The Tin Factory junction is a

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, India. Located near Krishnarajapura railway station on Old Madras Road, the junction witnesses high traffic congestion and is one of the worst traffic bottlenecks in the city. The junction connects the Outer Ring Road IT cluster of

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with areas along the National Highway 44 such as Hebbal. In 2018, Bangalore Traffic Police installed a

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at the junction in order to ensure free vehicular movement. 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. In November 2019, a 17-kilometer BMTC priority

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was inaugurated between Tin Factory junction and

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station, named Benniganahalli, at Tin Factory junction has been constructed on the Purple Line. A plan to build a double-decked Metro-cum-flyover corridor at the junction was dropped, after

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found the proposal to be infeasible.

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