Mahatma Gandhi Road, Vijayawada
| Bandar Road | |
Bandar Road in 2014 | |
| Namesake | Mahatma Gandhi |
|---|---|
| Maintained by | VMC |
| Length | 2.5 mi (4.0 km) |
| Width | 100 feet (30 m) |
| Location | Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India |
| Major junctions | Benz Circle |
Mahatma Gandhi Road (MG Road), popularly known as Bandar Road, is a boulevard and major road in the Indian city of Vijayawada.The road starts at Benz Circle, busiest traffic circle in the city and continues to Avatar Park, where it connects to Eluru Road which is also a major road. It runs almost parallel to the Bandar Canal. The National Highway 9 (NH 9) runs parallel to this road on the other side of the Bandar Canal, merging into Bandar Road at Benz Circle. The name "Bandar" was originally the name of Machilipatnam Road, which the current Bandar Road intersects.
Its official name comes from Mahatma Gandhi, the inspirational leader of the Indian Independence Movement in the early twentieth century.