Arcot Road also known as N. S. Krishnan Salai ,is one of the main arterial roads of the city of Chennai

Chennai

Chennai , formerly known as Madras or Madarasapatinam , is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal. Chennai is the fourth most populous metropolitan area and the sixth most populous city in India...

 in Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu is one of the 28 states of India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu lies in the southernmost part of the Indian Peninsula and is bordered by the union territory of Pondicherry, and the states of Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh...

, India

India

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. It runs for nine kilometres and connects Nungambakkam with Porur. The road was constructed during the early 1940s and has been responsible for the development of the outlying areas on the western fringes of Chennai city.

Length

A span of six kilometres of the Arcot Road is located within Chennai city and the remaining 3 kilometres are located in the Poonamallee taluk

Poonamallee taluk

Poonamallee taluk is a taluk of Tiruvallur district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The headquarters of the taluk is the town of Poonamallee.- Population :...

 of Thiruvallur district.

Neighbourhoods traversed by Arcot Road

• Nungambakkam
  Nungambakkam
  Nungambakkam is one of the wealthiest localities in the heart of Chennai, India's fourth largest metropolitan city. The neighborhood is abound with multi-national commercial establishments, important government offices, foreign consulates, sprawling educational institutions, shopping malls,...
  
  
• Kodambakkam
• Vadapalani
  Vadapalani
  -Murugan Koyil:Built about 125 years back, this much-hallowed and regularly frequented Lord Muruga sannidhi has emerged from a thatched shed, an unostentatious one enshrining a Murugan picture only, and established for itself a name on par with ancient places of worship...
  
  
• Saligrammam
• Virugambakkam
  Virugambakkam
  Virugambakkam is a residential neighbourhood of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It is an important residential area and is famous for its schools, market, residential colonies and residences of film artists...
  
  
• Alwarthirunagar
  Alwarthirunagar
  Alwarthirunagar is a suburb of Chennai city. It adjoins the western limits of the Chennai corporation and is the first township on the Arcot Road between Chennai city and Poonamallee. The township was developed by Ms.City Lando Corporation, in the late 1960's...
  
  
• Valasarawakkam
• Porur
  Porur
  India census, Porur had a population of 28,782. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Porur has an average literacy rate of 79%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 83%, and female literacy is 76%. In Porur, 9% of the population is under 6 years of age. The...