State Highway 3 (Kerala)
| State Highway 3 | ||||
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SH 3 highlighted in red | ||||
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| Maintained by Kerala Public Works Department | ||||
| Length | 37.5 km (23.3 mi) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| North end | SH 2, Nedumangad | |||
| South end | SH 45 at TN border in Vellarada | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | India | |||
| State | Kerala | |||
| Districts | Thiruvananthapuram | |||
| Highway system | ||||
| State Highways in Kerala | ||||
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State Highway 3 (SH 3) is a State Highway in Kerala, India that starts at Nedumangad Toll junction and ends at the Kadukkara near Kerala - Tamilnadu border. The highway is 37.5 km long and runs parallel with the Western Ghats until the Aralvaimozhi pass. It is made up partially by the existing Aralvaimozhi - Nedumangad royal state highway of Travancore. The road runs parallel to Western Ghats till the Aralvaimozhi pass.
The stretch of this highway from Anappara near Vellarada till Aryanad is now part of Hill Highway (Kerala). This highway connects tourist destinations such as Koickal Palace Nedumangadu, Neyyar Dam, Neyyar Safari Park, Dravyappara, Thekkan Kurishumala, Elephant Rehabilitation Center Kottur, Chittar Dam and Thripparappu waterfalls.
This road is called as Nedumangad- Shorlacode Road by local people. Shorlacode is a small village near Kulasekaram nearby Perunchani Dam. These days people call it as Surulacode or Churulakode.