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Greenways Road

Coordinates: 13°01′19″N 80°15′10″E / 13.0219°N 80.2529°E / 13.0219; 80.2529
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Greenways Road
பசுமைவழிச்சாலை
Neighbourhood
Greenways Road is located in Chennai
Greenways Road
Greenways Road
Greenways Road is located in Tamil Nadu
Greenways Road
Greenways Road
Greenways Road is located in India
Greenways Road
Greenways Road
Coordinates: 13°01′19″N 80°15′10″E / 13.0219°N 80.2529°E / 13.0219; 80.2529
CountryIndia
StateTamil Nadu
DistrictChennai District
MetroChennai
TalukasMylapore-Triplicane
Government
 • BodyChennai Corporation
Languages
 • OfficialTamil
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
600028
Lok Sabha constituencySouth Madras
Vidhan Sabha constituencyMylapore
Planning agencyCMDA
Civic agencyChennai Corporation
Websitewww.chennai.tn.nic.in

Greenways Road (Tamil: பசுமைவழிச்சாலை) is a road and neighbourhood in Chennai, India. It is lined with the official residences of ministers of Tamil Nadu state government and judges of Chennai High Court. It also houses the Tahsildar district magistrate office of the Mylapore-Triplicane taluk. A park and memorial named after B. R. Ambedkar, the Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University, Tamil Nadu Judicial Academy, Jesus Calls Prayer Tower, Kutchipudi Art Academy, Tamil Nadu Government Music College (Broodies Castle), Tamil Nadu Human Rights Commission, Anna Institute of Management, Dr. MGR Janaki College of Arts and Science for Women are located on this road. Part of this road is now renamed after D. G. S. Dinakaran. After the Eliphanstone Bridge (and later Thiru Vi Ka Bridge) was built a new road connecting Adyar to Greenways Road named Adyar Bridge Road (now Dr. Durgabai Deshmuk Road) was formed. Meenakshi Cinetone, one of the oldest cinema studios in Chennai (later Neptune (Sathya Studios now Sathyabama MGR Maligai)) and Jupiter Studios was also located on this road.

Transport

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Greenways Road also boasts a MRTS station on the Beach–Velachery MRTS Line.