Hyderabad To Nellore Drive. LONG AWAITED TRIP.

[SK01]

Distance: 454 Kilometers Drive Time: 10 hours. Including 2 short breaks and 2 long breaks. Mileage: 15 Kmpl Vehicle: Honda City VX Manual Fuel: Petrol Speed: Cruised at 100 KMPH without much of overtaking. Touched 140 to test my car.

 

Route: HYDERABAD --> NARKETPALLY --> ONGOLE ( NAM EXPRESS WAY ) ---> NELLORE (NH5) ROAD CONDITION 2016:

 

Already @gowtham wrote a review of this express way. This is just my view on the road. The road is four lane road from Narketpally to Ongole. You have to go down the bridge from Narketpally and take a right from a village road to the express way. The road condition is above average, we can easily maintain 120 KMPH, we cruised at 100 KMPH in the road.

 

Road goes through many small villages and sometimes it merges into a single lane. The merging part is the worst part i can say, because it merges suddenly causing sudden brakes turns and some times accident. Cattle blocks the road in some places. So one has to be very careful in this way. Maintaining 100 KMPH is the best one can do in this road.

 

After 241 KM you should take a right to enter the NH5 and the road is excellent 4 lane road with very few bikers. Here one can easily maintain 120-140 KMPH .

 

PLACES TO EAT 2016:

• ANNAPURNA VEG RESTAURANT for breakfast.Not so great ambience, restaurant but the food is good.
• There is a Hotel called Vivera in Narketpally which is not so good for veggies.
• After crossing Ongole, we can find a restaurant above the Tanguturi Toll Plaza N5 FOOD PLAZA.The food quality is nice and cool concept.Here are some pictures.
  
   

NAM EXPRESS WAY 

 FLYOVER UNDER CONSTRUCTION AT THE NAM EXPRESS WAY. THIS LATER MERGES INTO A SERVICE ROAD OR SOMETIMES VILLAGES.

CLICKED IT WHILE WE STOPPED FOR A PHOTO SHOOT. NAM EXPRESS HAS SOME BEAUTIFUL SCENES.

CATTLE CREATES AN ISSUE FOR HIGHSPEED VEHICLES.

 ROAD MERGES INTO SINGLE LANES. ONE SHOULD BE CAREFUL WITH THE TRUCKS. 

 MY HONDA CITY WITH MY SISTERS ALTO 800 AT NELLORE. 

 N5 FOOD PLAZA. ABOVE TOLL RESTAURANT.

[SK01]

 here are the above toll plaza restaurant pictures.Here is another picture of my Honda city. will post few more pictures soon.

Touched 140 KMPH. Forgot to post this picture.

[Gowtham]

Nice pictures and good information.

 

Thank you for sharing, It is a complete guide for the people travelling from Hyderabad to Nellore,Cattle (on road) is a big issue on NAM express.

[shammy]

Wow!! Very informative post!!

 

Food plaza above toll is a very good idea but during rush festival seasons, everyone will try to fit into that food plaza which again blocks the traffic creating a chaotic situation near the toll road!!

 

What do you guys say?

[Gowtham]

shammy said:

Wow!! Very informative post!! Food plaza above toll is a very good idea but during rush festival seasons, everyone will try to fit into that food plaza which again blocks the traffic creating a chaotic situation near the toll road!!

What do you guys say?

 

It may cause issues, if they don't provide proper parking space.

 

People will anyway slow down at toll both.

 

View is amazing from the restaurant.

 

I feel most of the festival traffic is around Vijayawada, it tappers out after Guntur.

[sagar]

Nice post buddy.. The idea of having a restaurant on the toll plaza sounds very interesting.. I guess it is the first of its kind on the Indian Highways.. But do they have sufficient parking space and is it organised enough to let the highway vehicle run undisturbed?

[SK01]

sagar said:

Nice post buddy.. The idea of having a restaurant on the toll plaza sounds very interesting.. I guess it is the first of its kind on the Indian Highways.. But do they have sufficient parking space and is it organised enough to let the highway vehicle run undisturbed?

 

Yes. They have a large area for parking vehicles private operators, also park their bus there.

And there is a nice forest near the parking, ONGOLE TO NELLORE side, will post a picture.

 

gowtham said:

It may cause issues, if they don't provide proper parking space.

People will anyway slow down at toll both.

View is amazing from the restaurant.

I feel most of the festival traffic is around Vijayawada, it tappers out after Guntur.

 

View is really amazing from the restaurant. But one must be really careful while climbing the steps. They also have a lift.

shammy said:

Wow!! Very informative post!! Food plaza above toll is a very good idea but during rush festival seasons, everyone will try to fit into that food plaza which again blocks the traffic creating a chaotic situation near the toll road!!

What do you guys say?

 

I don't think so. The parking space is so large and its a 13 lane toll booth.

[Gowtham]

Krish said:

Yes. They have a large area for parking vehicles private operators, also park their bus there.

And there is a nice forest near the parking, ONGOLE TO NELLORE side, will post a picture.

 

They have lift service to get into the restaurant?

I have always driven through it, but never got a chance to visit.

[SK01]

gowtham said:

They have lift service to get into the restaurant?I have always driven through it, but never got a chance to visit.

 

Yes they have a lift service. Don't miss next time. DINNER IN THE SKY:clap:A small forest near the parking space. ONGOLE TO NELLORE side. And that's me.

 

[Srinivas Motupalli]

Good Post Krish and nice pics 

 

[SK01]

Good Post Krish and nice pics 
 

Thank you [emoji4]
Hope this helps you.

[Srinivas Motupalli]

I am quite familiar with the Nellore highway and know that this is best of the two only problem being distance to be covered in a day as a lone driver and a few hours of saving would help me in resting well as it is going to be a 3 day trip 

[SK01]

You can also take rest at Nellore if Started early. Anyway 640 KM approximately to Tirupati is not a big deal. Ultimately it's your decision.

[venu]

Thanks a lot for sharing the information@krish Good one

[SK01]

1 hour ago, venu said:

Thanks a lot for sharing the information@krish Good one

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