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19-734: Anna Salai ( Tamil: [aɳɳaː saːlaɪ] ), formerly known as St. Thomas Mount Road or simply Mount Road , is an arterial road in Chennai , India. It starts at the Cooum Creek, south of Fort St George , leading in a south-westerly direction towards St. Thomas Mount , and ends at the Kathipara Junction in Guindy . Beyond the Kathipara Junction, a branch road arises traversing westwards to Poonamallee to form

38-584: Is a river island situated on the Cooum River in the northern part of the Indian city of Chennai . The island was created artificially in the early 19th century by merging the Coovum River with the then "Elambore River". An equestrian statue of Sir Thomas Munro , popularly known as "His Stirrupless Majesty", is located on the island. The Madras Gymkhana Club and Pallavan Illam, the headquarters of

57-671: The LIC Building , was built on Anna Salai in 1959. Several major firms were then established, namely, Spencers & Co, Victoria Family Hotel (the present location of the Indian Overseas Bank Headquarters) and Higginbothams. Anna Salai starts from the Parktown area of Chennai city where Chennai Central railway terminus is situated. It, then, traverses the Island with its statue of Sir Thomas Munro to

76-495: The Metropolitan Transport Corporation (MTC) , Chennai are also located here. The Island Grounds constitute a vast empty space on the island where fairs and exhibitions are held. Anna Salai , one of the arterial roads of Chennai, originates on this island, running mostly in the southwest direction towards the south. The Kilometer Zero of Chennai is located at the midpoint of Muthuswamy Bridge on

95-634: The Mount-Poonamallee Road while the main branch continuing southwards to Chennai Airport , Tambaram and beyond to form Grand Southern Trunk Road ( GST Road or NH45 ). Anna Salai, which is more than 400 years old, is acknowledged as the most important road in Chennai city. The head offices of many commercial enterprises and public buildings are located along Anna Salai. It is the second longest road in Chennai, after EVR Periyar Salai . Several flyover projects were under consideration on

114-657: The 1800s, Mount Road has become the traders' area of the city of Madras while First Line Beach in Georgetown remained the seat of processing, shipping and manufacturing businesses. However, the business activities of Mount Road was responsible for the city's economic growth. Several giant firms had beginnings on Mount Road, from the Amalgamations group to the TVS group. The road's proximity to the Government House,

133-598: The 5,101 accidents that occurred in Chennai in 2010. Arterial road In traffic engineering hierarchy, an arterial road delivers traffic between collector roads and freeways . For new arterial roads, intersections are often reduced to increase traffic flow . In California, arterial roads are usually spaced every half mile, and have intersecting collector(s) and streets. The Traffic Engineering Handbook describes "Arterials" as being either principal or minor. Both classes serve to carry longer-distance flows between important centers of activity. Arterials are laid out as

152-629: The Muthuswamy Road on the northern side of The Island. Since 1975, the annual India Tourist and Industrial Fair, popularly known to the locals as the trade fair , is conducted on this island by the state government during the months of January to March. The Chennai Formula Racing Circuit hosted the F4 Indian Championship and the Indian Racing League in 2024. This city of Chennai location article

171-485: The backbone of a traffic network and should be designed to afford the highest level of service , as is practical, as per the aforementioned "Traffic Engineering Handbook". The construction and development of arterial roads is achieved through two methods. By far the most common is the upgrading of an existing right-of-way during subdivision development. When existing structures prohibit the widening of an existing road however, bypasses are often constructed. Because of

190-486: The busier junctions. Speed limits are typically between 30 and 50 mph (50 and 80 km/h), depending on the density of use of the surrounding development. In school zones, speeds may be further reduced; likewise, in sparsely developed or rural areas, speeds may be increased. In western Canada, where freeways are scarce compared to the rest of North America, flashing early-warning amber lights are sometimes placed ahead of traffic lights on heavy signalized arterial roads so

209-636: The heart of the city. By the 2010s, the stretch between Parry's Corner and Nandanam was used by over 16,000 vehicles during rush hour. Anna Salai is used by over 0.183 million vehicles every day. The Metropolitan Transport Corporation in Anna Salai carries about 14,000 passengers per hour per direction. Anna Salai remains the road in the city experiencing second most number of accidents annually, next only to Jawaharlal Nehru Road (100 ft Inner Ring Road), with one person being injured every 1.13 days. Together, these roads account for almost 14 per cent of

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228-576: The home of the Governor, and the palaces of the Nawabs of Arcot resulted in several firms selling cars and other luxury goods setting up shops on the road. Simpson & Co, which moved to its current location opposite Government Estate after 1875, began building carriages and coaches and then cars. In the early 1900s, the road became the entertainment hub for the British. In 1903, the first steam-driven car

247-698: The other side of the Coovum before entering the neighbourhoods of Thousand Lights and Teynampet areas. From Teynampet, it continues straight southwards to Nandanam and Saidapet before traversing the Maraimalai Adigal Bridge across the Adyar River to Little Mount and finally, Guindy . Anna Salai is maintained by the Tamil Nadu Highways Department . The road extends for a total of 11 kilometres and traverses

266-453: The placement and general continuity of arterial road corridors , sewers, water mains, conduits and other infrastructure are placed beneath or beside the roadbed. In North America, signalized at-grade intersections are used to connect arterials to collector roads and other local roads (except where the intersecting road is a minor side street, in which case a stop sign is used instead). In Europe, large roundabouts are more commonly seen at

285-513: The road, many of which have been shelved owing to the construction of the Chennai Metro project, which runs along the median of the road. Anna Salai Head Post office, one of the most important post offices in the city, is located on this road. It was established in 1854 as Mount Road SO as a non-gazetted delivery office. With the growth of commerce and urbanization, this SO was upgraded to gazetted in 1955. Nomenclature of this Head Post office

304-1065: The speed limits can be raised to speeds of over 80 km/h. These warning lights are commonly found on high-speed arterial roads in British Columbia. The width of arterial roads can range from four lanes to ten or even more; either as a dual carriageway or sharing a common center lane, such as a contraflow lane or as a central turning lane. As with other roadway environmental consequences derive from arterial roadways, including air pollution generation, noise pollution and surface runoff of water pollutants. Air pollution generation from arterials can be rather concentrated, since traffic volumes can be relatively high, and traffic operating speeds are often low to moderate. Sound levels can also be considerable due to moderately high traffic volumes characteristic of arterials, and also due to considerable braking and acceleration that often occur on arterials that are heavily signalized. The Island, Chennai The Island , also called as Island Grounds ,

323-506: The time of Charles Macartney who served as Governor of Madras . With the construction of Marmalong Bridge in 1724, the road started gaining prominence. In the following years, the road became part of the city's central business district which originally covered only George Town . Today, most of Chennai's business and corporate offices are located on Anna Salai. In the 1700s, the road was lined with garden houses and large colonial mansions with balconies and verandas set amidst lush gardens. By

342-639: Was changed from Mount Road Head Post office to Anna Road Head Post office on 15 September 1974. Anna Salai can be traced from at least the early 17th century, and has its origins in a cart track which was used by the European employees of the British East India Company to travel from the factory at Fort St George to the holy town of St Thomas Mount where the apostle St Thomas is believed to have been martyred, according to Christian belief. The road, in its present form, took shape during

361-615: Was taken for its debut drive on Mount Road. To overcome the Great Depression of the 1930s, Simpon's introduced the hire purchase system for cars and trucks. In the 1930s, the TVS group, which was a travel operator in mofussil areas, was established in Madras by acquiring the Madras Auto Service property. In the 1940s, Anantharamakrishnan helped with the formation of Amalgamations & Co. The city's first skyscraper,

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