Bangalore to Tiruvannamalai : Even, asphalt road
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- Aparna Patel
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- 10 Aug, 2023
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After the Krishnagiri toll gate, you might be better taking the service road bearing toward the left to get onto the T-Malai road, instead of taking the bridge; be careful, as it is confusing there.
On 2 Sept 2017, I travelled from Krishnagiri to T-Vanamalai by car, going through the S.Pettai regular route. It has improved, but the roads are still about 20 percent under repair.
As I said in chat, I have been living in Tiruvannamalai for the last four years and have traveled to Bangalore by road several times. However, I haven’t done it since 2013. Back then, the road was absolutely horrible, because there was a lot of construction going on. However, it seems to have gotten much better now.
To get some up-to-date information on matters, I called local friend of mine who is a professional driver and owns a company that provides long-distance taxis. He knew you’d be driving your own car, so he had no financial interest in the matter.
Going through Krishnagiri
He recommends that you drive straight from Bangalore to Krishnagiri, then straight from Krishnagiri to Tiruvannamalai. This also involves going through some of the smaller towns you mentioned.
While this route was absolutely terrible a few years ago, my friend says it has gotten much better now. Overall, he reccomends this route. From Bangalore to Hosur there is a quality multiple-lane highway. For the rest of the distance, the majority of the construction work is now done. My friend says 70% of the distance is now completely finished and has a quality road, fulfilling the criteria which you specify. However, 30% of the distance is apparantly still of questionable quality. For example, there are some places where there is still construction going on. On those stretches, there will be temporary gravel roads on the side of the road, and these are of poor quality. Among thee 30% “poor part” there are also still stretches with potholes, bumps and general low quality.
To summarize, the road is a lot better than it was, but still not perfect. Yet, my friend says it’s the best option.
Update: One of my friends took this route the other day. He said it’s 90% good now. But he discourages using it at night.
Going through Tirupattur
If you want to avoid the construction work altogether, you could go through Tirupattur. However, this is a much smaller and narrower road. It’s much more rural. It has a lot of bends and turns. According to my friend, your average speed will be reduced by roughly half if you take this route. The overall distance will also be longer.
It seems like those are your two main options, so take your pick.
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