S.A Road

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rdf:langString Sahodaran Ayyappan Road, popularly known as S.A Road is one of the most important and the second main arterial road of CBD Kochi city (after the M.G Road); it is supposed to be the busiest and most congested road in the city of Kochi, which run in east-west direction and the shortest road connecting the two main iconic junctions in the city. The road connects the MG Road in west with Vyttila Junction & Hub in east and continues further as Tripunithura Road that connects to Tripunithura, hence termed as the back bone road of Kochi. S.A.Road along with M.G.Road are the two main arterial CBD roads connected with the Kochi Metro Rail and moving straight to Vytilla Hub (biggest transport hub and junction in State of Kerala), where three modes of transport (rail, water and road)converge & diverge, hence making it one of the most expensive and affluent areas in the city and State of Kerala. Kochi's high-end housing colonies are all branched out from this arterial road like Panampilly Nagar, Giri Nagar, Gandhi Nagar, Jawahar Nagar etc, it is a commercial high street with Hospitals, Banks & 5 star classified Luxury Hotels (Olive Downtown, Radisson Blu, etc.), enhancing the road's importance is its easy access to the city downtown railway station (Ernakulam Junction Railway Station-Biggest & Central Railway station at Kochi). Greater Cochin Development Authority (GCDA) & Rajiv Gandhi International Indoor Stadium are located along this road at Kadavanthra.It is a four lane city road with median separating the two carriageways. The road is one of the oldest road of the city and covers a distance of 3.2 KM. The road is named after famous social reformer, Sahodaran Ayyappan.