Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Ghat Roads

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.Tamil Nadu State has the largest number of ghat roads in India.
Ghat Roads of Tamil Nadu State :

1 Valparai GHAT ROAD
The Ghat road begins at the Monkey Falls and has 40 hairpin bends. Valparai is a hill station in Coimbatore district.



2 Yercaud Ghat Road 
This includes 20 sharp hairpin bends along 25 km ghat road. This hill station is in Salem District.


3 Kollimalai Ghat Road 
This road contains 70 hairpin bends and leads to 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.



4 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.




5 Kodai Ghat Road 
start in Batlagundu and ends at Kodaikanal with a length of 56.8 kilometres.

Also known as the state highway SH-156 (Tamil Nadu) to reach the Kodaikanal hill station, situated in Dindigal District in Tamil Nadu.



6 The Nilgiri Ghat Roads :
They are situated in The Nilgiris District of Tamil Nadu. There are several ghat roads in Nilgiri.




a)Kotagiri Ghat (State Highway 15)
Route: Erode-Gobichettipalayam-Sathyamangalam-Mettupalayam-Aravenu-Kotagiri-Ooty

b)Coonoor Ghat (National Highway 67)
Route: Coimbatore-Mettupalayam-Kallar-Burliar-Coonoor-Ooty-Pykara

c)Gudalur Ghat (National Highway 212 and 67)
Route: Gundlupet-Bandipur-Mudumalai-Gudalur-Ooty

d)Sigur Ghat (State Highway 67)
Route: Mudumalai-Kalhatti-Ooty

e)Manjur Ghat
Route: Karamadai(Coimbatore)-Athikadavu-Mulli-Geddai-Manjoor-Kundha Dam-Yedakadu-Mount Lawrence (Avalanji Road)-Emerald Cross Road-Muthurai Palada-Fern Hill-Ooty

43 Hairpin bends, Mulli to Manjoor.





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