Chennai Airport Flyover
{{Short description|Bridge in India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2018}}
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|name= Chennai Airport Flyover
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|location= Chennai, India
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|type= Flyover
|spans= 27
|lanes= 3, one-way traffic
|const= 2005–08
|contractor= National Highways Authority of India
|opened= {{Start date|df=yes|2008|10|19}}
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Chennai Airport Flyover is a 1.6 km long flyover in front of the Chennai International Airport in Chennai city.
Flyover Details
The flyover is 1.6 km long three-laned flyover for One-way traffic for vehicles that proceed from Pallavaram to Alandur near Kathipara Junction.{{cite news
| title = Flyover near airport opened
| location = Chennai
| date = 20 October 2008
| url = http://www.hindu.com/2008/10/20/stories/2008102057190100.htm
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081020131311/http://www.hindu.com/2008/10/20/stories/2008102057190100.htm
| url-status = dead
| archive-date = 20 October 2008
| newspaper = The Hindu
| access-date = 14 January 2012}} 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.{{cite news
| last = Gunasekaran
| first = M.
| title = Airport flyover to be thrown open on Sun
| location = Chennai
| date = 14 October 2008
| url = http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-10-14/chennai/27890215_1_kathipara-exclusive-lanes-lane-discipline
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121023083806/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-10-14/chennai/27890215_1_kathipara-exclusive-lanes-lane-discipline
| url-status = dead
| archive-date = 23 October 2012
| newspaper = The Times of India
| access-date = 14 January 2012}}
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.
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