National Highway 79 (NH 79) is a National Highway in India entirely within the state of Tamil Nadu.[1] It runs between Ulundurpettai and Salem in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu for a total of 134 km (83 mi).[2] It connects with NH 44 and NH 544 at Salem. NH 79 connects NH 68 and SH 69 at Ulundurpettai and SH 6 at kallakurichi. It was upgraded to a dual carriageway road in two phases on a Build-operate-transfer basis by Reliance Infrastructure and Maytas.[3]
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 Map of the National Highway in red | ||||
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Part of  AH20 | ||||
| Length | 134.2 km (83.4 mi) | |||
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| West end | Salem, Tamil Nadu | |||
| East end | Ulundurpettai, Villupuram district, Tamil Nadu | |||
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| Country | India | |||
| States | Tamil Nadu | |||
| Primary destinations | Ulundrupet - Kallakurichi - Chinnasalem - Attur - Pethanaickenpalayam - Vazhapadi - Salem | |||
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Traffic
NH 79 is an important connecting road for vehicles travelling from the two major cities of Coimbatore and Kochi. NH 79 directly connects Salem with Chennai, and indirectly Coimbatore, Erode, Tirupur and the cities around these areas.
Route
Ulundurpettai - Elavanasur kottai - Thiyagadurgam - Kallakurichi - Chinnasalem, Thalaivasal - Kattukottai - Attur - Pethanaickenpalayam - Vazhapadi - Salem.[4]
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NH79Frequent accidents fatal and major accidents are ver often between the kattukottai bridge and Adayar Ananada bhavan.In this week alone 7 accidents occurred.Recently in July 2022 the roads were overlaid.As a result,the level of thar road got higher and mud road lower.As a result, two wheelers when sidelined by over speeding four wheelers,lost their balance and fell down with fractures. Myself is a victim in March 2019.It has been more than a month the imbalance between the thar road and mud road remains unrectified. A slope has to be made immediately to avoid more accidents like that.Please attend this immediately.Elango kAdvocate9444178379