Mount-Poonamallee Road

Manapakkam signal on Mount-Poonamallee Road

St. Thomas Mount-Poonamallee Road, popularly known as the Mount-Poonamallee Road (SH-55), is an arterial road in the city of Chennai, India. It runs for 11 kilometres from Kathipara Junction to the NH 4 highway connecting St. Thomas Mount with the suburb of Poonamallee. About 5 kilometres of the Mount-Poonamallee Road is located in the Alandur taluk of Chennai district, part of Maduravoyal Taluk in Chennai district and the remainder in the Poonamallee taluk of Thiruvallur district.

Features

The road is divided into two sections. The first section from St. Thomas Mount to Nandambakkam covering a distance of one kilometre is more narrow than the rest of the stretch and is known as Butt Road.

Dr. M. G. R. Home and Higher Secondary School for the Speech and Hearing Impaired, Ramapuram MGR Gardens, Manapakkam

Places transversed

• St. Thomas Mount
• Nandambakkam
• Ramapuram
• Manapakkam
• Mugalivakkam
• Porur
• Iyyappanthangal
• Kattupakkam
• Karayanchavadi
• Kumananchavadi
• Poonamallee

See also

• Transport in Chennai

References

• "Mount-Poonamallee Road getting facelift". The Hindu. 18 December 2008. Archived from the original on 19 December 2008.