered

Like I mentioned in the other thread please consider bypassing Hosur as well. Baglur town constantly witnesses huge bottlenecks. And the highway ending at Hosur also witnesses jams.
You should try Malur-Berigai-Shoolagiri

[gops619]

From Devanahalli, I use the Hoskote-Malur-Masti-Berigai-shoolagiri route to bypass Bengaluru. Narrow roads, you might have to drop onto the mud to adjust to oncoming vehicles but very little traffic outside the settled pockets. Will remain my preferred route until STRR opens till Hosur.

[gajadonga]

Originally Posted by ampere

bypassing Hosur as well. Baglur town constantly witnesses huge bottlenecks. And the highway ending at Hosur also witnesses jams.
You should try Malur-Berigai-Shoolagiri

Tried this route also.
After Malur till Berigai is a single road with occasional potholes. The road conditions improve once you are in Tamilnadu Shoolagiri Town just a single road going through the town with market on both sides. I crossed the town in the evening with difficulty could get out of the town.

[gopi_rm]

Originally Posted by ampere

You three major problems:

1. Crossing Bangalore itself
2. Cross Attibele
3. Driving till Krishnagiri

If you are OK looking at country roads and are driving during daytime: I can suggest:

1. Take STRR to Hoskote and there on to Malur.
2. From Malur drive to Berigai
3. And there on to Shoolagiri.

At least bulk of the problems will be resolved. Now till Malur you are well covered. STRR is beautifull till Hoskote. Hoskote-Malur is a 4-lane I think. But roads were not great last I heard (others can update. I think it had potholes). Malur-Berigai-Shoolagiri are country roads. They would decent, but still they are country roads.

What this saves you: Crossing Bangalore, Enduring Attibele, escaping the massive construction at Hosur.

Route Link: https://maps.app.goo.gl/RY6gVEHVCNLkgbnNA

Thanks a lot for your quick response. I took the exact route which you posted and here is my feedback.

• STRR: Very nice and new expressway with very less traffic.
• Hoskote-Malur: 4 lane highway but inital 10 km apprx. was full of potholes and traffic. The remaining strech was decent with speed breakers in between.
• Malur-Berigai-Shoolagiri: Decent country roads with normal traffic. In some sections, the road was single lane, so one has to move down the tarmac for overtaking and to let the opposite traffic. There were lot of curves and small villages so the average speed was less.

I would take this route during daytime peak hours. During night time, it will be difficult to navigate due to narrow roads, potholes, speed breakers and bends.

[rajesh1868]

Originally Posted by ampere

Route Link: https://maps.app.goo.gl/RY6gVEHVCNLkgbnNA

I had taken STRR last May to by pass Bangalore while travelling to Puttaparthi.
(https://www.team-bhp.com/forum/route...ml#post5780150 (On Bypassing Bangalore))

I will be traveling again this weekend.
I have used your quoted link and updated the route assuming this is the best route for me now. Not sure about the developments here post June.

Can you and the people familiar with the route now please check and let me know if this is good to bypass Krishnagiri and Bangalore?

I will be traveling during daytime (starting from Kochi around 5am) with family and would like to know any adverse road conditions in this route. Also, has any good eateries got opened in the stretch upto Hoskote?

On return, assuming that I reach Devanahalli toll by 7am, is it good to go through Bangalore (will have to go through Attibele as well) or to take the same route back?

[ampere]

Originally Posted by rajesh1868

I will be traveling again this weekend.
I have used your quoted link and updated the route assuming this is the best route for me now. Not sure about the developments here post June.

Last time we said Baglur. But one problem is the unpredictable traffic hold-ups that may happen thanks to multiple flyovers being constructed between Hosur and Krishnagiri.

Hence my suggestion to Shoolagiri to reduce the Hosur-Krishnagiri stretch. But having said, if one does not get stuck its easy on this highway as well.


So that risk is always there. Also the Malur-Berigai-Shoolagiri is a single lane road and good for day time travel. Also these days we seem to see lot of trucks using the Baglur route.

[gopi_rm]

While driving from Salem to Bangalore Airport, is it a good idea to take NICE ring road (to avoid city traffic) then drive via IKEA and then join the NH44 towards Airport?

[procrj]

Originally Posted by gopi_rm

While driving from Salem to Bangalore Airport, is it a good idea to take NICE ring road (to avoid city traffic) then drive via IKEA and then join the NH44 towards Airport?

This would be the best option most days unless you are reaching NICE entry:
1) early morning, then it will be faster to drive through city
2) long weekend start, then the IKEA exit gets jammed up and you might be better off taking the PES exit and driving on ORR till you hit goraguntepalya
3) end of long weekend, all the traffic entering BLR will clog up the highway and flyover you need to take after exiting NICE

So the answer is, it depends.

[ampere]

Originally Posted by gopi_rm

While driving from Salem to Bangalore Airport, is it a good idea to take NICE ring road (to avoid city traffic) then drive via IKEA and then join the NH44 towards Airport?

Definitely not in my opinion. I would still suggest finding a way to Hoskote STRR entry from Shoolagiri/Hosur.

If you have to go to all the way to NICE road entry, chances are you have already gotten into traffic jams.

[procrj]

Planning to drive Bannerghatta - Jigani - Anekal - Mathigiri - Rayakottai. Looking for inputs on road conditions.