Main Central Road

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State Highway 1
Map
SH 1 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by Kerala Public Works Department
Length240.6 km (149.5 mi)
Existed1790s–present
Component
highways
National Highway 183 near Chengannur to Kottayam
Major junctions
South endKesavadasapuram, Thiruvananthapuram
Major intersections
North end NH 544 in Angamaly
Location
CountryIndia
StateKerala
DistrictsThiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Alappuzha, Kottayam, Ernakulam
Highway system
State Highways in Kerala
  SH 2

The Main Central Road popularly known as MC Road is the arterial State Highway starting from Kesavadasapuram in Trivandrum city and ends at Angamaly, a suburb of Kochi city in Ernakulam District, in the state of Kerala, India. It is designated as State Highway 1 by the Kerala Public Works Department. The highway was built by Raja Kesavadas, Dewan of Travancore, in the 1790s. Plan for a new highway called Thiruvananthapuram–Angamaly Greenfield Highway, which runs parallel to the MC Road is proposed and is under early stage of development.