Authorities in Andhra Pradesh have revised the design of the proposed 189.93-km six-lane Amaravati Outer Ring Road (ORR), reducing the number of interchanges from 19 to 17. The changes were made after the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) directed officials to rationalise costs. The initial estimate of Rs. 384.5 bn has been reduced to Rs. 304.91 bn.

The access-controlled ORR is being developed around the Amaravati Capital Region and will permit entry and exit only through designated interchanges. It will intersect six national highways, state highways and district roads, requiring double trumpet, single trumpet and rotary interchanges to connect the surrounding road network.

As part of the redesign, service roads proposed on the outer side of the ORR were dropped. Service roads will now be provided only on the inner side. Authorities also shelved a proposed 17.5-km six-lane link road between Tenali and Kaja on the Chennai-Kolkata National Highway, leading to the removal of two interchanges planned at either end of that link.

The planned structures include double trumpet interchanges at Kanchikacherla, Duggiralapadu, Mailavaram, Agiripalli, Pottipadu, Chalivendrapalem, Narakodur and the Chennai-Kolkata National Highway near Pottur and Lingayapalem. Rotary interchanges are proposed near Ponnavaram, Adivinekkalam-Velvattama, Gannavaram-Puttagunta, Manikonda, Nandivelugu, Ananthavarappadu and Pulladigunta.

A single trumpet interchange is planned near Medikondur, connecting the Vinukonda-Guntur highway, while the final interchange will be a rotary structure near Balusupadu on the Sattenapalli-Amaravati State Highway. Officials said the interchanges would integrate the capital region with major highways and surrounding districts while preserving the ORR's high-speed, access-controlled character.