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{{Infobox road
|country=IND
|type = NH
|route = 49
|length_km = 440
| map = {{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-width=290|frame-height=300|frame-align=center|type=line|stroke-width=3
| id = Q3520745|title=Old National Highway 49 }}
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| map_notes = Map of Old '''NH49''' in red
|direction_a =
|terminus_a = [[Kochi]], [[Ernakulam district]], [[Kerala]]
|junction =
|direction_b =
|terminus_b = Mukundarayar Chathiram, [[Dhanushkodi]], [[Ramanathapuram district]], [[Tamil Nadu]]
|destinations= Kochi - [[Adimali]] - [[Munnar]] - [[Theni]] - [[Madurai]] - [[Paramakudi]] -[[Ramanathapuram]]- [[Rameswaram]] - Dhanushkodi
|states = [[Tamil Nadu]]: {{convert|290|km|mi|abbr=on}}<br>Kerala: {{convert|150|km|mi|abbr=on}}
|previous_type =NH
|previous_route=48
|next_type =NH
|next_route=50
|ahn={{Jct|country=IND|AH|43}}
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'''National Highway 49''' (or '''NH 49''') was a [[National Highway (India)|National Highway]] in southern [[India]] under former numbering system.. It traversed coast-to-coast linking [[Kochi]] in [[Kerala]] with [[Dhanushkodi]] in [[Tamil Nadu]]. It crosses the famous [[Pamban Bridge]] (Annai Indira Gandhi Bridge) before crossing into Rameswaram island. The total length runs up to {{convert|440|km|mi|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{cite web | url =http://www.nhai.org/nh.asp | title =National Highways and their lengths | access-date =2009-02-12 | publisher =National Highways Authority of India | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20100210021118/http://www.nhai.org/nh.asp | archive-date =10 February 2010 | url-status =dead }}</ref> The 5 km road between Mukundarayar Chathiram and Dhanuskodi was destroyed during the 1963 cyclone and was rebuilt.

Government of India has recently announced that the destroyed stretch will be rebuilt at a cost of INR 250 million. The road between Madurai and Ramanathapuram is soon to be converted from the present single road to a four-lane highway. [[Ministry of Road Transport and Highways|Union minister for road transport and shipping]] [[Nitin Gadkari]] participated in the foundation stone-laying ceremony for the Rs 1,387-crore project in Madurai on 17 July 2015.
An initial outlay of Rs 900 crore was made and now the project has been sanctioned Rs 1,387 crore. The 75 km stretch from [[Madurai]] to [[Paramakudi]] will be converted into a four-lane road, while the remaining 39 km stretch from [[Paramakudi]] to [[Ramanathapuram]] widened to form a two-lane road with paved shoulders. Falling under the [[National Highway 49|NH-49]], this project is one of the largest to be implemented in Tamil Nadu by the [[National Highways Authority of India|NHAI]] in the recent times.

== Route ==
NH 55 starts from the junction of [[National Highway 47 (India)|NH 47]] at [[Kundannoor]] in [[Kochi]] and terminates at Muguntharayar Chattram between [[Rameswaram]] and [[Dhanushkodi]].

'''Kerala''': [[Kochi Metropolitan Area]]([[Kundannoor]], [[Thripunithura]], [[Thiruvankulam]], [[Puthencruz]]), [[Kolenchery]], [[Muvattupuzha]], [[Kothamangalam]], [[Neriamangalam]], [[Adimali]], [[Pallivasal]], [[Munnar]], [[Devikulam]] and [[Poopara]].

'''Tamil Nadu''':[[Bodimettu]], [[Bodinayakkanur]], [[Theni]], [[Andipatti]], [[Usilampatti]], [[Madurai]], [[Sivaganga|Tiruppuvanam]], [[Manamadurai]], [[Parthibanur]], [[Paramakudi]] , [[Ramanathapuram]], [[Mandapam]], [[Pamban]], [[Rameswaram]], [[Mukundarayar Chathiram]] And [[Dhanushkodi]].

== See also ==
* [[List of National Highways in India (by Highway Number)]]
* [[National Highways Development Project]]

== References ==
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==External links==
*[http://openstreetmap.org/browse/relation/357394 Old NH 49 on OpenStreetMap]
*[http://www.mapsofindia.com/driving-directions-maps/nh49-driving-directions-map.html] NH 85 on MapsofIndia.com

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[[Category:National Highways in Tamil Nadu|49]]
[[Category:National Highways in Kerala|49]]
[[Category:National highways in India (old numbering)]]
[[Category:Roads in Ernakulam district]]
[[Category:Roads in Idukki district]]

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National Highway 49 (India, old numbering) - Revision history

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