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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|National highway in India}}<br />
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2017}}<br />
{{Use Indian English|date=March 2017}}<br />
{{infobox road<br />
| country = IND<br />
| type = NH<br />
| route = 81<br />
| ahn = <br />
| length_km = 321.4<br />
| map = {{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-width=290|frame-height=200|frame-align=center|type=line<br />
| id=Q25352382| stroke-width=3|title=National Highway 81}}<br />
| map_custom = yes<br />
| map_notes = Map of the National Highway in red<br />
| direction_a = West<br />
| terminus_a = [[Coimbatore]]<br />
| junction = <br />
| destinations = [[Kangeyam]], [[Karur]], [[Kulithalai]], [[Tiruchirappalli]], [[Jayankondam]], [[Kattumannar koil]]<br />
| direction_b = East<br />
| terminus_b = [[Chidambaram]]<br />
| states = [[Tamil Nadu]]: {{convert|321.4|km|mi|abbr=on}}<br />
| previous_type = NH<br />
| next_type = NH<br />
| previous_route = 544 <!-- Route start junction --><br />
| next_route = 32 <!-- Route end junction --><br />
}}<br />
'''National Highway 81''', commonly referred to as '''NH 81''', is a highway connecting the city of [[Coimbatore]] to [[Chidambaram]] in [[South India]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/2011/E_574_2012_016.pdf|title=New Numbering of National Highways notification - Government of India|website=[[The Gazette of India]]|access-date=17 April 2019}}</ref> This highway was previously part of old national highways 67 and 227 but subsequent to rationalisation of national highway numbers of India by Gazette notification on 5 March 2010 it was changed to National Highway 81.<ref name="New Numbers">{{cite web |title=Rationalization of Numbering Systems of National Highways |publisher=Govt of India |url=http://www.morth.nic.in/writereaddata/sublinkimages/finaldoc6143316640.pdf |date=28 April 2010 |access-date=21 Aug 2011}}</ref> This national highway is {{convert|321.4|km|mi|abbr=on}} long and runs entirely in the Indian state of [[Tamil Nadu]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://morth.nic.in/showfile.asp?lid=2924|title=State-wise length of National Highways (NH) in India|website=[[Ministry of Road Transport and Highways]]|access-date=17 April 2019}}</ref><br />
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==Route==<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 85%"<br />
|+<br />
! Highway Number !! Source !! Destination !! Via !! Length (km)<br />
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| 81 || [[Coimbatore]] || [[Chidambaram]] || [[Palladam]], [[Kangeyam]], [[Vellakoil]], [[Karur]], [[Kulithalai]], [[Tiruchirappalli]], [[Lalgudi]], [[Pullampadi]], [[Kallakudi]], [[Keezhapalur]], [[Jayankondam]], [[Gangaikonda Cholapuram]], [[Kattumannarkoil]] || 321.4 <br />
|}<br />
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== Junctions ==<br />
{{RJL|date=November 2021}}<br />
: {{jct|NH|544|country=IND}} Terminal near Coimbatore.<ref name=":0" /><br />
: {{jct|NH|381|country=IND}} near Avinashipalayam (Kangeyam)<br />
: {{jct|NH|381A|country=IND}} near Vellakoil (Kangeyam)<br />
: {{jct|NH|44|country=IND}} near Karur<br />
: {{jct|NH|38|country=IND}} near Tiruchirappalli<br />
: {{jct|NH|136|country=IND}} near Paluvur(Keezhapalur)<br />
: {{jct|NH|36|country=IND}} near Gangaikonda Cholapuram<br />
: {{jct|NH|32|country=IND}} Terminal near Chidambaram.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[List of national highways in India]]<br />
* [[List of national highways in India by state]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/3256061 NH 81 on OpenStreetMap]<br />
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{{Indian Highways Network}}<br />
{{IND NH81 sr}}<br />
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[[Category:National highways in Tamil Nadu|81]]<br />
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