SETC Bus negotiating the famous S bend near Senkottai
A hairpin turn (also hairpin bend, hairpin corner, etc.), named for its resemblance to a hairpin/bobby pin, is a bend in a road with a very acute inner angle, making it necessary for an oncoming vehicle to turn almost 180° to continue on the road. Hairpin turns are commonly seen in mountainous areas, and often appear continuously.
Video by : Sree, TNSTC Blog
Hairpin turns are often built when a route climbs up or down a steep slope, so that it can travel mostly across the slope with only moderate steepness, and are often arrayed in a zigzag pattern. Highways with repeating hairpin turns allow easier, safer ascents and descents of mountainous terrain than a direct, steep climb and descent, at the price of greater distances of travel and usually lower speed limits, due to the sharpness of the turn. Highways of this style are also generally less costly to build and maintain than highways with tunnels.
Turn to ‘Aanavandi’ App to Get KSRTC info
www.aanavandi.com & the mobile applications available on Android & Windows store provide latest & updated time schedule of KSRTC buses. Aanavandi is the service providing by Team KSRTC Blog, An active online forum for KSRTC fans across the globe since 2008. We have launched the website www.aanavandi.com and the mobile apps of the same name, aimed at popularising the services of the Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC).
The blog and app, developed a by an online collective KSRTC Blog, offer real time information on the 50,000-odd schedules the public transport company runs a day.