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Sunday, September 6, 2015

National Highways Get New Numbers

National Highways 47, which is passing through Coimbatore district, is now NH 544.— Photo:S. Siva Saravanan 
               National Highways 47, which is passing through Coimbatore district, is now NH 544

The new numbers of the NH roads passing through Coimbatore district are: NH 47 is now NH 544, NH 67 is NH 181 and NH 209 is NH 83.

In Dharmapuri and Krishnagiri districts, the Srinagar - Kanyakumari road is NH 44 (passes through Krishnagiri-Dharmapuri), Krishnagiri-Dindivanam -Tiruvannamalai road is NH 75, Chennai-Krishnagiri road is NH 48 and Kuppam - Krishangiri road is NH 42.

In Salem District, the Thoppur – Mallur - Namakkal (Bengaluru – Madurai) road which is NH 7 now has been re-numbered as NH 44 and Asian Highway 43 and the Salem - Ulundurpet Road which was earlier NH 68 has been re-numbered as 79

The notification related to change in numbers of NH roads came in 2011 and the NHAI is in the process of the putting up the new numbers on all the stretches

Apart from the change in numbers, some stretches have been fragmented and new routes added in some others.


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