Shivaji Road

Shivaji Road or Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj is a road in Pune, Maharashtra. This road is named after great Maratha Emperor Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and is also called as Shivaji road in short.

This road connects Shivajinagar to Jedhe Chowk in Swargate. This is an important road in Pune. This acts as alternating road to Bajirao Road as this road is one way from Shaniwarwada palace to Jedhe Chowk, Swargate.

This road is two way from Shaniwarwada palace to Barve Chowk and then one way till end with flow of traffic from Barve Chowk to Pune University Road. The famous temple of Dagadusheth Halwai Ganapati and the Mahathma Phule Mandai are on this road. This road was a part of old NH 4. The bridge on Mutha river on this road is named as Chhatrapati Shivaji Bridge (formally called as Navapool) which is one of the old bridges in Pune. A skywalk is proposed along this road with objectives to reduce pedestrians obstructing traffic. This will also reduce traffic jams on road..^{[1] [2] [3]}

References

1. "Pune Mirror - Pune Mirror". Punemirror.in. 2010-04-21. Retrieved 2011-01-22.
2. "Let's Skywalk the Swargate – Shivajinagar road | SIMC WIRE". Simcwire.simc.edu. Retrieved 2011-01-22.
3. http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Layout/Includes/TOINEW/ArtWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=TOINEW&BaseHref=TOIPU/2010/06/30&ViewMode=HTML&GZ=T&PageLabel=4&EntityId=Ar00400&AppName=1

External links

• Wikimapia