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Chennai to Bangalore by Car

It has been a great experience while driving down the NH from bangalore to chennai via Hosur-vellore.  I have travelled in this stretch around 10 times in my Zen Estilo in the past one and half years.   This NH is part of golden quadilateral and the entire of strech of around 340 kilometers is very well maintained.  The route is Bangalore --> Hosur --> Krishnagiri --> Vaniyambadi --> Vellore --> Chennai.  The ongoing and the incoming traffic is totally seperated with very good dividers in between the roads.  There are six tollgates in between bangalore and chennai.  The toll will come around to Rs 170 for one way.   Every toll gate has Toilets for both men and women.  Though they are not maintained well, it is of good use for people travelling in this stretch. I have travelled the distance of 300 kms between Bangalore Bommanahalli to Chennai Poonamallae in 4 hrs 45 mins with couple of journey breaks of around 5 mins.  The road stretch is so good that even small car like