Hyderabad to Bangalore & back: Route updates and traffic conditions

I noticed 90% trucks kept to the right lane which was okay until they start overtaking each other which was happening a lot.

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I drove last week to Hyderabad (Hi-Tech City) and returned the next day. It was my first drive beyond Gooty although I had ridden up to Dhone many years ago. Things have changed and traffic had increased quote a bit as well. I felt Blore-Hyd needs to be a six lane for the amount of traffic at some sections.

I noticed 90% trucks kept to the right lane which was okay until they start overtaking each other which was happening a lot.  Both up and down drives took 9 hours each with couple of breaks.

The best part of the trip was that I was able to keep a consistent speed most of the duration which gave me a good diesel efficiency and the sad part is the toll cost which was around 850 each way. (Including the Hyd Ring road and the Blore airport road tolls). There were some deviations which was didn't take up much time.

Thanks to few posts, I was able to stop at Food Pyramid on the way for lunch and at Pista House, Kurnool on the return, both of them which had decent food.

The return was at 10:30 am in peak traffic from Hi-Tech city, but once I cleared ring road, it was not bad although there was good amount of trucks and cars upto Kurnool after which it cleared out and it was a relaxed drive upto Chikkaballapur. Thankfully I was able to near Devanahalli when it got completely dark and there was not much congestion at Hebbal either which made me reach home before time.

I wouldn't suggest night driving on this road mainly because of the two lanes and heavy vehicles traffic and the high beam nuisance. Rather leave early and reach the destination early which is not tiring either.

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