Avinashi Road, Coimbatore

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|terminus_a=[[National Highway 544 (India)|NH 544]] / [[Coimbatore bypass]]/ Nillambur bypass junction at Nillambur, [[Coimbatore]]
|junction= Dr. Nanjappa Road/Old Post office Road Headquarters Road/Addis street (Grey Town) LIC Road Dr. Balasundaram Road/Huzur Road Netaji road (GKNM Hospital) Circuit House Road PN Palayam Road/Puliyakulam Road (Laxhmi Mills) Nava India Road/Sowripalayam Road Bharathi Colony Main Road Pioneer Mills Road GV Residency Road (Fun Mall) Anna Nagar main Road Villankuruchi Road/Masakalipalayam Road Kamaraj Road/Tidel Park road (Hopes bridge) CODISSIA Road Airport Road/Kalapatti Road Sulur road (Chinniampalayam).
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|terminus_b=Uppilipalayam flyover, Grey Town, [[Coimbatore]]
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[[File:Avinashi Road, Coimbatore.JPG|thumb|Avinashi Road in Papanaickenpalayam, Coimbatore]]
'''Avinashi Road''', is an [[arterial road]] in [[Coimbatore]], [[India]]. Running from east to west, the road starts at [[Avinashi Road flyover|Uppilipalayam flyover]] and ends at Nillambur by-pass junction where it joins NH 544, Beyond Nillambur Junction, the road branches into two, with one traversing southwards to [[Madukarai]] to form the [[Coimbatore bypass]] while the other continues westwards to [[Avinashi]] and beyond to form the [[National Highway 544 (India)|National Highway 544]]. This road connects Coimbatore to its airport and the east and north-east suburbs. The road was an indicator of development as the city of Coimbatore grew up mostly along its eastern and western sides.

==Description==

Avinashi Road is of the main gateway into the city by road as well as from North and Eastern parts of India. This road is also home for Educational Institutions, Major speciality hospitals, Corporate offices, Information technology parks, Shopping malls and Luxury hotels. Today, this road has turned out to be the most important arterial road in the city.
This road is gateway to vehicles coming from East and North-East Tamil Nadu and bound for [[Tirupur]], Erode, Salem, Vellore, Chennai, Bangalore. The road once part of National highways 544 (Salem - Cochin Highway) is now maintained by the [[Highways of Tamil Nadu|Tamil Nadu Highways Department]]. In recent years the road was widened into a six-lane.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/keyword/green-corridor |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130403074105/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/keyword/green-corridor |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 April 2013 |work=[[The Times of India]] |title=Articles about Green Corridor|accessdate=9 September 2013}}</ref> This 16-km stretch of road running diagonally across the city in East West orientation slightly moving North East tangent.a Avinashi road starts from Uppilipalayam flyover near Grey Town area, it passes through the important neighbourhoods of [[Peelamedu]] and [[Chinniampalayam]] and finally Neelambur.
[[File:Jaya Enclave, Avinashi Road, Coimbatore (2).JPG|thumb|An office building in Avinashi Road, Coimbatore]]

== Places transversed ==
*Uppilipalayam flyover
*VOC PArk & LIC junction
*Anna Silai junction
*Papanaickenpalayam
*Laxhmi Mills junction
*Nava India
*[[Peelamedu]]
*Hope College
*Civil Aerodrome
*SITRA (Airport signal)
*Goldwins
*[[Chinniampalayam]]
*Mylampatty
*Neelambur bypass

==Landmarks on Avinashi Road==
[[File:Radhakrishna Mills gate, Coimbatore.JPG|thumb|The now defunct Radhakrishna Mills gate, once a major employer in Peelamedu, Coimbatore]]

=== Major Hotels===

* [[The Residency Group of Hotels|The Residency Towers Coimbatore]]
* [[The Orbis Hotels]]
* [[Radisson Blu]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.radisson.com/tamilnadu-hotel-in-00000/indrdcb |title=Radisson Blu Hotel Coimbatore - Overview |publisher=Radisson.com |date=29 August 2013 |accessdate=9 September 2013}}</ref>
* [[Le Méridien]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/cjbmd-le-meridien-coimbatore/ | title=Le Méridien Coimbatore | publisher=[[Marriott International]]}}</ref>
* [[Fairfield by Marriott]]
* [[Ibis (hotel)|Ibis Coimbatore City Centre]]
* Jenney's Residency<ref>{{cite web|author=RNDSoftech.com |url=http://www.jenneysclub.com/ |title=Jenney Club |publisher=Jenneysclub.com |accessdate=9 September 2013}}</ref>
* Grand Regent<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thegrandregent.com/ |title=Property of Rathna Resorts Ltd :: |publisher=The Grand Regent |accessdate=9 September 2013}}</ref>
* Satyam Grand<ref name="sathyamgrouphotels1">{{cite web|url=http://www.sathyamgrouphotels.com/hotelsathyamgrand-home.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130303205115/http://www.sathyamgrouphotels.com/hotelsathyamgrand-home.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-03-03 |title=Welcome to sathyam group hotels |accessdate=21 April 2014 }}</ref>
* Park Plaza
* GRT Grand<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wikimapia.org/14073163/Hotel-GRT-Grand |title=Hotel GRT Grand - Coimbatore City | Wikimapia - Let's describe the whole world! |publisher=Wikimapia |accessdate=9 September 2013}}</ref>
*The Arcadia<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hotelthearcadia.com/contact.php |title=The Arcadia Hotel near Codissia Coimbatore Airport | Banquet halls | Conference Halls | Hotels near Tidel Park | Business Class Hotels | Serviced Apartments | Hotels in Coimbatore |publisher=Hotelthearcadia.com |accessdate=9 September 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130701233849/http://www.hotelthearcadia.com/contact.php |archivedate=1 July 2013 }}</ref>

==Railway Stations==
*[[Pilamedu railway station|Peelamedu Railway station]]

== Airport ==

*[[Coimbatore International Airport]], Peelamedu, Coimbatore

== Major Landmarks ==

===Art Gallery & Museums===
*[[G. D. Naidu Industrial Exhibition]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.destinationinfinity.org/2011/01/02/g-d-naidu-museum-industrial-exhibition-in-coimbatore/ |title=G.D.Naidu Museum & Industrial Exhibition in Coimbatore |publisher=Destination Infinity |date=2 January 2011 |accessdate=9 September 2013}}</ref>
*Gedee Car Museum
*Kasthuri Srinivasan Art Gallery

===Parks & Recreation===
**VOC Park Grounds
**Coimbatore Zoo

===Research Institutes===
*[[The South India Textile Research Association]] a.k.a. SITRA [http://www.sitra.org.in/]
*[[Vallabhbhai Patel|Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International School of Textiles and Management]] [http://www.svpitm.ac.in/]
*UMS Technologies Training Centre<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.umstraining.com/about_ums.html |title=UMS Technologies Training Centre - About UMS |publisher=Umstraining.com |accessdate=9 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140309050612/http://www.umstraining.com/about_ums.html |archive-date=9 March 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Educational Institutions===
[[File:PSG Bridge, Coimbatore.jpg|thumb|300px|Rainbow complements [[PSG Group|PSG bridge]]]]
**[[Stanes Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School]]
**[[GRG Matriculation Higher Secondary School]]
**National Model Schools
**[[PSG College of Technology]]
**[[PSG College of Arts and Science]]
**[[PSG Institute of Management Coimbatore]]
**[[PSG Institute of Medical Sciences & Research]]
**[[Coimbatore Medical College]]
**Government Polytechnic College
**[[Coimbatore Institute of Technology]]
**[[Dr G R Damodaran College of Science]]

===IT-Parks===

*[[TIDEL Park Coimbatore]]
*Hanudev InfoPark
*ELCOT SEZ, Coimbatore

===MNC Companies===

**[[Robert Bosch GmbH|Bosch]]
**[[Wipro Limited|Wipro]]
**[[HCL Technologies|HCL]]
**[[Altran]]
**[[Aricent]]
**[[UST Global]]
**[[Kavin Engineering]]
===Other Notable Landmark===
*Anna Statue
*PSG Tech skywalk
*Passport Seva Kendra

===Shopping===
*[[Fun Republic Mall (Coimbatore)|Fun Republic Mall]]

===Cinemas===
*[[Cinépolis]]- 5 Screens

===Textile Mills===
*[[Lakshmi Mills]]
*Tirupur Textile Mills<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.asklaila.com/listing/Coimbatore/Peelamedu/Tirupur+Textiles+Limited/jbVjoaBN/ |title=Tirupur Textiles Limited, Peelamedu, Coimbatore | Tirupur Textiles Limited, Manufacturing Companies in Coimbatore - Reviews |publisher=asklaila |accessdate=9 September 2013}}</ref>
*Varadaraja Mills
*Radhakrishna Mills

===Hospitals===
**[[Aravind Eye Hospital]]
**Kovai Medical Center Hospital (KMCH)
**PSG Hospitals
**Lotus Eye Care Hospital
**G. Kuppusamy Naidu Memorial Hospital

===Exhibition Venues===
**Padmavathi Ammal Cultural Center<ref name="google">{{cite web|url=https://www.google.co.in/#sclient=psy-ab&q=padmavathi+ammal+cultural+center+coimbatore&oq=padmavathi+ammal+cul&gs_l=serp.3.0.0j0i22i30l3.482127.495065.0.496591.60.29.4.1.1.4.1620.14889.3-9j2j8j1j3j1.24.0...0.0...1c.1.9.psy-ab.b8JW4wKqBpk&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_qf.&fp=5177b55580c1873&biw=1162&bih=646|title=Google|publisher=google.co.in|accessdate=21 April 2014}}</ref>
**[[Coimbatore District Small Industries Association|CODDISIA Trade Fair Grounds]]

=== Major Flyovers===
* [[Avinashi Road flyover]]
* [[Avinashi Road Expressway, Coimbatore]]
* Hope Collge Flyover

==Coimbatore Metro==
[[Coimbatore Metro]] feasibility study is completed and one of the route planned from Kaniyur through Avinashi road till Ukkadam Bus stand covering 26 km.

==References==
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[[Category:Roads in Coimbatore]]

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