Residency Road is one of the major city roads in city of

Kollam Kollam (;), is an ancient seaport and the List of cities and towns in Kerala, fourth largest city in the Indian state of Kerala. Located on the southern tip of the Malabar Coast of the Arabian Sea, the city is on the banks of Ashtamudi Lake ...

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. The 1.6 km road starts at

Chinnakada Chinnakada or Chinnakkada is considered as the heart of the city of Kollam in Kerala, India. Chinnakada is a busy junction where 5 city roads and one National highway interconnect at a traffic roundabout. The city's symbolic clock tower is loc ...

in south and ends at British Residency(Asramam Guest House) in north. The road got the name ''Residency Road'' as it ends at

British Residency The British Residency, also known as the Government Guest House or Residency Bungalow, is a two-storeyed palace situated at Asramam in the city of Kollam in the Indian state of Kerala. It lies close to the site of the old Kollam Airport situate ...

in the city.

History

Residency road was an important city road in

. The name ''Residency road'' was actually given to a road that has connected Kappalandi Mukku with

, till 2010. Later in 2010, City corporation of Kollam has inaugurated Asramam Link Road and they have renamed the Kappalandi Mukku-

Asramam Asramam or Ashramam is one of the prime locations in Kollam city of Kerala, India. It is one among the 55 wards of Kollam Municipal Corporation. Asramam is a notable place in the city because of the presence of Kollam Airport, old airport, public ...

section of road as ''

Link Road A link road is a transport infrastructure road that links two conurbations or other major road transport facilities, often added because of increasing road traffic. They can be controversial, especially if they threaten to destroy natural habitat ...

'' and they re-aligned Residency road into current form.

Major public/private institutions in Residency road

* LIC city branch * Pulimootil Silks * The Vaidya Hotel * QRS Retail * Sony Center * Supplyco * Quilon Co-operative Urban Bank * Karnataka Bank

References

Roads in Kollam {{India-road-stub