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In Tamil Nadu, there is a separate Highways Department (HD) [1] which was established in April 1946 and renamed as Highways & Minor Ports Department (HMPD) on 30 October 2008. [2] HMPD of Tamil Nadu is primarily responsible for construction and maintenance of roads including national highways, state highways and major district roads in Tamil Nadu.
In Tamil Nadu, the Highways & Minor Ports Department (HMPD) is primarily responsible for construction and maintenance of roads including national highways, state highways and major district roads. HMPD was established as Highways Department (HD) in April 1946 and subsequently renamed on 30 October 2008. [ 1 ]
The Tamil Nadu State Highways Network has eight circles: Chennai, Villupuram, Madurai, Salem, Tiruchirappalli, Coimbatore, Tiruppur and Tirunelveli. [ 1 ] The state has a total of 286 state highways, 161 state highways urban (SH-U) stretches and 905 major district roads (MDRs), apart from other district roads (ODRs).
The ‘’National Highways Wing’’ of the highways department of Tamil Nadu was established in 1971 to look after the works of improving, maintaining and renewing of National Highways laid down by National Highways Authority of India (NHAI). [5] There are 48 national highways of length 6,805 kilometres (4,228 mi) in the state. [6]
The department operates through eleven wings with 120 divisions and maintains 73,187 kilometres (45,476 mi) of highways in the state. [4] [5] There are state highways of length 6,805 kilometres (4,228 mi) which connect district headquarters, important towns and national highways in the state. [6] [5]
State Highway 9 (Tamil Nadu) State Highway 10 (Tamil Nadu) State Highway 15 (Tamil Nadu) State Highway 19 (Tamil Nadu) State Highway 20 (Tamil Nadu)
Districts of Madras in 1956 with 2009 boundaries in gray. During the British Raj, the Madras Presidency was made up of 26 districts, 12 of which were part of the boundaries of the present-day Tamil Nadu, namely, Chingleput, Coimbatore, Nilgiris, North Arcot, Madras, Madura, Ramnad, Salem, South Arcot, Tanjore, Tinnevely, and Trichinopoly.
State Highways in Tamil Nadu: Map. State Highway 164 runs in Coimbatore District of Tamil Nadu, India.