Grand National Trunk road (or GNT road) is a major arterial road in the
India
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n city of
Eluru
Eluru ( ) is a city and the district headquarters of Eluru district in the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is one of the List of municipal corporations in India#Andhra Pradesh, 14 municipal corporations ...
. The road starts at
Satrampadu and continues to the
Eluru railway station, running almost parallel to the Eluru Canal. It was once part of the
National Highway 16
Route 16, or Highway 16, can refer to:
International
* AH16, Asian Highway 16
* European route E16
* European route E016
Australia
– Thompsons Road (Victoria)
– South Australia
Canada
;Parts of the Trans-Canada Highway:
*Ye ...
and merges with NH 16 at Asram Hospital Junction.
GNT road snarls with Heavy traffic.
History
GNT road has an average width of although it is not of uniform width throughout. It was formerly under the
NHAI
The National Highways Authority of India or NHAI () is an autonomous agency of the Government of India, set up in 1995 (Act 1988) and is responsible for management of a road network of over 50,000 km of National highways out of 1,32,499 ...
as National Highway 16. The road has altered the landscape of Eluru and was the catalyst for the erection of commercial businesses and prominent buildings such as, District Collectorate, Railway stations, Bus stations and Court.
Government started beautification process along this road and Eluru Canal.
Gallery
Eluru Corporation Board.jpg, GNT road near Kallaparru Toll Plaza
Satrampadu road.jpg, GNT road near Satrampadu
Shanthi nagar junction.jpg, Shanthi Nagar Junction
Fire station centre.jpg, Bus on GNT road
References
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Roads in Eluru