S.A Road

Sahodaran Ayyappan Road,^[1] popularly known as S.A Road is one of the most important and the second main arterial road of CBD Kochi city (after the M.G Road); it is supposed to be the busiest and most congested road in the city of Kochi, which run in east-west direction and the shortest road connecting the two main iconic junctions in the city. The road connects the MG Road in west with Vyttila Junction & Hub in east and continues further as Tripunithura Road that connects to Tripunithura, hence termed as the back bone road of Kochi.

S.A.Road along with M.G.Road are the two main arterial CBD roads connected with the Kochi Metro Rail and moving straight to Vyttila Mobility Hub, where three modes of transport (rail, water and road)converge and diverge, hence making it one of the most expensive and affluent areas in the city and state of Kerala.

Kochi's high-end housing colonies are all branched out from this arterial road such as Panampilly Nagar, Giri Nagar, Gandhi Nagar and Jawahar Nagar.

Greater Cochin Development Authority (GCDA) & Rajiv Gandhi International Indoor Stadium are located along this road at Kadavanthra. It is a four lane city road with median separating the two carriageways. The road is one of the oldest road of the city and covers a distance of 3.2 KM. The road is named after famous social reformer, Sahodaran Ayyappan.^{[citation needed]}