re: The art of travelling between Bangalore - Mangalore/Udupi I returned from Udupi yesterday and my observations are as follows: I took Bangalore-Hassan-Sakleshpura-Mangalore-Udupi route. While going I went via Peenya-Nelamangala cross-Hassan route and returned via Magadi.
Till Kunigal the road is very good and 4 lane conversion is completed till the outskirts of Kunigal after that the road is little rough with uneven patch work of the road. After Kunigal one gets the 4 lane roads again which are almost complete and at some stages we do have to take diversions into single lanes. The drive till Hassan is pleasant and the there are no issues with the road. Food at Kamat is decent and I have had breakfast,lunch,Snacks & Dinner here on various time on this route.
Shiradi ghat roads are mostly repaired and the very badly damaged sections have been relaid with road studs to give tires better grip during wet conditions. Other parts still have rough and uneven patch works which disturbs your otherwise pleasant drive!
Once you get down the ghats till Uppinagadi the roads are like fairways! with plenty of curves and bends. There is one stretch when you reach Uppinagai Bypass which is really bad were there are big gaps on the road which can be fatal in the night if one glides like I did ![Big Grin](https://www.team-bhp.com/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.png) so watch out for that. The BC Road Flyover is open! My god, it is a scary ride though as one could really feel the different sections of the bridge same way the bypass to reach Mangalore-Udupi stretch is also open and it is as scary as the BC Road one!.
Till Udupi the roads are pretty good with no pot holes anywhere and till Suratkal there is 4 lane road. after that till Udupi one encounters the work under process in many places hence one has to be cautious.
The road from Kuigal to Magadi stretch is good but the road inside Magadi town in horrible and one has to be on a tractor to ride through! post Magadi town till Bangalore we have excellent roads. I could not take pictures of the road as I was driving in the night! this time I started the drive at 5.45 PM and reached Udupi at 1.20 AM with dinner and tea break for 40mins. similar story while returning too. |