Ghat Roads
Ghat Roads are access routes into the mountainous Western and Eastern Ghats mountain ranges of the Indian Subcontinent. These roads are remarkable feats of engineering and most date back to British times. Ghat roads were built to connect to the famous Hill Stations of the Indian Subcontinent.
There are many roads in India which can be classed as Ghat Roads.
Tamil Nadu State has the largest number of ghat roads while other states of this region also have some notable ghat roads.
Ghat Roads of Tamil Nadu State :
The Nilgiri Ghat Roads :
They are situated in The Nilgiris District of Tamil Nadu. There are several ghat roads here.
Kodai Ghat Road : Kodaikanal
Also known as the state highway SH-156 (Tamil Nadu) to reach the Kodaikanal hill station, situated in Dindigal District in Tamil Nadu.
Yelagiri Ghat Road :
It is situated in Vellore district and has 14 hairpin bends through 15 km. Ghat road begins at Ponneri village which lies in Vaniyambadi-Tirupattur Road.
Yercaud Ghat Road :
This includes 20 sharp hairpin bends along 25 km ghat road. This hill station is in Salem District.
Kollimalai Ghat Road : Kolli Hills
This road contains 70 hairpin bends and leads to this wonderful hill station which is situated in Namakkal district. The ghat road begins in Belukurichi village at the foot of the Kollimalai hills. Ghat road covers 24 km.
Valparai GHAT ROAD :
The Ghat road begins at the Monkey Falls and has 40 hairpin bends. Valparai is a hill station in Coimbatore district.