Palakkad Road, is an

arterial road An arterial road or arterial thoroughfare is a high-capacity urban road that sits below highway A highway is any public or private road or other public way on land. It includes not just major roads, but also other public roads and rights o ...

Coimbatore Coimbatore (Tamil: kōyamputtūr, ), also known as Kovai (), is one of the major Metropolitan cities of India, metropolitan cities in the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located on the banks of the Noyy ...

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. This road connects the city to

Palakkad Palakkad (), Renaming of cities in India, also known as Palghat, historically known as Palakkattussery, is a city and a municipality in the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Kerala. It is the administrative headquarters of P ...

and the state of

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and the south-west suburbs in the

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Description

Palakkad Road is the main gateway into the city by road from

Thrissur Thrissur (, ), Renaming of cities in India, formerly Trichur, also known by its historical name Thrissivaperur, is a city and the headquarters of the Thrissur district in Kerala, India. It is the List of most populous urban agglomerations in Ke ...

Ernakulam Ernakulam () is the central business district of the city of Kochi, Kerala, India. It is the namesake of Ernakulam district. The eastern part of Kochi city is mainly known as Ernakulam, while the western part of it after the Venduruthy Bridge ...

and

Walayar Walayar is a border town, located in the eastern corner of Palakkad district in Kerala, India. Geography Walayar lies on the border between Kerala and Tamil Nadu on National Highway 544 (NH544) (NH 47 old). Most of the goods imported into Ker ...

. This road is a part of National highways 544 (Salem - Kochin Highway) is now maintained by the

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. This road is a 7-km stretch of road running diagonally across the city in east–west orientation. Pollachi road starts near to Aathupalam in Karumbukkadai, and it passes through the important neighbourhoods of Kuniyamuthur, Marapalam and

Madukkarai Madukkarai is a suburb of Coimbatore, Coimbatore city in the Indian States and territories of India, state of Tamil Nadu. It is the gateway to Coimbatore, Coimbatore city from Kerala State and is located around 12 km from the Kerala borde ...

Alignment

The road is a two lane road in most stretches.

Traffic congestion

The road was previously part of the NH-47 maintained by the

. The L&T Bypass was opened in 2000 from Neelambur to Madukkarai, thereby decongesting the Palakkad road. The Western bypass is proposed as well to decongest the road.

Places transversed

*Aathupalam Junction *Kuniyamuthur junction *Edayarpalayam Pirivu junction *Madukkarai junction *L&T Bypass Signal junction

Major Educational Institutions

*Nehru Group of Institutions

Major Hospitals

*KJ Hospitals

References

{{reflist Roads in Coimbatore