Driving Destinations - Chennai to Kodaikanal: Route Chart

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DRIVING DESTINATIONS - Chennai to Kodaikanal

Route Chart

	PLANNING THE TRIP
›	Planning for Kodaikanal
›	The drive
	SIGHTSEEING
›	Kodaikanal
›	Places of interest
›	In and About Kodaikanal
	ROUTE
›	Route Chart
›	Quick Locator
›	Accommodation

Chennai to Kodaikanal Total distance 502.7km
Total driving time (approx) (excluding stopovers): 10.5 hours
Trip set point fork for Bangalore and Trichy, on NH45 on the outskirts of Chennai.

0.0 to 305.7 Chennai to Trichy
Driving time (approx): 5.5 hours
ABT Maruti 102 Mount Road Guindy, Chennai 600032 Ph: 044-2351449, 235244
0.0 Fork! Bear left for Trichy (Tiruchirapalli) on NH 45. Right goes to Bangalore.
5.1 Signal junction! Straight for Trichy. Right goes to Chennai airport.
7.4 Road traffic congestion! Caution.
15.2 Traffic congestion ends.
17.4 Vandalur Road junction. Straight for Trichy. Right goes to Walajabad, Kanchipuram.
35.4 Singaperumalkoil Road junction. Straight for Trichy. Right goes to Sriperumbudur.
42.1 Fork! Left goes to Chengalapattu town. Right bypass to Trichy.
60.0 Road Junction. Continue straight. Right goes to the Vedanthangal Bird Sanctuary (11km).
67.5 Fork! Bear right for Trichy.
106.4 Road junction. Continue straight for Trichy. Right goes to Tiruvannamalai.

116.4 Road junction. Continue straight. Left goes to Pondicherry.
Note: The road lanes at this junction are marked by barriers. Stay within the centremost lane.
146.1 Caution — Manned Level Crossing (MLC).
150.5 Villupuram. Crossroads. Continue straight for Trichy. Pandiyan Sales Trichy-Villupuram Trunk Road Villupuram
152.7 Caution MLC.
Note: Phone numbers of nearest Police Station: 04146-22638, Fire Station: 04146-22199, Govt Hospital: 04146-22566
182.0 MLC.
184.4 Ulundur. Road junction. Continue straight on NH 45. Left goes to Vridhalachalam.
209.5 Crossroads. Continue straight on NH 45. Left goes to Vridhachalam (20.8km). Right goes to Salem (108.8km).
Natsun Motors
107 Brindavan Road AVK Nagar, Salem 6636004 Ph: 0427-448302
252.5 Crossroads. Continue straight on NH 45. Left goes to Ariyalur (25.6km). Right goes to Perambalur (3.2km).
254.4 First sight of the western ghats!
305.7 Roundabout. Continue straight towards Dindigul. Right goes to Trichy town. Left goes to Pudukkottai. Alpha Auto Works Plot No 17 & 18, Arokia Nagar Crawford, Trichy 620012 Ph: 0431-463530 Vythes Mobile Park 8/6, Tanjore Road Trichy 620 008

305.7 to 502.7 Trichy to Kodaikanal
Driving time (approx): 5 hours
309.4 Traffic lights crossroads. Continue straight for Dindigul on NH 45.
347.8 Road junction. Right for Dindigul.
349.6 Road junction. Continue straight along bypass road (SH 36). Left goes to Manaparai.
382.1 Ayyalur. Road Junction, continue straight.
389.0 Fork on road. Bear right for Dindigul. Left goes to Vadamudurni.

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402.9 Dindigul bypass fork. Bear right for Kodaikanal (102km). Magnum Motors 121/5C, East Meenachi NH 7 Bypass Road, Dindigul 624002 Ph: 0451-32751
407.2 Roundabout. Continue straight towards Kodaikanal, Madurai and Palani. Left goes to Dindigul, right goes to Salem.
412.0 Roundabout. Go right for Kodaikanal. Straight goes to Madurai. Rega Scooter Agencies 88 Bypass Road, Near Fathima College, Madurai 625003 Ph: 0452-542033
442.1 Vatlakundu (Batalagundu) road junction continue straight along SH 36.
450.3 Road junction. Turn right for Kodaikanal. Straight goes to Periyakulam, Kottayam.
451.3 Ganguvarpatti.
455.9 Caution. Ghat road to Kodaikanal starts. Steep gradients and several blind corners.
Note: During the day, especially from around 6.30am to 12.00pm and 4.00pm to 8.00pm, the road sees a lot of tourist traffic. Buses come at top speed around corners, musical horns ablast. Stick to the extreme left and blow your horn at every corner.
476.1 Road junction. Continue straight. Right goes to Pannaikadu.
495.5 Large waterfall called Silver Cascade. Watch out for picnickers on the road.
498.3 Road junction. Continue straight. Road on right goes to Seminary.
502.7 Lake Road, Kodaikanal.

Source

October 2001

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