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 SH 3 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by Kerala Public Works Department | ||||
| Length | 37.5 km (23.3 mi) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| North end |  SH 2, Nedumangad | |||
| South end |  SH 45 at TN border in Vellarada | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | India | |||
| State | Kerala | |||
| Districts | Thiruvananthapuram | |||
| Highway system | ||||
| State Highways in Kerala | ||||
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State Highway 3 (SH 3) is a State Highway in Kerala, India that starts at Nedumangad Toll junction and ends at the Kadukkara near Kerala - Tamilnadu border. The highway is 37.5 km long.[1] This was part of hitherto existed Aralvaimozhi - Nedumangad royal state highway of Travancore. Now a part of it is in Kerala and another in Tamilnadu. The road runs parallel to Western Ghats till the Aralvaimozhi pass.
The stretch of this highway from Anappara near Vellarada till Aryanad is now part of Hill Highway (Kerala). This highway connects tourist destinations such as Koickal Palace Nedumangadu, Neyyar Dam, Neyyar Safari Park, Dravyappara, Thekkan Kurishumala,[2] Elephant Rehabilitation Center Kottur, Chittar Dam and Thripparappu waterfalls.
This road is called as Nedumangad- Shorlacode Road by local people. Shorlacode is a small village near Kulasekaram nearby Perunchani Dam. These days people call it as Surulacode or Churulakode.
- ^ "Kerala PWD - State Highways". Kerala State Public Works Department. Retrieved 26 February 2010.
- ^ Staff Reporter (30 March 2018). "Kurisumala pilgrimage ends". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 24 August 2020.