SH 87 (Magadi Road) as a National Highway
Bangalore is an ever-growing city. However, improving the connectivity to India’s Silicon City can help the governments diversify the cascading effect of the city’s economic growth, which also goes a long way in sustaining the growth. Therefore, upgrading some of the existing minor roads connecting Bangalore to certain other important places in the state into national highways can change the fate of the towns. One important road that can be upgraded into a national highway to promote further economic growth around Bangalore, as also other districts of Karnataka is the Bangalore – Magadi – Huliyurdurga – Nagamangala – KR Pet – Somwarpet – Bisle – Subrahmanya – Mangalore road (SH 85). Bangalore-Magadi-Subrahmanya-Mangalore State Highway The Magadi Road that starts at the Mysore Road Circle in Chamarajpet is state highway 85 that runs between Bangalore and Kasaragod covering the districts of Bangalore, Ramanagar, Tumkur, Mandya, Hassan, Coorg, and Dakshina Kannada. It t...