Main Eastern Highway

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State Highway 8
Map
SH 8 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by Kerala Public Works Department
Length153.6 km (95.4 mi)
Major junctions
South end NH 744 in Punalur
Major intersections
North end SH 1 in Muvattupuzha
Location
CountryIndia
StateKerala
DistrictsKollam, Pathanamthitta, Kottayam, Idukki, Ernakulam
Highway system
State Highways in Kerala
SH 7 SH 9
Ghat section of The Main Eastern Highway
Pathanamthitta town is on The Main Eastern Highway
A sign-board that indicates the direction to Sabarimala. The multilingual board is written in Hindi, Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu language and English language
Large rubber plantations are generally seen along the Main Eastern Highway
A journey through The Main Eastern Highway is a refreshing experience

The Main Eastern Highway is the lifeline of the high range townships of the midlands and highlands of eastern kerala Kerala state, India. It is also known as Punalur-Muvattupuzha Highway. Main Eastern Highway is categorized as State Highway - 08 ( SH-08 ) of Kerala. It is the second longest State Highway of Kerala covering a distance of 153.6 km. The districts it passes through are Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Kottayam, Idukki and Ernakulam.

It interconnects the major towns of Punalur, Pathanapuram, Konni, Pathanamthitta, Ranni, Manimala, Ponkunnam, Pala, Thodupuzha to the main intersection at Muvattupuzha merging to MC Road which extends northwards till Angamaly at NH 66.