State Highway RC-1 (Puducherry)

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RC-1 (Boulevard Road), Puducherry
Route information
Maintained by Public Works Department (PWD),Puducherry[1]
Length:	5.29 km (3.29 mi)
Major junctions
East end:	Puducherry railway station
	RC-2 and RC-5 at South Boulevard, RC-3 and RC-4 at East Boulevard, RC-5 at North Boulevard, RC-3 and RC-4 at West Boulevard
East end:	Puducherry railway station
Location
Districts:	Puducherry
Highway system
Indian road network National Expressways State State Highways in Puducherry

RC-1^[2] or Boulevard Roads is a state highway that forms the boundary ring of erstwhile French city of Puducherry. Now it exist inside the Puducherry Municipality limits. RC-1 starts and ends at Puducherry Railway Station forming a ring.

It comparises of

• Goubert Avenue (East Boulevard)
• S V Patel Road (North Boulevard)
• Anna Salai (West Boulevard)
• Subbiah Salai (South Boulevard)

Route

RC-1 starts at Puducherry Railway Station and runs eastwards as Goubert Avenue (East Boulevard) till Kargil Memorial and then turns northward as SV Patel Road (North Boulevard) till Madras Vayil (Ajantha Junction) and then turn West as Anna Salai (West Boulevard) and runs up to Anna Square. From Anna Square it turns south as Subbiah Salai (South Boulevard) to complete the ring at Puducherry Railway Station

Landmarks

East Boulevard

• Puducherry Port
• Statue of Joseph François Dupleix
• Promenade
• Old Court Building
• Zeroth Point of Puducherry-Villupuram Road (RC-3)
• French War Memorial
• Puducherry Municipality
• Statue of Mahatma Gandhi
• Old Light House
• Puducherry Chief Secretariat
• Kargil Memorial

North Boulevard

• Sri Aurobindo Ashram

West Boulevard

• Pothys Shopping Mall

South Boulevard

• Botanical Garden
• Puducherry Railway Station

References

1. http://pwd.puducherry.gov.in/
2. Public Works Department (PWD). "Roads" (PDF). Citizen Charter 2012 (PDF). Government of Pudicherry. pp. 4–7.

External links

• Official website of Public Works Department, Puducherry UT