GD Naidu Elevated Expressway

GD Naidu Elevated Expressway of Avinashi Road in Coimbatore City
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Route information
Maintained by Department of Highways and Minor Ports (Tamil Nadu)
Length	10.10 km (6.28 mi)
Existed	October 2025–present
Major junctions
North end	Uppilipalayam, Coimbatore
South end	Goldwins, Coimbatore
Location
Country	India
Highway system
Roads in India Expressways National State Asian

The GD Naidu Elevated Expressway, also known as Avinashi Road Flyover is a 10.01 km (6.22 mi) four-lane flyover in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. The eastern end of the Uppilipalayam flyover and Goldwins junction in Peelamedu serve as its termini. It traverses along the Avinashi road, one of the arterial roads in the city, and bypasses about 12 traffic intersections. It is the longest elevated corridor in the state, and the second longest in India after the P. V. Narasimha Rao Expressway in Hyderabad.^[1] It is named after Indian inventor G. D. Naidu. The flyover has been inaugurated by the Honourable Chief Minister of Tamilnadu on 09/10/2025 and during this period Dr. V. SAMUTHIRAKANI is the Divisional Engineer of this project .

It has been executed by the Special Project Division , of Highways Department of TamilNadu headed by the Divisional Engineer Dr. V. SAMUTHIRAKANI , M.E., Ph.D, assisted by two Assistant Divisional Engineers, and four Assistant Engineers, in addition to one Assistant Divisional Engineer and two Assistant Engineers expecially for quality control. It has been funded 100% by the Tamilnadu State Government fund .

Total length of the Flyover is 10.1 KM with 4 lane at elevated level and 6 lane in at grade level.

It has 4 up ramps and four down ramps at Airport, Hopes College, Nava India in, and Anna Statue .

Main features

17.25 M deck width The deck is made up of prestressed segmental box girder . The decks were cast at yards and fitted on site during the night Hence no disturbance to public .

A second level Road Over Bridge(ROB) at Hopes college junction . The length of the ROB is 52 m made up of Steel girders and concrete.

Ramps: 4 up ramps and 4 down ramps for easy access from anywhere along the road to reach elevated level.

Sinus Plate Expansion joints were provided to reduce noise and smooth riding.

Roller crash barrier provided at merging portion of Ramps with main carriageway.

Lighting :- LED lighting at both elevated and atgrade level.

Solar blinkers at each merging portions.

Solar Studs:- Solor powered road studs , for better night driving.

Gardening at both elevated and at grade level at centre throughout the entire length.

Drip irrigation at elevated garden and sprinkler irrigation at grade level.

Rainwater harvesting at each span . First of its kind in India No single drop of rain water will be wasted.

Rubber Speed Breaker in all down ramps , to control speed smoothly.

Metal Beam Crash Barrier:- Provided throughout the stretch without any gap, to avoid crossing of vehicles.

Travel time :- Travel time from city to airport/goldwins has been drasticlly reduced from 45 minutes to 10 minutes

History

An elevated road project to decongest the Avinashi road, one of the arterial roads in the city, was proposed in 2019. The ₹16.21 billion (US$190 million) project was approved by the Government of Tamil Nadu in June 2020 and was planned to be built by the National Highways Authority of India.^[2] The highway was inaugurated in October 2025, and was renamed after Indian inventor G. D. Naidu.^[3]

Structure

The 10.01 km (6.22 mi) long, 17.25 m (56.6 ft) wide elevated road traverses along the Avinashi Road.^[4][5] The eastern end of the Uppilipalayam flyover and Goldwins junction in Peelamedu serve as its termini. It bypasses 12 existing traffic intersections on the Avinashi road. The flyover traverses above the flyover at Hope College junction with two smaller bridges.^[6] The flyover has four entry and exit ramps to facilitate vehicular movement and distribution to other arterial roads.^[7][8]

References

1. "11 Longest Elevated Expressway in Major Indian Cities". 5 August 2012. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
2. "Avinashi Road flyover works to commence soon". The Hindu. 29 August 2020. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
3. "TN's longest flyover to be named after GD Naidu; CM to inaugurate". The New Indian Express. 9 October 2025. Retrieved 9 October 2025.
4. "Preliminary work begins on Avinashi Road flyover". The Times of India. 27 September 2020. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
5. Preetha, M. Soundariya (4 January 2024). "Main carriageway of Avinashi road flyover in Coimbatore to be completed by September". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
6. "Work on Avinashi Road flyover begins". The Hindu. 4 December 2020. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
7. "Avinashi Road flyover work expected to start shortly". The Hind. 16 February 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
8. "Avinashi Road flyover works set to take off". The Hindu. 21 November 2020. Retrieved 30 May 2021.

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