SHAMSHABAD AIRPORT PICTURES -MAY 2008 (New Hyderabad Airport)
Drive to Airport and Srisailam Highway from Banjara Hills. Exclusive Ventures - 03.05.2008
The drive from Banjara Hills to Shamshabad Airport was quite laborious, as expected. The first bottle-neck is the always crowded Masab Tank Flyover Point. After this, Mehdipatnam. With the Elevated Expressway work in progress, Mehdipatnam is quite messy. Considering the slow progress of work, it would be a great achievement to get even part of the Elevated Expressawy operational by 2008 end.
There are traffic jams all along till we cross Upparpalli. After Upparpalli, instead of continuing along Inner Ringroad to Aramgar junction, there is a slip road through Agricultural University. We took this quiet road and emerged through the main Gate of Agricultural University, on Bangalore Highway. This helps to short circuit the crowded Aramgar Junction. Then its free fast drive to Shamshabad. Immediately after Shamshabad town, on the left, we have the new Approach Road to Airport. From this point to Airport is 6KM.
The Approach Road is a pleasure to drive. The road directly connects Srisailam Highway and Bangalore Highway. However there are no exits from this road except for Airport. Either side is Airport Land. From Airport to Srisailam highway is only 2.5KM.