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Distance from 55 to Sankey Underpass

55 to Sankey Underpass is a full long-distance road trip, covering about 617.1 km in roughly 9 hrs 27 min. It also crosses a provincial boundary.

N 55 → Sankey Underpass
Road distance
617.1 km
383.5 mi • 333.2 nmi
Geodesic Direct point-to-point reference
6,741.8 km
Road multiplier Route-to-direct distance ratio
0.09×
Navigation steps Instruction count in route set
146
Info Travel board
Travel time
9 hrs 27 min
Return: 18 hrs 55 min
Rolling runtime Engine-calculated drive duration
9 hrs 27 min
Average velocity Distance over route runtime
65.2 km/h
Stop-adjusted ETA 4 planned rest stops
10 hrs 27 min
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Estimated fuel cost - 7.2 L/100km
93 Petrol R23.25 / litre
R1,033.10
95 Petrol R23.36 / litre
R1,037.99
Diesel 500ppm R25.90 / litre
R1,150.85
Diesel 50ppm R26.11 / litre
R1,160.18
93 Petrol R23.25 / litre
R1,363.12
95 Petrol R23.36 / litre
R1,369.57
Diesel 500ppm R25.90 / litre
R1,518.48
Diesel 50ppm R26.11 / litre
R1,530.79
93 Petrol R23.25 / litre
R1,793.57
95 Petrol R23.36 / litre
R1,802.06
Diesel 500ppm R25.90 / litre
R1,998.00
Diesel 50ppm R26.11 / litre
R2,014.20
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9 hrs 27 min
Comfort drive Allows a short stop
9 hrs 42 min
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617.1 km 9 hrs 27 min
Start 55
Finish Sankey Underpass
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  1. Start your journey
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  2. Turn left
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  3. Continue straight onto Thirumullavaram Road
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  4. At the end of the road, turn left onto Thirumullavaram Road
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  5. Continue left onto Thirumullavaram Road
    0.8 km
  6. At the end of the road, turn left onto Maruthadi - Thirumullavaram Road
    2.4 km
  7. Turn left
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  8. Go straight onto Church Road
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  9. Continue left onto Church Road
    0.7 km
  10. At the end of the road, turn right
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  11. Turn left
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  12. At the end of the road, turn slight left onto Salem - Kochi - Kanyakumari Road
    5.0 km
  13. Continue straight onto Chavara Road Bridge
    3.3 km
  14. Keep slight left at the fork onto Salem - Kochi - Kanyakumari Road
    6.6 km
  15. Keep slight left at the fork
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  16. Merge slight right onto Salem - Kochi - Kanyakumari Road
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  17. Keep slight left at the fork
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  18. Merge slight right onto Salem - Kochi - Kanyakumari Road
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  19. Keep slight left at the fork
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  20. Merge slight right onto Salem - Kochi - Kanyakumari Road
    4.6 km
  21. Merge slight right onto Salem - Kochi - Kanyakumari Road
    10.6 km
  22. Turn slight left
    2.1 km
  23. Turn slight left onto Salem - Kochi - Kanyakumari Road
    12.3 km
  24. Continue straight onto Railway Over Bridge over NH
    0.7 km
  25. Continue straight onto Salem-Kochi-Kanyakumari Road NH66
    16.4 km
  26. Turn slight left
    1.4 km
  27. Continue straight onto Salem - Kochi - Kanyakumari Road
    4.8 km
  28. Turn slight left
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  29. Merge slight right onto Salem - Kochi - Kanyakumari Road
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  30. Turn slight left
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  31. Turn slight left onto Salem - Kochi - Kanyakumari Road
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  32. Turn left
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  33. Turn slight left onto Salem - Kochi - Kanyakumari Road
    31.9 km
  34. Continue straight onto Vytilla Flyover
    0.7 km
  35. Continue straight onto Salem - Kochi - Kanyakumari Road
    5.9 km
  36. Turn right onto Salem - Kochi - Kanyakumari Highway
    0.1 km
  37. Continue straight onto Edapally Bridge
    3.4 km
  38. Continue straight onto Salem - Kochi - Kanyakumari Highway
    13.7 km
  39. Continue straight onto Salem - Kochi - Kanyakumari Highway
    43.5 km
  40. Take the exit ramp slight left
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  41. Turn slight left
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  42. Continue straight onto Thrissur-Mamangalam Road
    3.6 km
  43. Continue slight left onto Mannamangalam Road
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  44. At the end of the road, turn right onto Mannamangalam Road
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  45. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit
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  46. Continue
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  47. Continue slight left onto BC Bishop House Road
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  48. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit
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  49. Continue
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  50. Turn right onto St. Mary's College Road
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  51. Turn slight left
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  52. Continue straight onto Regional theatre Road
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  53. Turn left onto Sitaram Mill Road
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  54. Continue slight left onto Sitaram Mill Road
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  55. At the roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto Kovilakam Padam Road
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  56. Continue onto Kovilakam Padam Road
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  57. At the end of the road, turn right onto Kodungallur-Shornur Road
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  58. Continue straight onto peringaaavu
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  59. Continue straight onto Kodungallur - Shornur Road
    1.2 km
  60. Continue straight onto Kodungallur-Shornur Road
    6.6 km
  61. Continue straight onto Shornur Road
    5.6 km
  62. Continue straight onto Kodungallur - Shornur Road
    6.8 km
  63. Continue slight left onto Kodungallur - Shornur Road
    8.6 km
  64. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Shornur - Perinthalmanna Road
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  65. Continue onto Shornur - Perinthalmanna Road
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  66. Continue slight left onto Shornur - Perinthalmanna Road
    0.8 km
  67. Continue sharp right onto Shornur - Perinthalmanna Road
    1.8 km
  68. At the end of the road, turn left onto Shornur - Pattambi Road
    3.2 km
  69. Keep slight left at the fork onto Vadanamkurussi Rail Over Bridge
    0.4 km
  70. Go straight onto Shornur - Perinthalmanna Road
    7.7 km
  71. Turn right onto Perumbilavu-Nilambur Road
    11.5 km
  72. Continue straight onto PERINTHALMANNA - PATTAMBI Road
    0.2 km
  73. Continue right onto PERINTHALMANNA - PATTAMBI Road
    10.1 km
  74. At the end of the road, turn left onto Perumbilavu-Nilambur Road
    0.4 km
  75. Continue left onto Perumbilavu-Nilambur Road
    1.2 km
  76. Continue straight onto Perinthalmanna-Nilambur Road
    1.5 km
  77. Continue straight onto Perumbilavu-Nilambur Road
    3.7 km
  78. Keep slight left at the fork onto Valanchery - Nilambur Road
    6.5 km
  79. Continue straight onto perinthalmanna - pandikkad Road
    2.2 km
  80. Continue slight right onto perinthalmanna - pandikkad Road
    0.6 km
  81. Continue straight onto perinthalmanna - pandikkad Road
    1.2 km
  82. Continue straight onto Valanchery - Nilambur Road
    12.3 km
  83. Continue straight onto wandoor - Nilambur Road
    1.6 km
  84. At the end of the road, turn left onto wandoor - Nilambur Road
    7.2 km
  85. Continue slight right onto Kozhikode - Nilmbur - Gudallur Road
    2.7 km
  86. Continue straight onto Kozhikode - Nilambur - Gudallur Road
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  87. Turn right onto Mini Bypass Nilambur Road
    0.7 km
  88. At the end of the road, turn left onto VK Road
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  89. Turn right
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  90. Turn right onto Kozhikode - Nilambur - Gudallur Road
    13.9 km
  91. Continue straight onto Kozhikode - Nilmbur - Gudallur Road
    17.2 km
  92. Continue left onto Calicut - Nilambur - Gudalur Road
    5.8 km
  93. At the end of the road, turn right onto Calicut - Vythiri - Gudalur Road
    10.4 km
  94. Continue slight right onto Calicut - Vythiri - Gudalur Road
    1.1 km
  95. Turn left onto Gundlupet-Gudallur-Coimbatore Road
    0.5 km
  96. Turn slight left onto Gundlupet-Gudallur-Coimbatore Rd
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  97. Keep slight left at the fork onto Gundlupet-Gudallur-Coimbatore Road
    17.0 km
  98. Continue left onto Gundlupet-Gudallur-Coimbatore Rd
    4.9 km
  99. Continue straight onto Gundlupet-Gudallur-Coimbatore Road
    13.5 km
  100. Turn slight left onto Gundlupet - Coimbatore Highway
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  101. Continue straight onto Gundlupet-Gudallur-Coimbatore Road
    12.3 km
  102. Continue straight onto Kozhikode - Mysuru Highway
    30.3 km
  103. Continue straight onto Mysore Ooty Highway
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  104. Continue straight onto Kozhikode - Kollegal Highway
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  105. Continue slight right onto Kozhikode - Kollegal Highway
    15.3 km
  106. Continue straight onto Ooty Road
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  107. Continue straight
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  108. Keep slight left at the fork
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  109. At the roundabout, take the 3rd exit
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  110. Continue
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  111. Continue straight onto Palace Road
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  112. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Bangalore Nilgiri Road
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  113. Continue onto Bangalore Nilgiri Road
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  114. Continue left onto Bangalore Nilgiri Road
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  115. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit
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  116. Continue
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  117. Turn right onto Ashoka Road
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  118. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Ashoka Road
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  119. Continue onto Ashoka Road
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  120. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit
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  121. Continue
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  122. Go straight onto Bannimantapa Road
    1.3 km
  123. Continue slight right onto Bannimantapa Road
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  124. Turn left onto Bangalore Road
    0.4 km
  125. Continue straight onto Bangalore - Mysore Expressway
    2.0 km
  126. Continue straight onto Bengaluru-Mysuru Expressway
    114.8 km
  127. Continue straight onto Kumbalagodu Flyover
    0.1 km
  128. Merge slight right onto Bengaluru-Mysuru Expressway
    0.4 km
  129. Continue straight onto Bangalore-Mysore Road
    8.3 km
  130. Continue straight onto Nayandahalli Flyover
    0.8 km
  131. Continue straight onto Mysore Road
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  132. Continue straight onto Chord Road
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  133. Turn left
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  134. Turn right onto Chord Road
    0.4 km
  135. Turn right onto Magadi Road
    1.9 km
  136. At the end of the road, turn left onto Old Mysuru Road
    0.4 km
  137. Continue straight onto Okalipuram Flyover
    0.5 km
  138. Continue straight onto Old Mysuru Road
    0.5 km
  139. Continue straight onto Platform Road
    0.4 km
  140. Continue straight onto Railway Platform Road
    0.6 km
  141. Continue straight onto Sampige Road
    1.6 km
  142. Turn right onto 15th Cross Road
    0.8 km
  143. At the end of the road, turn left onto Vyalikaval Main Road
    0.1 km
  144. Turn right onto Sankey Road
    0.5 km
  145. Keep slight right at the fork onto Sankey Underpass
    0.1 km
  146. You have arrived at your destination
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Halfway point
309.5 km
Mpumalanga to Karnataka
Mid-route position Road corridor partition
50 / 50
Time partition Start / finish split
4 hrs 43 min • 4 hrs 43 min
Waypoint reference Nearest route marker
Mpumalanga to Karnataka
Loc Route geography
Route geography
55 → Sankey Underpass
Mpumalanga to Karnataka
Start area Origin
55, Mpumalanga
Destination area Arrival
Sankey Underpass, Karnataka
Road span Street reference
— • —
Post Postal reference
Postal reference
— • —
55 → Sankey Underpass
55 Origin postcode
Not available
Sankey Underpass Destination postcode
Not available
Province span Route area
Mpumalanga to Karnataka
Set Nearby route set
Nearby route set
Pretoria to Nelspruit
3 other similar routes
Pretoria to Nelspruit Overlapping province
340.7 km
Johannesburg to Polokwane Similar distance
324.1 km
Cape Town to George Similar distance
244.7 km
Rev Related route set
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Sankey Underpass → 55
55 ↔ Sankey Underpass
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Atlas Route Specification

Route sheet

ZA-ATLAS
Origin 55 -26.76268, 30.44233
Midpoint
309.5 km
Total: 617.1 km
Midpoint 309.5 km
617.1 km 9 hrs 27 min
Destination Sankey Underpass 13.00383, 77.58325

Route sheet

Route class Interprovincial corridor
Province span Mpumalanga to Karnataka
One-way road span 617.1 km
Return-cycle span 1,234.3 km
Traversal time 9 hrs 27 min
Maneuver count 146
Maneuver density 23.7 /100 km
Midpoint chainage 309.5 km

Coordinate frame

Start -26.76268, 30.44233
Midpoint 11.21414, 76.22393
End 13.00383, 77.58325
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Questions 9
How far is 55 from Sankey Underpass? +
55 is about 617.1 km from Sankey Underpass by road.
How long does it take from 55 to Sankey Underpass? +
The drive usually takes about 9 hrs 27 min depending on traffic, stops, and road conditions.
Is it possible to drive from 55 to Sankey Underpass in one day? +
It is possible, but for many travellers this is better treated as a very long same-day trip or an overnight trip.
Is taxi available from 55 to Sankey Underpass? +
Taxi may be available, but for this route it is better to confirm the latest fare at the local taxi rank.
What's the estimated fuel amount from 55 to Sankey Underpass? +
Using an estimated consumption of 7.2 L/100km for this route, 93 Petrol is about R1,033.10 (R23.25 / litre), 95 Petrol is about R1,037.99 (R23.36 / litre), Diesel 500ppm is about R1,150.85 (R25.90 / litre), Diesel 50ppm is about R1,160.18 (R26.11 / litre). Actual fuel spend can vary by vehicle, traffic and driving style.
Are there any tollgates from 55 to Sankey Underpass? +
No tollgates are currently matched for this route.
What is the route verdict for this trip? +
Very long trip: This is a demanding long-distance route. Treat it as a serious travel day and consider an overnight stop.
Is there a long-trip warning on this route? +
This is a long trip. Plan rest stops, avoid driving tired, and be careful with late-night travel.
Is there a road note for this route? +
This is a longer road trip, so a fuel or rest stop is recommended. Take a short break about every 2 hours if possible. This route crosses a provincial boundary. This route looks more local or regional, but always check signs and road conditions on the day.
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Railway Over Bridge over NH
From 55 To Sankey Underpass
Vytilla Flyover
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Edapally Bridge
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peringaaavu
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Vadanamkurussi Rail Over Bridge
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Gundlupet-Gudallur-Coimbatore Rd
From 55 To Sankey Underpass
Bangalore - Mysore Expressway
From 55 To Sankey Underpass
Bengaluru-Mysuru Expressway
From 55 To Sankey Underpass
Kumbalagodu Flyover
From 55 To Sankey Underpass
Nayandahalli Flyover
From 55 To Sankey Underpass

Route Locations

Start area
55, Mpumalanga
Suburb: Not available
Road: Not available
Postal code: Not available
Destination area
Sankey Underpass, Karnataka
Suburb: Not available
Road: Not available
Postal code: Not available

Distance comparisons

Here are similar South African routes with a close travel distance, prioritised by the same province or matching province pair where possible.

Pretoria to Nelspruit Overlapping province
About 276.4 km Difference: 340.7 km
Johannesburg to Polokwane Similar distance
About 293.1 km Difference: 324.1 km
Cape Town to George Similar distance
About 372.4 km Difference: 244.7 km
Mbombela to Middelburg Overlapping province
About 154.5 km Difference: 462.7 km
Durban to Richards Bay Similar distance
About 155.2 km Difference: 462.0 km

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