Karnataka State Highway 87, commonly referred with many names Bannerghatta Road (Adugodi to Jigani via Bannerghatta), Jigani-Anekal Road and Anekal-Hosur Road. is a State Highway in the Indian state of Karnataka. It connects Bengaluru with the towns of Bannerghatta, Jigani, and Anekal. It extends for . It starts as a branch from Hosur Road near the Adugodi Christian Cemetery and ends at Samanduru in Anekal taluk near Tamil Nadu State border, inside Tamil Nadu it continues as Major District Road (MDR) and merges with National Highway 948 A.
History
In 2011, the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike announced that the road would be widened in several places while underpasses and flyovers would be built at major junctions.
The Government of Karnataka cleared the second phase of Namma Metro, the Pink Line is under constriction, it starts from Kalena Agrahara in Bannerghatta Road to Nagawara in Northern Bengaluru via the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIM-B). The project was designed to significantly reduce the traffic load on Bannerghatta Road.
Under the upgrade plans, the road was to be widened to 45 metres from 20–25 metres at an estimated cost of .
Junctions and intersections
thumb|center|Under construction [[Hulimavu metro station on Pink Line]]
Bannerghatta Road intersects several major arterial roads, including Hosur Road at Adugodi,
Marigowda Road at Dairy Circle, and Marenahalli Road along with the
Outer Ring Road at the [[Jayadeva Hospital metro station|Jayadeva
Hospital Interchange]]. From the interchange, the Outer Ring Road runs concurrently with Bannerghatta
Road until JD Mara Junction, in front of Vega City Mall, where it diverges to the right while
Bannerghatta Road continues southward. The road also intersects [[Bangalore–Mysore Infrastructure
Corridor|NICE Road]] near Gottigere, where the Bangalore–Mysore Infrastructure Corridor peripheral
ring road also meets State Highway 87. It meets Jigani-Bommasandra Link Road at Jigani APC Circle.
Further south, it meets Chandapura-Anekal Road, Attibele-Anekal Road ([[State Highway 35 (Karnataka)|
State Highway 35]]) and Thally Road inside Anekal town.
The road features two grade-separated underpasses: the Dairy Circle Underpass and the Jayadeva
Underpass. For approximately five kilometres south of the Jayadeva Underpass, the road was widened
to four lanes by Mantri Developers under one of Bengaluru's earliest public–private partnership
infrastructure projects.
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; text-align:left;"
|+ Junctions and traffic hotspots along Bannerghatta Road
! style="width:5%;" | km
! style="width:20%;" | Location
! style="width:35%;" | Intersecting road(s)
! style="width:40%;" | Notes
|-
| 0
| Adugodi
| Hosur Road
| Northern terminus
|-
| 1.8
| Dairy Circle
| Marigowda Road (Interchange)
| Dairy Circle Underpass
|-
| 2.8
| Swagath Cross Signal
| Tilak Nagar Main Road (Diverges)
| Traffic hotspot
|-
| 3.7
| Gurappanapalya Signal
| Jayanagar 39th Cross Road (Diverges)
| Traffic hotspot
|-
| 4.1
| Jayadeva Hospital Interchange
|
- Marenahalli Road (Diverges)
- Outer Ring Road (Merges)
| Jayadeva Underpass; Outer Ring Road begins concurrent run southward; road widened ~5 km south by Mantri Developers (PPP)
|-
| 5.1
| JD Mara Junction
| Outer Ring Road (Diverges)
| Outer Ring Road turns right towards Electronic City; Bannerghatta Road continues straight
|-
| 6.4
| Bilekahalli
| Devarachikkanahalli Road (Diverges)
| Traffic hotspot
|-
| 7.5
| Arekere Gate
| Arekere Main Road (Diverges)
| Traffic hotspot
|-
| 8.5
| Hulimavu Gate
| Hulimavu Main Road (Diverges)
| Traffic hotspot
|-
| 11.4
| Gottigere
| NICE Road (Interchange)
| NICE Road intersects; SH 87 junction
|-
| 16.5
| Bannerghatta Circle
| Bannerghatta National Park Road (Diverges)
| Traffic hotspot
|-
| 20.9
| Koppa Gate
| Koppa Road (Diverges)
| Traffic hotspot
|-
| 24.9
| Jigani APC Circle
| Jigani-Bommasandra Link Road (Diverges)
| Entry point to Jigani industrial area
|-
| 36.7
| Anekal
|
- Chandapura-Anekal Road (Merges)
- Attibele-Anekal Road SH 35 (Merges)
- Thally Road (Diverges)
| Three-way road convergence inside Anekal town
|-
|45
|Samnduru (Tamil Nadu State Border)
|Continues as Major District Road inside Krishnagiri District
|Southern terminus
|}
Religious places
- Sri Sri Meenakshi Sundareshwara Temple
- Santhome Parish Church
- Bilal Masjid
Educational institutions
thumb|right|Main Entrance to IIM Bangalore
thumb|right|Christ University situated at Dairy Circle.
- Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, Between Bilekahalli and Arekere
- Christ University- Central Campus, Dairy Circle
- Christ University - Banngerghatta Road Campus, Hulimavu
- AECS Magnolia Maaruti Public School, Arekere
- Sri Chaitanya Techno School, Kothnur
- Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan, Lakshmipura
- Sherwood High School, Basavanapura
- AMC Institutions, Kalkere
- Sarala Birla Academy, Bannerghatta
- School of India, Bannerghatta
Hospitals
Several major hospitals are located on this road:
thumb|right|300px|Wockhardt Hospital (now Fortis Healthcare) on Bannerghatta Road in 2006.
- Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research
- Apollo Hospitals near Arekere junction
- Fortis Healthcare (previously known as Wockhardt Hospital) near Arekere Junction
- Narayana Health
- Vijayashree Hospitals
Malls
Malls on Bannerghatta Road include:
- Gopalan Innovation Mall, J.P. Nagar 3rd Phase
- Shoppers Stop, B.T.M. Layout 2nd Stage
- Vega City Mall, B.T.M. Layout 2nd Stage
- Royal Meenakshi Mall, Hulimavu
Residential Layouts
- Vijaya bank layout
- CP Ecofront Layout, Near Kumbaranhalli