Portion of Mangalur​u-Karkala highway to be closed for a month for repairs

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The Mangaluru City Traffic Police person  announced closure of Manglauru-Solapur National Highway 169 adjacent   Muchhur Cross betwixt  Ganjimutt and Yedapadavu from February 12 to March 13 to facilitate widening the road  into 4  lanes, and to reconstruct  the damaged existing road.

The Mangaluru City Traffic Police person announced closure of Manglauru-Solapur National Highway 169 adjacent Muchhur Cross betwixt Ganjimutt and Yedapadavu from February 12 to March 13 to facilitate widening the road into 4 lanes, and to reconstruct the damaged existing road. | Photo Credit: ANIL KUMAR SASTRY

The Mangaluru City Traffic Police person announced impermanent closure of Mangalur​u-Solapur National Highway 169 betwixt Ganjimutt and Yedapadavu to facilitate widening of the Bikarnakatte-Sanur agelong of the road into 4 lanes, and to reconstruct the damaged existing road adjacent Yedapadavu.

In a notification connected February 10, City Police Commissioner Sudheer Kumar Reddy, who is besides the further District Magistrate, said that vehicles plying betwixt Mangaluru and Moodbidri oregon Karkala would person to run connected diverted routes during the period.

The road would stay closed betwixt Muchhur Cross from Ganjimutt-end and Daddi Cross from Yedapadavu-end. This information developed cracks and was connected the verge of illness arsenic the NHAI was straightening the road by cutting the Yedapadavu hill.

Traffic diversion program  announced by Mangaluru City Traffic Police connected  Ganjimutt-Yedapadavu agelong   of NH 169 adjacent   Mangaluru.

Traffic diversion program announced by Mangaluru City Traffic Police connected Ganjimutt-Yedapadavu agelong of NH 169 adjacent Mangaluru. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement

Only way buses and section vehicles operating betwixt Mangaluru and Moodbidri could instrumentality the diverted way of Daddi Cross, Pumar Padavu Cross, Manjanakatte Cross, Arjuna Kodi, Eshwara Katte Cross and Muchhur Cross.

Trucks and different dense goods vehicles person to determination via Vidyagiri Cross, Mulki Junction and Surathkal connected some the directions.

Light centrifugal vehicles could ply via Vdiyagiri Cross, Moorkaveri, Kateel, Bajpe oregon Pakshikere Cross, Haleyangadi and Surathkal connected some the directions.

All trucks plying betwixt Mangaluru and Karkala could run via Padubidri, the Commissioner said.

Published - February 11, 2026 12:32 p.m. IST

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