National Highway 544 (India)

National Highway 544, commonly referred to as NH 544, (old number NH 47)[1] is a 340-kilometre-long (210 mi) National Highway in South India connecting Salem city in Tamil Nadu to the city of Kochi in Kerala. It is also called the Salem-Kochi Highway. The highway runs through the states of Kerala and Tamil Nadu, connecting various important cities and towns such as Salem, Erode, Coimbatore, Palakkad, Thrissur and Kochi. It is a spur of National Highway 44, which forms the North South Corridor of the National Highway network of India.It passes south of Coimbatore. NH544 is the only highway in kerala which is fully 4lane (partially 6 lane also) including kuthiran Road Tunnel . It was formerly designated National Highway 47.[2]

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National Highway 544
Map of the National Highway in red
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NH 544 near Chithode, Expressway between Coimbatore and Salem
Route information
Length340 km (210 mi)
Major junctions
North end NH 44 in Salem, TN
Major intersections
South end NH 66 in Edappally , KL
Location
CountryIndia
StatesKerala: 146 km (91 mi)
Tamil Nadu: 194 km (121 mi)
Primary
destinations		Salem - Erode - Coimbatore - Palakkad - Thrissur - Kochi
Highway system
← NH 44→ NH 66

Route description

Starts from NH44 near Salem and passes through Coimbatore, Palakkad, Thrissur, and ends at junction with NH66 at Edapally in Kochi.

Major intersections
State District Location km mi Destinations Notes
Tamil Nadu Salem Salem 0 0 NH 44 - Bangalore, Namakkal, Chennai Western end of the highway.
Coimbatore Neelambur 144 89 Coimbatore Coimbatore bypass starting.
Saraswathi Hospitals 151 94 NH 181 / NH 81 - Coimbatore, Karur
Eachanari Pirivu 164 102 NH 748 / NH 83 - Coimbatore, Pollachi
Kerala Palakkad Palakkad 204 127 NH 966 - Kozhikode
Kannadi 209 130 SH 27 - Chittur
Thrissur Mannuthy 262 163 Thrissur
Kodakara 282 175 SH 51 - Kodungallur
Potta 288 179 SH 61 - Irinjalakkuda
Chalakkudy 291 181 SH 21 - Athirappilly Athirapilly waterfalls
Ernakulam Angamaly 305 190 SH 1 - Muvattupuzha, Munnar, Kottayam SH 1 - Angamaly to Thriuvananthapuram
Athani 312 194 Expressway to Cochin International Airport 5 km to airport.
Edapally 328 204 NH 66 - Thiruvananthapuram, Kanyakumari, Kozhikode
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Toll Plazas

Surveillance

In an effort to improve the traffic systems, the Kerala Road Safety Authority (KSRA) has completed the first phase of installation of high-tech automatic traffic enforcement systems on the 98 km Edappally-Mannuthy stretch of NH 544. As part of the Rs 8.5 crore project, 65 automatic traffic enforcement systems will be installed at 23 points on the stretch. The monitoring technology involves a mixture of virtual sensors, motion detectors, inductive sensors, logo sensors and high resolution cameras. Pictures of number plates would be captured using 10 megapixel cameras. The main server that will be linked to all cameras will be set up at the deputy transport commissioner's office. The magnetic sensors installed on roads will trigger the cameras in case of violations and send a message to the main server. Offenders will be traced based on visuals of vehicles and registration plates and they will be issued notice. The project is being implemented by KSRA and the Motor Vehicles Department with the technical support of Keltron as part of the decision to observe 2011-2020 as the 'decade of action for road safety'.[3]

See also

References
  1. "National Highways get new numbers". The Hindu. 6 September 2015. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
  2. "Rationalization of Numbering Systems of National Highways" (PDF). Govt of India. 28 April 2010. Retrieved 21 August 2011.
  3. "Now, jump red signal and get caught on cameras". The Times Of India. 14 March 2012.
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