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The Kodaikanal Ghat Road has been designated by the Tamil Nadu State Highway Department as
The Road is tolled by the Kodaikanal Municipality.
SH-156
The following highways are numbered 156:
Brazil
* BR-156
Canada
* Prince Edward Island Route 156 (Palmer Road)
Costa Rica
* National Route 156
India
* National Highway 156 (India)
Japan
* Japan National Route 156
United States
* U.S. Rout ...
. It begins at on the Grand Southern Trunk Road (NH-45), about west of Batlagundu
Batlagundu is a town in Nilakottai block in Dindigul district in the Madurai Region state of Tamil Nadu, India. The name Vetrilaikkundru (Betel leaf hill) later transformed and changed to Vathalagundu. The town is the major gateway to Kodaikana ...
and ends at Kodaikanal with a length of .List of Roads, 2009, TNDE Highways-Dindigul division
The Road is tolled by the Kodaikanal Municipality.
History
The road was strengthened at a cost of 60 million in 2009. A retention wall was later built due to a landslide. The Road was used as an alternative when the Adukkam-Periakulam and Adukkam-Perumalmalai ghat roads were shut due to excessive damage. In 2010, the road was completely blocked after a majorlandslide
Landslides, also known as landslips, are several forms of mass wasting that may include a wide range of ground movements, such as rockfalls, deep-seated grade (slope), slope failures, mudflows, and debris flows. Landslides occur in a variety of ...
occurred due to heavy rainfall.
Accidents
In 2011, four people were killed when a car plunged into agorge
A canyon (from ; archaic British English spelling: ''cañon''), or gorge, is a deep cleft between escarpments or cliffs resulting from weathering and the erosion, erosive activity of a river over geologic time scales. Rivers have a natural tenden ...
.
References
State highways in Tamil Nadu Toll roads in India {{India-road-stub