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	The '''Tin Factory junction''' is a [[road junction]] in [[Bangalore]], India. Located near [[Krishnarajapuram railway station]] on Old Madras Road, the junction witnesses high traffic congestion<ref name="dc"/> and is one of the worst traffic bottlenecks in the city.<ref>{{cite news \|last1=Fathima \|first1=Iffath \|title=Traffic woes at Bengaluru's Tin Factory junction to end soon? \|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/bengaluru/2019/may/16/traffic-woes-at-bengalurus-tin-factory-junction-to-end-soon-1977459.html \|accessdate=4 December 2019 \|work=The New Indian Express \|date=16 May 2019}}</ref> The junction connects the [[Outer Ring Road (Bangalore)\|Outer Ring Road]] IT cluster of [[Mahadevapura]]–[[Marathahalli]]–[[Bellandur]] with areas along the National Highway 44 such as [[Hebbal, Bangalore\|Hebbal]].<ref name="dc">{{cite news \|title=Signal at Tin Factory junction: Is it green for smooth traffic? \|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/020918/signal-at-tin-factory-junction-is-it-green-for-smooth-traffic.html \|accessdate=4 December 2019 \|work=Deccan Chronicle \|date=2 September 2018}}</ref>		The '''Tin Factory junction''' is a [[road junction]] in [[Bangalore]], India. Located near [[Krishnarajapuram railway station]] on Old Madras Road, the junction witnesses high traffic congestion<ref name="dc"/> and is one of the worst traffic bottlenecks in the city.<ref>{{cite news \|last1=Fathima \|first1=Iffath \|title=Traffic woes at Bengaluru's Tin Factory junction to end soon? \|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/bengaluru/2019/may/16/traffic-woes-at-bengalurus-tin-factory-junction-to-end-soon-1977459.html \|accessdate=4 December 2019 \|work=The New Indian Express \|date=16 May 2019}}</ref> The junction connects the [[Outer Ring Road (Bangalore)\|Outer Ring Road]] IT cluster of [[Mahadevapura]]–[[Marathahalli]]–[[Bellandur]] with areas along the National Highway 44 such as [[Hebbal, Bangalore\|Hebbal]].<ref name="dc">{{cite news \|title=Signal at Tin Factory junction: Is it green for smooth traffic? \|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/020918/signal-at-tin-factory-junction-is-it-green-for-smooth-traffic.html \|accessdate=4 December 2019 \|work=Deccan Chronicle \|date=2 September 2018}}</ref>

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The '''Tin Factory junction''' is a [[road junction]] in [[Bangalore]], India. Located near [[Krishnarajapuram railway station]] on Old Madras Road, the junction witnesses high traffic congestion<ref name="dc"/> and is one of the worst traffic bottlenecks in the city.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Fathima |first1=Iffath |title=Traffic woes at Bengaluru's Tin Factory junction to end soon? |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/bengaluru/2019/may/16/traffic-woes-at-bengalurus-tin-factory-junction-to-end-soon-1977459.html |accessdate=4 December 2019 |work=The New Indian Express |date=16 May 2019}}</ref> The junction connects the [[Outer Ring Road (Bangalore)|Outer Ring Road]] IT cluster of [[Mahadevapura]]–[[Marathahalli]]–[[Bellandur]] with areas along the National Highway 44 such as [[Hebbal, Bangalore|Hebbal]].<ref name="dc">{{cite news |title=Signal at Tin Factory junction: Is it green for smooth traffic? |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/020918/signal-at-tin-factory-junction-is-it-green-for-smooth-traffic.html |accessdate=4 December 2019 |work=Deccan Chronicle |date=2 September 2018}}</ref>

In 2018, Bangalore Traffic Police installed a [[traffic signal]] at the junction in order to ensure free vehicular movement.<ref name="dc"/> In 2019, Government of Karnataka announced that a flyover would be constructed at the junction which would connect the Outer Ring Road cable bridge with Benniganahalli Flyover.<ref>{{cite news |title=A stretch of Old Madras Road to be widened to ease traffic at Tin Factory |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/a-stretch-of-old-madras-road-to-be-widened-to-ease-traffic-at-tin-factory/article29606736.ece |accessdate=4 December 2019 |work=The Hindu |date=6 October 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Menezes |first1=Naveen |title=Tin Factory: It may be a Flyover for Tin Factory Junction |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/it-may-be-a-flyover-for-tin-factory-junction/articleshow/71043896.cms |accessdate=4 December 2019 |work=The Economic Times |date=9 September 2019}}</ref> In November 2019, a 17-kilometer [[Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation|BMTC]] priority [[bus lane]] was inaugurated between Tin Factory junction and [[Silk Board junction]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Misuse of ORR bus priority lane to invite penalties in Bengaluru |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/misuse-of-orr-bus-priority-lane-to-invite-penalties-in-bengaluru/article29986709.ece |accessdate=4 December 2019 |work=The Hindu |date=15 November 2019}}</ref>

A [[Namma Metro]] station at Tin Factory junction is being constructed on the [[Purple Line (Namma Metro)|Purple Line]]. A plan to build a double-decked Metro-cum-flyover corridor at the junction was dropped, after [[BMRCL]] found the proposal to be infeasible.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Menezes |first1=Naveen |title=Double-decker project at Tin Factory junction was a lot of noise |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/transportation/railways/double-decker-project-at-tin-factory-junction-was-a-lot-of-noise/articleshow/70638944.cms |accessdate=4 December 2019 |work=The Economic Times |date=12 August 2019}}</ref>

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