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{{Infobox road junction
|country=IND
|road_type=
|name=Padi - Lucas Elevated Rotary
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|location= [[Chennai]], India
|coord=
|roads= [[Inner Ring Road, Chennai|Inner Ring Road]]<br/>Madras-Tiruvallur High Road
|type=Elevated rotary
|spans= 100
|lanes= 4
|const= 2005–09
|contractor=National Highway Authority of India
|opened= {{Start date|2009|02|20|df=y}}
|height=
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The '''Padi Lucas Junction''' is the intersection of NH 205 ([[MTH Road, Chennai|Madras-Tiruvallur High Road]]) and [[Inner Ring Road, Chennai|Inner Ring Road]] in the city of [[Chennai]] and is one of the most important junctions in the city. It is located in [[Anna Nagar]] north of [[Koyambedu Junction]]. An elevated rotary has been constructed at this junction as part of the [[NHDP]] by [[NHAI]] to ease the traffic congestion. It was built at a cost of {{INR}} 1,300 million and was opened for traffic on 20 February 2009.<ref>{{cite news
| title = Padi grade separator to be inaugurated today
| location = Chennai
| date = 20 February 2009
| url = http://www.hindu.com/2009/02/20/stories/2009022058010100.htm
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090223125909/http://www.hindu.com/2009/02/20/stories/2009022058010100.htm
| url-status = dead
| archive-date = 23 February 2009
| newspaper = [[The Hindu]]
| access-date = 27 October 2011}}</ref>

==Grade separator==
The junction is used by hundreds of heavy vehicles and the road has a traffic density of about 200,000 passenger car units daily.<ref>{{cite news
| title = Padi grade separator work gains momentum
| location = Chennai
| date = 20 January 2009
| url = http://www.hindu.com/2009/01/20/stories/2009012058860300.htm
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090123071115/http://hindu.com/2009/01/20/stories/2009012058860300.htm
| url-status = dead
| archive-date = 23 January 2009
| newspaper = [[The Hindu]]
| access-date = 27 October 2011}}</ref> As of 2014, more than 70,000 vehicles use the Padi flyover every day.<ref>{{cite news
| last = Madhavan
| first = D.
| title = Padi Flyover Plunged in Darkness
| newspaper = The Hindu
| location = Chennai
| date = 2 March 2014
| url = http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-downtown/padi-flyover-plunged-in-darkness/article5741311.ece
| access-date = 3 May 2014}}</ref> To ease the congestion, the NHAI has constructed an elevated four-lane rotary at the junction. Work on the project began in 2005 and completed in 2009.

'''Ramps'''
A total of six ramps and an elevated rotary with 100 spans<ref>{{cite news
| title = Padi grade separator to be opened by January-end
| location = Chennai
| date = 5 October 2008
| url = http://www.hindu.com/2008/10/05/stories/2008100550100100.htm
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081005103546/http://www.hindu.com/2008/10/05/stories/2008100550100100.htm
| url-status = dead
| archive-date = 5 October 2008
| newspaper = [[The Hindu]]
| access-date = 27 October 2011}}</ref> form part of the elevated structure.

''Along IRR''
* Four ramps on each side of the IRR and on both sides of the grade separator.
* The ramps are all two-laned and are for [[One-way traffic]].

''Along MTH Road''
* Two ramps along the median of the MTH road on both sides of the grade separator.
* The two ramps on MTH road are all four-laned with a median for two-way traffic.
* The ramp on the north of the grade separator on MTH road crosses a railway line.
* An elevated 4-laned rotary at the center connects all the 6 ramps and has an outer radius of 99 metres.<ref>{{cite news
| title = NHAI plans flyovers, underpass in Chennai
| newspaper = Project Monitor
| date = 7 February 2005
| url = http://www.projectsmonitor.com/detailnews.asp?newsid=8688
| access-date = 27 October 2011}}</ref>

==Landscaping==
There is a 15,000 sq m space around the grade separator where landscaping works will be taken up in 2013 at a cost of {{INR}} 10 million.<ref>{{cite news
| last = Ramakrishnan
| first = Deepa H.
| title = Koyambedu flyover to geta touch of green
| newspaper = The Hindu
| location = Chennai
| date = 22 April 2013
| url = http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/koyambedu-flyover-to-geta-touch-of-green/article4640607.ece
| access-date = 23 Apr 2013}}</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|India}}
*[[Koyambedu Junction]]
*[[Kathipara Junction]]
*[[Maduravoyal Junction]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Chennai Topics|left}}
{{Transport in Chennai}}

{{coord missing|Tamil Nadu}}

[[Category:Road junctions in India]]
[[Category:Bridges and flyovers in Chennai]]

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