[2] An 18.3-kilometre (11.4 mi) long, 20-metre (66 ft) wide elevated road project connecting the port with Maduravoyal is under construction at a cost of ₹1,655 crore.
The project was sanctioned in June 2007 when the Tamil Nadu Government gave 'in principle' approval to the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) for the elevated expressway.
10 of the Chennai Port near the War Memorial and ends before Maduravoyal Interchange.
From there for a distance of three km up to Maduravoyal the elevated expressway would come up on Poonamallee High Road.
[5][6] This corridor is implemented under Phase-VII[7] of National Highways Development Project by NHAI.