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{{Infobox road<br />
| country = IND<br />
| type = SH<br />
| state = Kerala <br />
| route = 11<br />
| alternate_name = Alappuzha - Changanassery (AC) Road<br />
| map = {{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=300|frame-height=240|type=line|from=State Highway 11 (Kerala).map}}<br />
| map_custom = yes<br />
| map_notes = AC Road & AC Canal<br />
| image= AC Road SH-11.JPG<br />
| spur_type = <br />
| spur_of = <br />
| maint = [[Kerala Public Works Department]]<br />
| length_km = 24.2<br />
| length_notes = <!--[[Corridor_Name1]]: {{convert|00|km|mi|abbr=on}} (Place1 – Place2)<br />[[Corridor_Name2]]: 00 km (Place1 – Place2) --><br />
| established = <br />
| allocation = <br />
| direction_a = West<br />
| terminus_a = {{jct|state=Kerala|NH|66|country=IND}} in [[Alappuzha]] <!-- Road begins here. Include Route No. if road starts from another Major route--><br />
| junction = <!--Use {{plainlist|}}. Only include Primary highways (single & double digit numbered routes) and Inter-state highways. Maximum 10 entries--><br />
| direction_b = East<br />
| terminus_b = {{jct|state=Kerala|SH|1|country=IND}} in [[Changanassery ]] <!-- Road ends here. Include Route No. if road ends on another major route--><br />
| districts = [[Alappuzha]], [[Kottayam]]<br />
| previous_type = SH<br />
| previous_route = 10 <!-- previous route in road numbering system (SH 4 - SH 5 - SH 6) --><br />
| next_type = SH<br />
| next_route = 12 <!-- next route in highway numbering system ((SH 4 - SH 5 - SH 6) --><br />
}}<br />
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'''State Highway 11''' (SH 11) is a State Highway in [[Kerala]], [[India]] that starts in [[Kalarcode]], [[Alappuzha]] and ends in [[Perunna]], [[Changanassery]].The road is popularly known as AC road (Alappuzha Changanassery) road. The highway is 24.2&nbsp;km long.<ref name="keralapwd">{{cite web|url=http://www.keralapwd.gov.in/getPage.php?page=maps&pageId=248|title=Kerala PWD - State Highways|publisher=Kerala State Public Works Department|accessdate=26 February 2010}}</ref>The road is closed for renovation from August 2021 for Two years <br />
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== Route description ==<br />
(starts from NH-47(NH-66 now), at Kalarcode) [[Alappuzha]] - [[Kainakary]] - [[Nedumudi]] - [[Ramankary]] -Kidangara - [[Changanassery]] (joins MC Road at [[Perunna]]). The road runs parallel to AC Canal. The A-C canal, which runs along 99% of the length of the road on its southern side is meant to empty the flood waters of upper Kuttanad into the Nedumudy river and the Pallathuruthy river near Alappuzha, which reach the Vembanad lake but did not come into effect so far, resulting in the submerging of the road even when the symptoms of a flood is seen in monsoon.<br />
The road crosses no. of canals and 3 rivers, namely Pallathuruthi, Nedumudi, and Kidangara, tributaries of Manimala and Pamba rivers. The 3 main bridges on the rivers were not constructed when it was opened. All the 3 bridges crossing the rivers were constructed later only ie., in the 1980s.<br />
[[File:Alappuzha_Changanaserry_road(AC_road).jpg|thumb|right|AC road near [[Nedumudi]]]]<br />
AC Road is the first road which is passing through [[Kuttanad]] Paddy fields. The road passes through scenic paddy fields, coconut groves in [[Kuttanad]] and backwaters in [[Alappuzha]].<br />
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== History ==<br />
The Alappuzha-Changanassery Road was the concept of Sri. K. M. Korah, minister in the C. Kesavan ministry of the erstwhile Travancore Cochin State. Unlike other state highways, this road is unique, because 99% of the road is new road and not a conversion of existing pathways or village roads. It was completed and opened for traffic in 1958 by Sri. E.M.S Namboothiripad, the first Chief Minister of Kerala State. The road has been constructed parallel to the AC (Alappuzha -Changanassery) canal which is man made. Since the road was made through the paddy fields of Kuttanadu area, where paddy cultivation is done below sea level, the whole road is a reclaimed land made on the soil collected from the paddy fields received when the canal was made in the paddy field. <br />
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==Survelliance==<br />
The Motor Vehicles Department, in partnership with the Kerala Road Safety Authority (KRSA) and the police has installed automatic traffic enforcement camera systems in between various points of [[Changanassery]] - [[Alappuzha]] section of AC road for detecting speed violations of vehicles.<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/camera-traps-net-speedsters/article5742166.ece Speed Camera Survelliance in Kerala Roads]</ref><br />
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==Flooding in AC road==<br />
The AC road is prone to flooding during monsoon seasons in [[Kerala]]. As the road mostly passes through low-lying areas of [[Kuttanad]], the road traffic is affected during heavy rains as parts of the road will be submerged in flood waters from [[Kuttanad]].<br />
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== See also ==<br />
*[[MC Road]]<br />
*[[Roads in Kerala]]<br />
*[[List of State Highways in Kerala]]<br />
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==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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{{Kerala State Highways Network}}<br />
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[[Category:State Highways in Kerala]]<br />
[[Category:Roads in Alappuzha district]]<br />
[[Category:Roads in Kottayam district]]<br />
[[Category:Changanassery]]</div>->ShanKitch