"NH17 Panvel - Pen - Mahad - Poladpur - Khed - Asurde - Chiplun - Savarde - Sangameshwar - Hathkambe(Ratnagiri) - Pali - Lanja - Rajapur - Kharepatan - Kankavali - Kudal - Sawantwadi up to Goa border."
Done this stretch on Feb 1st & 2nd (2012). Found the roads to be in good condition. The stretch as you enter Goa is pure off road for a kilometer or so on account of road widening. But otherwise it is a beautiful stretch.
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Updated the first post! And thank you all for sharing!!!
Some other updates:
NH4 - Uptill Kolhapur is Good to OK. Kolhapur ot Belgaum is excellent. (if you are heading to Bengaluru, then the rare bad batches start at rannebenur. The roads dont have any marking as of Nov 2011
NH17 - The roads are top notch condition from Mumbai till Sawantwadi.
There is a bypass in Kudal which is still work in progress and is a very painfull "short cut" go via Sawantwadi instead.
From Sawantwadi the roads are potholed but can maintain decent speeds.
The diversion from Sawantwadi - Amboli - to Kolhapur (SH 121) is okayish overall, but has construction happening near either ends. The exit towards Kolhapur is a pain
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Just did a small ride- 'pune - mahabaleshwar - poladpur - kashedi ghat(on NH17) & back to pune via same route. All roads were in very good condition.Especially the mahabaleshwar - poladpur patch has improved a lot (new layer of tar has been laid on this entire surface) from what it was some months back.
Just saw this thread...back from ratnagiri yesterday..19th Feb..
mumbai-palm-beach road-jnpt-vadkhal naka-mahad-kashedi ghat-poladpur-khed-dapoli-anjarle and back through the same route more than 600kms...
Road conditions too good as mention by some members before me...the roads are new with no spec of gravel or soil even in the ghats...
went to anjarle,dapoli...roads where there always used to be potholes have been filled too...rode back at night and without any rim-bents or crashes
Kashedi ghat is in its best condition now...
The area much prone to land-slides is also clear as of now..
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Dhule- Jalgaon - Edalabad - Chikhaldara Raod
Hi team,
i just joined the group.
Just wanted to know the status of the road Dhule-jalgaon-Edalabad- Chikhaldara.
i been till dhule lot of times and has superb road now, cause of the 4-lane road.
does anyone know the latest raod status of Dhule-Jalgaon road? last i heard, its 2-lane road still...
Please help since i am planning to go during mid-may..
Rgds,
Sagar
Hi guys, i am awaiting for the responce..
Ya its still two lane....
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Came back from a Roadtrip with wifey about a week ago (Jume 16th 2012) - Pune - Kolhapur - Sawantwadi - Panjim and back.
NH4 - Pune to Satara is just okay. Expect bumps and uneven patches.
Satara - Kolhapur - Nipani - Tawandi ghat - Really good road. Can ride in excess of 100 with a pillion and lot of luggage.
Tavandi - Amboli - Sawantwadi ---> Tawandi to MH-K'taka border there are more potholes (some more than 4 inches deep) than actual tarmac. Once within Maharashtra, the road is good (from a state highway perspective). It is a two lane though.
Amboli - Sawantwadi - The ghat is pretty smooth - no road work going on. (One of the guys in Kolhapur had warned me of the ghat being closed.) Also, the roads are well banked.
NH-17---> Sawantwadi - Panjim - Smooth roads. With some truck traffic.
@Nin - Remind me of Khandala Ghat
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