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{{short description|Second main arteial road of Kochi}}
'''Sahodaran Ayyappan Road''',<ref>http://www.hindu.com/2006/05/13/stories/2006051327750300.htm</ref> popularly known as SA Road is one of the most important and the second main arterial road of CBD [[Kochi]] city{after the M.G Road} that run in east-west direction. The road connects the [[Mahatma Gandhi Road, Kochi|MG Road]] in west with [[Vyttila]] Junction & Hub in east and continues further as [[Tripunithura]] Road that connects to Tripunithura,hence termed as the '''back bone road''' of Kochi.▼
[[File:സഹോദരൻ-അയ്യപ്പൻ-സ്മാരകം-കൊച്ചി.jpg|thumb|'''Sahodharan Ayyappan''' after whom the road is named]]
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{{Use Indian English|date=June 2018}}
▲'''Sahodaran Ayyappan Road''',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hindu.com/2006/05/13/stories/2006051327750300.htm |title=The Hindu : Kerala / Kochi News : Widening of Sahodaran Ayyappan Road delayed |website=www.hindu.com |access-date=17 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070309201545/http://www.hindu.com/2006/05/13/stories/2006051327750300.htm |archive-date=9 March 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref> popularly known as
S.A.Road along with M.G.Road are the two main arterial CBD roads connected with the
Kochi's high-end housing colonies are all branched out from this arterial road
Greater Cochin Development Authority (GCDA) & Rajiv Gandhi International Indoor Stadium are located along this road at Kadavanthra.
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The original road was just a single lane as there was no cars other than those belonging to Royal family. In year 1936, the road was relaid into 2 lane traffic, which remains even today. As the city grew, many commercial establishments started in this stretch which increased the traffic. Moreover, with opening of Panampally Nagar, Giri Nagar, [[Kadavanthra]] residential areas along with growth of Vyttila Junction made the road terribly congested heavy traffic. With less availability of land on both sides, land acquisition became extremely difficult.
In year 2000, the [[Corporation of Cochin]] decided to go ahead with forcible land acquisitions, thereby the stretch from South Overbridge to Vyttila was able to relay into 4 lane road with some areas still under construction.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://reinventingcochin.blogspot.com/2008/06/traffic-and-transport-in-cochin.html|title = REINVENTING COCHIN: Traffic and Transport in Cochin|date = 11 June 2008}}</ref>
==Major Junctions/Landmarks==
* '''[[Vyttila]] Junction''',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/07/22/stories/2008072261330300.htm |title=The Hindu : Kerala / Kochi News : Vytilla junction needs widening, flyover |website=www.hindu.com |access-date=17 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080725055050/http://www.hindu.com/2008/07/22/stories/2008072261330300.htm |archive-date=25 July 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref> from where SA Road starts in the east. Vyttila Junction is the largest junction in Kerala, built in 1997 by National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) as part of the NH 47 bypass road.
* '''Janatha Junction'''
* '''[[Elamkulam, Kochi|Elamkulam]] Bridge''' built over picturesque Chilavanoor Lake, one of the important riverfront area.
* '''[[Elamkulam, Kochi|Elamkulam]] Junction'''
* '''[[Kadavanthra]] Junction''', one of the busiest and most important junction in city of Kochi. It is one of the emerging commercial highstreet with several leading retail stores and many luxury 5 star classified hotels operating like the Olive Downtown, Radisson Blu etc. The Kaloor-Kadvanthara road starts from this junction, which is the shortest route to Kaloor. The GCDA headquarters and the statue of Sahodharan Ayyappan are located here. Entrances to posh residential areas like Panampilly Nagar, Giri Nagar, GCDA Nagar starts from here. A secondary junction called Kochukadavanthara, Rajiv Gandhi International Indoor sports complex, "'''Central bank of India'''" in Kallelil building and other prominent banks are also situated here.
* '''Manorama Junction''', the major junction before South Railway Overbridge connects to major residential belt Panampally Nagar. The Manorama Newspaper office located here contributed name to this junction.
* '''South Overbridge''', was the first railway overbridge in the city. The overbridge was built by Southern Railways without enough planning, resulting in executing poorly designed bridge, causing much of traffic bottleneck and terrible congestion. However it is one of the main entry into CBD.
* '''Pallimukku''', is the last major junction and is part of Kochi CBD where the MG Road passes through. The Medical Trust Hospital at the Pallimukku is the major landmark.
==References==
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