State Highway 3 (Kerala)

State Highway 3 (SH 3) is a State Highway in Kerala, India that starts at Nedumangad Toll junction and ends at the Kadukkara near Kerala - Tamilnadu Boarder. The highway is 37.5 km long.[1] This was part of hitherto existed Aralvaimozhi - Nedumangad royal state highway of Travancore. Now a part of it is in Kerala and another in Tamilnadu. The road runs almost parallel to Western Ghats till the Aralvaimozhi pass.

State Highway 3
Route information
Maintained by Kerala Public Works Department
Length37.5 km (23.3 mi)
Major junctions
FromNedumangad Toll junction
ToKadukkara ( State boundary )
Highway system

The stretch of this highway from Anappara near Vellarada till Nedumangad is now part of Hill Highway (Kerala). This highway connects tourist destinations such as Koickal Palace Nedumangadu, Neyyar Dam, Neyyar Safari Park, Dravyappara, Thekkan Kurishumala,[2] Elephant Rehabilitation Center Kottur and Chittar Dam.

This road is called as Nedumangad- Shorlacode Road by local people. Shorlacode is a small village near Kulasekaram nearby Perunchani Dam. These days people call it as Surulacode or Churulakode.

The Route Map

Nedumangad Toll Junction - Aryanadu Kuttichal Junction - Kallikadu Junction- Kudappanamoodu Junction - Kathipara Junction - Kadukkara - State boundary.

This road continues as State Highway 45 of Tamilnadu for another 48 kms from Netta border (Kadukkara) of Tamilnadu via Thirparappu - Kulasekaram - Boothapandi to Aralvaimozhi.

See also

References
  1. "Kerala PWD - State Highways". Kerala State Public Works Department. Retrieved 26 February 2010.
  2. Staff Reporter (30 March 2018). "Kurisumala pilgrimage ends". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 24 August 2020.


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