National Highway 32 (NH 32) is a
National Highway in
India
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. It starts from Chennai and terminates at Thoothukudi.
It is also known as
East Coast Road
East Coast Road (ECR), combination of SH-49, NH-332A, NH-32, officially known as Mutthamizh Arignar Kalaignar Road, is a two-lane highway (now being partially upgraded to four-lane way from Chennai to Mamallapuram) in Tamil Nadu, India, built ...
.
The highway is extended up to Thoothukudi as per the notification on 5 December 2017.
Route
The highway starting from its junction with
NH-48
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near
Chennai
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connecting
Chengalpattu
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Tindivanam
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,
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,
Cuddalore
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Chidambaram
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Karaikal
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Nagapattinam
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Velankanni
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Thiruthuraipoondi
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Muthupet
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tai,
Adirampattinam
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Manamelkudi,
Thondi
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Devipattinam
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Ramanathapuram
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bypass,
Thiruppullani
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Keelakarai
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Ervadi
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Valinokkam
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Sayalgudi
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Demographics
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Vembar
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Vembar is located near ...
,
Vaippar
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, Kulathur, Veppalodai,
Pattina
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Maruthur
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and terminating at its junction with
NH-44 near
Thoothukudi
Thoothukudi (formerly Tuticorin) is a port city, a municipal corporation and an industrial city in Thoothukudi district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The city lies in the Coromandel Coast of Bay of Bengal. Thoothukudi is the capital and he ...
.
Junctions
: Terminal near Chennai.
: near Chengalpattu
: near Tindivanam
: near Tindivanam
: near Puducherry
: near Puducherry
: near Cuddalore
: near Chidambaram
: near Sirkazhi
: near Nagapattinam
: near Thiruthuraipoondi
: near Tondi
: near Devipattinam
: near Ramanathapuram
: Terminal near Thoothukudi
See also
*
List of National Highways in India
On 28 April 2010, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways officially published a new numbering system for the National Highway network in the Gazette of the Government of India. It is a systematic numbering scheme based on the orientatio ...
*
References
External links
NH 32 on OpenStreetMap
National highways in India
National Highways in Tamil Nadu
Transport in Chennai
Transport in Thoothukudi
National Highways in Puducherry
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