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Punalur - Alimukku - Piravanthoor - Pathanapuram - Kallumkadavu
Junction (joins SH 05) - Kalanjoor - Koodal - Konni - Kumbazha (Pathanamthitta, meets T.K.Road / SH - 07) - Mylapra - Ranni - Manimala - Cheruvally - Ponkunnam - Paika- Pala - Thodupuzha - Vazhakulam - Muvattupuzha (joins MC Road -SH 01)
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245:Country
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598:Future
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259:Kerala
144:NH 183
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56:Length
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452:India
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