State Highway RC-2 (Puducherry)

RC-2[2] or Cuddalore Road is a state highway that connects Puducherry with Cuddalore. It runs from Boulevard via Uppalam, Muthaliarpet, Ariyankuppam, Kirumampakkam up to Mullodai Arch (Southern Border of Puducherry District on Cuddalore Road). Due to the extension of Villupuram-Puducherry National Highway to Nagapattinam, this road got terminated at Marappalam Square. Now this road is known as Dr. Ambedkar Road.

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Route information
Maintained by Public Works Department (PWD), Puducherry[1]
Length2.655 km (1.650 mi)
Major junctions
North endUppalam Water Tank
 RC-1 at South Boulevard,
RC-14 and RC-14Bis at Muthaliarpet,
RC-15 and NH-45A at Marappalam Square
South endMarappalam Square
Location
DistrictsPuducherry
Primary
destinations
Uppalam, Muthaliarpet
Highway system

RouteEdit

RC-2 starts from RC-1 at Uppalam Water Tank and runs southward via Colas Nagar till the Uppalam Drain Bridge and then turn west till Muthaliarpet and from there onward it runs southward. It got terminated with NH-45A at Marappalam Square.

LandmarksEdit

  • Indira Gandhi Sports Stadium, Puducherry
  • TNSTC Depot
  • Bharathi Mill

ReferencesEdit

  1. http://pwd.puducherry.gov.in/ [dead link]
  2. Public Works Department (PWD). "Roads" (PDF). Citizen Charter 2012. Government of Pudicherry. pp. 4–7.

External linksEdit