JN-1

FEATURES:

 THE THREE NODES NAMELY SOUTH EAST, OLD BUS

STAND AND ANNA SALAI CO-INCIDES THIS JUNCTION
RESPECTIVELY.
 THE DISTANCES BETWEEN SOUTH EAST AND OLD
BUS STAND NODES IS AROUND 127m.
 THE DISTANCE BETWEEN SOUTH EAST AND ANNA
SALAI NODES MEASURES AROUND 141m.

1. SOUTH EAST JUNCTION

 SOUTH MAIN STREET AND EAST MAIN
STREET INTERCONNECT TO FORM THIS
JUNCTION
 SOUTH MAIN STREET IS A COMMERCIAL
ZONE, WHERE MANOJIAPPA SRTEET
COINCIDES THE FORMER IN A
PERPENDICULAR MANNER.
 EAST MAIN STREET LEAD TO PALACE
COMPLEX. VARIOUS SCHOOLS AND
HANDICRAFT SHOPS MAKES THIS STREET
BUSY DURING PEAK TIMES.
2. OLD BUS STAND JUNCTION
 SOUTH RAMPART ROAD AND EAST
RAMPANT ROAD MEET UP TO MAKE THIS
NODAL JUNCTION
 SOUTH RAMPART IS CROWDED WITH
HOTELS, BAZAARS, EVENING MARKETS AND
VARIOUS OTHER COMMERCIAL AREAS.
 EAST RAMPART ROAD DRIVES BUS FROM
THIRUVAYAR BUS STAND TO THE
NEIGHBHOURING CITIES.
3. ANNA SALAI
 IT CONNECTS HOSPITAL ROAD AND KILA
VASAL MARKET ROAD IN WEST AND
EAST DIRECTION RESPECTIVELY.
TOWARDS THE SOUTH, ANNA SALAI
LEADS TO GANDHIJI ROAD
 TEMPLE COMPLEX IS CONNECTED VIA
HOSPITAL ROAD.
 SETC AND GOVERNMENT HOSPITAL IS
SITUATED ADJACENT TO THE HOSPITAL
ROAD.
 EAST OF ANNA SALAI JUNCTION IS A
COMMERCIAL ZONE MAINLY
POPULARIZED FOR KILA VASAL MARKET.
ISSUES
 NO PROPER SIGNAL SYSTEM AT SOUTH EAST
JUNCTION.
 COMMERCIAL ZONE SUCH AS SOUTH MAIN STREET
AND SOUTH RAMPART ROAD EXPERIENCES HIGH
TRAFFIC DUE TO LOADING AND UNLOADING OF
GOODS.
 ABOVE PROBLEM FURTHER LEADS TO IMPROPER
PEDESTRIAN PATHWAYS.
 AT PEAK TIMES, TRAFFIC GETS FURTHER MESSED UP
IN SOUTH EAST ROAD DUE TO FLOW OF SCHOOL
STUDENTS.
 PRESENCE OF COMMERCIAL ZONE IN THE SOUTH
EAST STREET MAKES THE WHOLE PLACE UNSAFE
DURING PEAK TIMES FOR PEDESTRAINS AND
SCHOOL STUDENTS.

JN-2
FEATURES:
THE FOUR NODES NAMELY HOSPITAL ROAD Jn,
SIVAGANGAI PARK Jn, ANGLAMMAN TEMPLE Jn AND
 CHEKKADI Jn CO-INCIDES THIS JUNCTION
RESPECTIVELY.

 THE DISTANCE BETWEEN HOSPITAL ROAD Jn AND

SIVAGANGAI PARK Jn IS 245m.
 THE DISTANCE BETWEEN SIVAGANGAI PARK Jn AND
ANGLAMMAN TEMPLE Jn IS 135m.
 THE DISTANCE BETWEEN SIVAGANGAI PARK Jn AND
CHEKKADI ROAD Jn IS 200m.

1. HOSPITAL ROAD Jn
 THE ROADS NAMELY HOSPITAL ROAD,
MEMPALAM ROAD AND WEST RAMPART
ROAD INTERCONNECTS TO MAKE THIS
JUNCTION.
 THIS ROAD IS ADJACENT TO TEMPLE
COMPLEX.
2. SIVANGANGAI PARK Jn
 FIVE ROADS INTERCONNECT TO MAKE
THIS JUNCTION NAMELY HOSPITAL ROAD
Jn, CHEKKADI ROAD, SOUTH RAMPART
ROAD, WEST MAIN STREET AND WEST
RAMPART ROAD.
3. CHEKKADI ROAD
  RAJAJI ROAD, GIRI ROAD AND
SIVAGANGAI PARK Jn INTERCONNECTS
TO FORM THIS Jn.
4. ANGALAMMAN ROAD Jn
 WEST MAIN STREET, SOUTH MAIN
STREET AND SIVAGANGAI PARK Jn FORMS
THIS Jn.
 EAST SIDE OF THIS NODE CONSIST OF
COMMERCIAL AREAS, NORTH SIDE WITH
RESIDENTIAL AREAS (JAGGERNAUT IS
HOUSED HERE FOR A YEAR AT THIS
ZONE), SOUTH SIDE LEADS TO TEMPLE
COMPLEX OFTEN CROWDED WITH
TOURISTS AND RELIGIOUS PILGRIMS.
ISSUES:
 ADJACENT ROADS OF TEMPLE COMPLEX HAVE BEEN
OCCUPIED BY THE HAWKERS.
 ANOTHER MAJOR ISSUE OF THE JUNCTION IS
UNORGANIZED PARKINGS IN THE BOTH SIDE OF THE
ROADS.
 THE ROADS ARE NOT WELL MAINTAINED LEADING
TO ACCIDENTS.
  THE VARIOUS BANNERS PUT UPON THE EITHER SIDE
OF THE ROADS OBSTRUCT THE VIEWS OF THE
PASSENGERS.

JN-3
FEATURES:
THE TWO NODES NAMELY KODIMARATHU MULAI Jn AND
KAMARAJ MARKET ROAD Jn CO-INCIDES THIS JUNCTION
RESPECTIVELY.

 THE DISTANCE BETWEEN KODIMARATHU MULAI Jn

AND KAMARAJ MARKET Jn IS 77m.

1. KODIMARATHU MULAI
 NORTH SIDE OF THIS NODE LEADS TO THANJAVOOR-
KUMBAKONAM ROAD. SOUTH LEADS TO EAST MAIN
STREET. WEST LEADS TO WEST MAIN STREET AND
EAST LEADS TO EAST RAMPART ROAD.
 EAST RAMPART ROAD DRIVES BUS FROM
THIRUVAYAR BUS STAND TO THE NEIGHBHOURING
CITIES VIA THIS JUNCTION.
 NORTH MAIN STREET COMPOSES OF RESIDENTIAL
ZONE AND FERTILIZER SHOPS, WHERE MANOJIAPPA
 SRTEET COINCIDES THE FORMER IN A
PERPENDICULAR MANNER.

2. KAMARAJ MARKET Jn
 NORTH MAIN STREET CO-INCIDES WITH
KAMARAJ MARKET ROAD TO FORM THIS
NODE.
 HEAVY LOADED VEHICLES CROSSES THIS
JUNCTION BEFORE ENTERING INTO THE
MARKET.
ISSUES
 NO PROPER SIGNAL SYSTEM.
 ENCROACHMENT OF ROADS BY HAWKERS AND
ILLEGAL COMMERCIAL BUILDING.
 BECAUSE OF THE ENCROACHMENTS, ROADS LACK IN
PROPER TURNING RADIUS FOR HEAVY LOADED
VEHICLES.
 THIS NODE IS ADJACENT TO RESIDENTIALS ZONE,
THUS THE HEAVY LOADED VEHICLES WHICH USE
THIS NODE CREATES SAFTEY ISSUES TO THE
PEDESTRAINS.

4. ATHUPALAM
 ATHUPALAM IS A BRIDGE CONSTRUCTED TO CROSS
THE GA CANNAL, ONE HAS TO CROSS THIS BRIDGE
INORDER TO ENTER INTO THE CITY.
 GANDHIJI ROAD AND COURT ROAD INTERSECT TO
MAKE THIS JUNCTION.
 COURT ROAD IS MAINLY CONCENTRATED WITH
ADMINISTRATION BUILDINGS.
 GANDHIJI ROAD IS A COMMERCIAL STREET, STARTS
WITH NARROW SHOPS IN THE BEGINNING LATER BY
REACHING THE OLD BUS STAND, SHOPS SIZES
GRADUALLY INCREASES.

ISSUES:
 EITHER SIDE OF THE BRIDGE HAS PEDESTRAIN
PATHWAYS BUT IT IS ELEVATED BIT HIGHER IF
CONSIDERED WITH OTHER PATHWAYS. IT
DISCOURAGES THE PEOPLE TO USE THIS PATHWAY
 IN WEEK DAYSCOURT ROAD USE TO WITNESS HIGH
TRAFFIC.
 THE BUS OPERATORS FURTHER CREATES HAVOC IN
THE CITY BY DEPORTING THE PASSENGER IN THE
MIDDLE OF ATHUPALAM JUNCTION RATHER THAN
DROPPING THEM IN THE BUS STOP.
  PARKING IN THE EITHER SIDE OF GANHIJI ROAD
CREATES CHOAS CONDITION FOR THE PEDESTRAINS
AND THEY ARE FORCED TO USE ROADS THAN THE
PATHWAYS.

5. RAILWAY JUNCTION
 GANDHIJI ROAD AND SRINIVASAM PILLAI ROAD
INTERSECT TO MAKE THIS JUNCTION.
 BUSES FROM OLD BUS STAND TO NEW BUS STAND
TAKES UP THIS ROUTE.
 THIS JUNCTIONS IS HIGHLY PEAK AT ANY POINT OF
TIME, DUE THE INFLOW AND OUTFLOW OF
PASSENGERS FROM NEARBY RAILWAY STATION AS
WELL AS FROM BUSES.
 STUDENTS INFLOW IS HIGLY WITNESSED IN THIS
JUNCTION DURING MORNING AND EVENING TIMES.

ISSUES
 PEDESTRAIN PATHS HAVE BEEN ENCROACHED BY
THE COMMERCIAL SHOPS.
 COMPARING OTHER ROADS, HERE THE ROAD WIDTH
IS LESSER, THEREFORE CREATES A CONGESTION
ZONE AT ANY POINT OF TIME DUE TO HIGH INFLOW
 OF HEAVY LOADED VEHICLES, BUSES AND
PASSENGRS.
 ABSENCE OF SIGNAL FURTHER INCREASES THE
PROBLEM OF TRAFFIC IN THIS PLACE.