NH 47

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National Highway 47, commonly referred to as NH 47, is an exteremely busy highway that runs through some parts of Tamil Nadu and the south-west coast of Kerala state in India. The highway touches the cities of Salem, Coimbatore, Palakkad, Trichur, Cochin, Kollam all the way to the southern tip of India around Thiruvananthapuram(Trivandrum). It is easily accessible to most residents of Western Kerala, and runs within a few kilometers of Cochin International Airport, located in Nedumbassery, and another international airport, Trivandrum International Airport in the city of Thiruvananthapuram. The road is the part of National Highway network of India, and it is officially listed as running over 650 Km from Salem to Kanyakumari (both in Tamil Nadu).

[edit] Traffic

NH 47 is subject to high volumes of traffic, often bumper-to-bumper. The highway has many stores and restaurants bordering it including some of the best dosai stands in all of India. Traffic is especially gridlocked as the road runs through Cochin, most notably as it approaches the bottleneck with NH 47A which connects NH 47 to the historic Cochin port.

[edit] Towns connected

Kanyakumari, Padmanabhapuram, Nagercoil, Thakkalay, Kaliyikkavila, Parashala,Neyyattinkara, Thiruvananthapuram city, Kazhakkuttam, Attingal, Chathannur, Kottiyam, Kollam, Karunagappally, Kayamkulam, Haripad, Ambalappuzha, Alappuzha, Cherthala (Bye pass), Aroor, Ernakulam (Bye pass), Aluva, Angamali, Chalakkudy, Thrissur (byepass) Mannuthi, Vadakkumchery, Alathur, Palakkad (bye pass), Coimbatore (bye pass), Bhavani, Perunthurai, Sankari, Salem.

[edit] See Also

• National Highways Development Project