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If you are not from Bangalore and are just passing through during the day, chances are you will approach Bangalore from either Nh4 (Bombay / Goa / Pune) or NH7 (Hyderabad). In both cases you may like to head towards the south to Salem or East to Chennai. In either case you will have to take the Krishnagiri option after Hosur on NH7. NH4 leading to Chennai is an option but the road, though shorter, is crowded and not a 4 lane highway.
Here’s how you can minimize the damage to your time from the Notorious Bangalore Traffic during the daytime.
Approach from NH7
A little outside of Bangalore is Chikka Ballapur, leave NH7 at this junction and get on to the regular (non 4 lane) NH207. Created as a bypass long back, the NH207 runs alongside Bangalore touching NH4 at Hoskote and through Sarjapur finally touching NH7 again at Attibele after Electronic City. The road is fairly well maintained and has very little traffic during the daytime.
Turn into NH207, at Chikka Ballapur and continue till Attibele to get back on NH7 avoiding Bangalore completely
Approaching from North – West on NH4
If you are approaching from NH4 in the North, chances of avoiding traffic completely is minimal. However you can minimize the damage by getting on to the Ring Road right after crossing Peenya Industrial Area. Continue on the Ring Road till Marathalli Junction. Take a left here and get onto NH207 to avoid the Hosur road construction zone completely and get back on NH7 at Attibele.
Turn on to Ring Road after Peenya Industrial Area and continue straight till Marathalli Junction. Take a left to get on to NH207 near Varthur lake. Areas marked in dark circles are heavy traffic zones.
If you do have to get into the city. The recommended time will be before 7 AM and after 11 PM. Anything in between can cause a lot of time, specially if the roads are unknown to you.
Any other tips on avoiding and bypassing Bangalore are welcome.