Current road conditions of NH 3

Hi everyone,I hav just joined in and require some information on the mumbai - nashik - shirdi route. I will be travelling on the 17 of this month and require some information on the road conditions as I will be travelling with my family. Also had taken the goti route around a year back, since then have heard that road is now not in driveable condition. Please advise me as to which route should I take?

Newbie Puneet 

Hi Puneet,

When are you travelling? I also plan to travel to Shirdi shortly. Keep this thread updated with your trip details.

I will be travelling on 17/07/10. However, there's been a change in plan and we will be taking the nashik route as more members have been added and my uncle asked to take the longer route as the Goti bypass is not in good condition and it is useless to pay toll for not so good roads. Will keep you updated with the route if u are travelling after the 17th.

Puneet

I have used bold just for enhancing the wordings and not to make any reader feel that i am angry or shouting on them....... Sorry!!!!!!!!!

Punit

Sorry for the delayed reply.

Just as per your plan go via Nasik. Ghoti road was in pretty bad shape when I went in the month of April. Now with the monsoon it must have gone worst. 90% of NH3 upto Gonde (some 20kms from Nasik) is now 4 Lane. A dream road I would say.

well my friend i visited shirdi in 2001...i dont dont know the exact route but the driver has taken us from a very strange route which has no traffic on it......but it was so scary cuz no single car or person was on that route.....u can go on that routre on day time....u can find this out by asking any driver which takes taxi to shirdi..jai sai ram.....

Nitin if you have started from Mumbai and the road you travlled was lonely then I think it must be Kalyan - Murbad - Malshej - Alephata. I know road upto Alephata, Its fantastic, but don't know after that. Malshej will be at its best in this rainy season but I think its longer and its a 2 lane road. The road is lonely and better to avoid at night. Best way is to stick to NH3 upto Nasik.

Stick to NH3 till Nasik.

I travelled last in 2006 and the road after Malshej Ghat was horrible. With very less vehicular traffic, I don't suppose that road will have been repaired.

I am driving to shirdi from mumbai very soon. please suggest abt the road condition.