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{{Infobox road
|country=IND
|image= Laws ghat road.jpg
|image_notes=Laws ghat road in the early 1900s
|type = SH
|route = 156
|state = Tamil Nadu
|maint = [[Highways of Tamil Nadu|Highways and Minor Ports Department]]
|length_km = 56
|direction_a =
|terminus_a = [[Batlagundu]]
|junction =
|direction_b =
|terminus_b = [[Kodaikanal]]
|destinations=
|districts=[[Dindigul district]]
}}

The '''[[History of Kodaikanal#Ghat road|Kodaikanal Ghat Road]]''' has been designated by the Tamil Nadu State Highway Department as [[SH-156 (Tamil Nadu, India)|SH-156]]. It begins at {{coord|10|9|10|N|77|41|30|E|}} on the [[Grand Southern Trunk Road]] (NH-45), about {{convert|8|km|mi}} west of [[Batlagundu]] and ends at [[Kodaikanal]] with a length of {{convert|56.8|km|mi}}.<ref name="about">[http://www.tndehighwaysdgl.in/roads.html List of Roads, 2009, TNDE Highways-Dindigul division] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721181605/http://www.tndehighwaysdgl.in/roads.html |date=21 July 2011 }}</ref>

[[File:Kodai-Ghat-Toll-House.JPG|thumb|left|200px|Toll House on the Kodai Ghat Road.]]
The Road is tolled by the [[Kodaikanal Municipality]].<ref name="toll">{{cite news |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/article548945.ece |date=30 August 2010 |title=Second season slowly picking up in Kodaikanal |accessdate=19 June 2012}}</ref>

== History ==
The road was strengthened at a cost of {{INR}} 60 million in 2009.<ref name="sixcrore">{{cite news|title=Rs. 6 cr. for strengthening Kodaikanal-Batlagundu Ghat Road |url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/06/21/stories/2009062153780600.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090625113957/http://www.hindu.com/2009/06/21/stories/2009062153780600.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 June 2009|date=21 June 2009|work=[[The Hindu]] |accessdate=15 July 2012}}</ref> A [[retention wall]] was later built due to a landslide.<ref name="reopen">{{cite news|title=Kodaikanal ghat road to be thrown open today |url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/10/28/stories/2009102857110300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091107154934/http://www.hindu.com/2009/10/28/stories/2009102857110300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 November 2009|date=28 October 2009|location=Dindigul|work=[[The Hindu]] |accessdate=15 July 2012}}</ref>

The Road was used as an alternative when the Adukkam-Periakulam and Adukkam-Perumalmalai ghat roads were shut due to excessive damage.<ref name="altroute">{{cite news|title=Extensive damage to ghat roads |url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/11/19/stories/2009111956020100.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091125004744/http://www.hindu.com/2009/11/19/stories/2009111956020100.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 November 2009|date=19 November 2009|location=Dindigul|work=[[The Hindu]] |accessdate=15 July 2012}}</ref>

In 2010, the road was completely blocked after a major [[landslide]] occurred due to heavy rainfall.<ref name="cutoff">{{cite news|title=Kodaikanal cut off from plains |url=http://www.hindu.com/2010/11/24/stories/2010112456850100.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101127054249/http://www.hindu.com/2010/11/24/stories/2010112456850100.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 November 2010|date=24 November 2010|location=Kodaikanal|work=[[The Hindu]] |accessdate=15 July 2012}}</ref>

== Accidents ==
In 2011, four people were killed when a car plunged into a [[gorge]].<ref name="fallin">{{cite news|title=Four killed and one child injured as car falls into gorge |url=http://www.hindu.com/2011/04/24/stories/2011042456100900.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110427055732/http://www.hindu.com/2011/04/24/stories/2011042456100900.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 April 2011|date=24 April 2011|location=Kodaikanal|work=[[The Hindu]] |accessdate=15 July 2012}}</ref>

== References ==
{{reflist}}
{{Tamil Nadu Highway Network}}

[[Category:State highways in Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:Toll roads in India]]

{{India-road-stub}}

State Highway 156 (Tamil Nadu) - Revision history

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