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|name= Chennai Airport Flyover<br />
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|location= [[Chennai]], India<br />
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|lanes= 3, [[one-way traffic]]<br />
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|contractor= [[National Highways Authority of India]]<br />
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'''Chennai Airport Flyover''' is a 1.6&nbsp;km long flyover in front of the [[Chennai International Airport]] in [[Chennai]] city.<br />
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==Flyover Details==<br />
The flyover is 1.6&nbsp;km long three-laned flyover for [[One-way traffic]] for vehicles that proceed from [[Pallavaram]] to [[Alandur]] near [[Kathipara Junction]].<ref>{{cite news <br />
| title = Flyover near airport opened <br />
| location = Chennai<br />
| date = 20 October 2008 <br />
| url = http://www.hindu.com/2008/10/20/stories/2008102057190100.htm<br />
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081020131311/http://www.hindu.com/2008/10/20/stories/2008102057190100.htm<br />
| url-status = dead<br />
| archive-date = 20 October 2008<br />
| newspaper = [[The Hindu]]<br />
| access-date = 14 January 2012}}</ref> It is built by the [[National Highway Authority of India]] (NHAI) at a cost of {{INR}} 970 million. It was opened for traffic on 19 October 2008 by M. Karunanidhi, the then chief minister of [[Tamil Nadu]].<ref>{{cite news <br />
| last = Gunasekaran <br />
| first = M. <br />
| title = Airport flyover to be thrown open on Sun <br />
| location = Chennai<br />
| date = 14 October 2008 <br />
| url = http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-10-14/chennai/27890215_1_kathipara-exclusive-lanes-lane-discipline<br />
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121023083806/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-10-14/chennai/27890215_1_kathipara-exclusive-lanes-lane-discipline<br />
| url-status = dead<br />
| archive-date = 23 October 2012<br />
| newspaper = [[The Times of India]]<br />
| access-date = 14 January 2012}}</ref><br />
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The NHAI also intends to provide bus bays for the flyover as well as on ground level with escalators and elevators connecting both. It has invited tenders for the same.<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Bridges and flyovers in Chennai]]<br />
[[Category:Bridges completed in 2008]]<br />
[[Category:2008 establishments in Tamil Nadu]]</div>EloyNoble34