Mangaluru-Moodbidri NH 169 portion near Yedapadavu opens for traffic after month-long closure

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The Yedapadavu bypass of Mangaluru-Solapur National Highway 169 that is nether  widening to four-lane by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) betwixt  Ganjimutt and Yedapadavu successful  Mangaluru taluk was opened for postulation   connected  Monday, March 16, aft  the aged  carriageway was closed for postulation   owed  to landslips at Yedapadavu adjacent   Mangaluru.

The Yedapadavu bypass of Mangaluru-Solapur National Highway 169 that is nether widening to four-lane by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) betwixt Ganjimutt and Yedapadavu successful Mangaluru taluk was opened for postulation connected Monday, March 16, aft the aged carriageway was closed for postulation owed to landslips at Yedapadavu adjacent Mangaluru. | Photo Credit: ANIL KUMAR SASTRY

A information of the Mangaluru-Solapur National Highway 169 that was closed for a period betwixt Ganjimutt and Yedapadavu pursuing destablisation of the existing road connected Yedapadavu Hills, has been opened for traffic, albeit done the Yedapadavu bypass, from this week. The opening has brought a large alleviation to hundreds of regular commuters connected the Mangaluru-Moodbidri-Karkala stretch.

The existing carriageway passing done the Yedapadavu Hills had developed cracks aft the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) began constructing the bypass done hill-cutting, pursuing which the road had to beryllium closed for a period from February 10. Manglauru City Police Commissioner Sudheer Kumar Reddy had issued a notification prohibiting vehicular question done the affected agelong and directing their question connected alternate routes.

Published - March 20, 2026 03:20 p.m. IST

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