Edappally Junction

Not to be confused with Edappally railway station.

10°01′28″N 76°18′29″E / 10.024550°N 76.308045°E / 10.024550; 76.308045

Edappally Junction
NH 66 towards Vyttila
Map
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Location
Edappally, Kochi, Kerala
Coordinates10°01′28″N 76°18′29″E / 10.024550°N 76.308045°E / 10.024550; 76.308045
Roads at
junction		NH 66
NH 544
Construction
TypeIntersection
Maintained byNHAI

Edappally Junction is a road junction at Edappally in Kochi, Kerala, India, where National Highway 66 and National Highway 544 meet. It has long been one of the most congested points on the highway network in the city, and flyovers have been built at the junction to ease traffic.

Roads

Main articles: National Highway 66 (India) and National Highway 544 (India)

National Highway 544, the highway from Salem in Tamil Nadu to Kochi, ends at the junction, where it meets National Highway 66, the highway that runs along India's west coast.[1][2] The section of NH 66 that skirts the centre of Kochi, the Kochi Bypass, begins here and runs about 16-kilometre (9.9 mi) south to Aroor.[3] Until the renumbering of India's national highways in 2010, the Salem–Kochi route was numbered NH 47 and the coastal route through Edappally was NH 17.[4]

Flyovers

A 433-metre (1,421 ft) flyover at the junction, built in connection with the Kochi Metro project, was inaugurated in September 2016.[5]

In October 2022 the National Highways Authority of India began widening the Edappally–Moothakunnam section of NH 66 to six lanes. The work at the junction includes two 650-metre (2,130 ft) flyovers, each with a 50-metre (160 ft) wide underpass, intended to ease the bottleneck; the project was about 60% complete by May 2025.[2]

Places of interest

The Lulu International Shopping Mall, at Edappally on the bypass, opened in March 2013 with a built-up area of about 2,500,000 sq ft (230,000 m2); it was billed as the largest shopping mall in India at the time.[6]

The St George's Forane Church, a Syro-Malabar Catholic pilgrimage church first built in the 6th century, is a landmark near the junction.[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ Paul, John L. (9 May 2022). "Massive traffic snarls leave highways around Edappally and Angamaly choked". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 9 May 2022. Retrieved 26 June 2026.
  2. ^ a b "Kochi's Edappally Junction gets twin flyovers, underpasses". Construction World. 19 May 2025. Archived from the original on 20 May 2025. Retrieved 25 June 2026.
  3. ^ "Kochi to get 16-km elevated NH corridor? Preliminary works on Edappally-Aroor stretch begins". Onmanorama. Malayala Manorama. 13 September 2023. Retrieved 26 June 2026.
  4. ^ "Development of National Highways in Kerala". Press Information Bureau. Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Government of India. 13 October 2020. Archived from the original on 5 May 2025. Retrieved 26 June 2026.
  5. ^ "Edappally flyover opens, assurance on underpass". Deccan Chronicle. 12 September 2016. Archived from the original on 2 January 2017. Retrieved 26 June 2026.
  6. ^ Sanandakumar, S. (10 March 2013). "The Lulu Mall was inaugurated in Kochi on Sunday". The Economic Times. Retrieved 26 June 2026.
  7. ^ "Edapally St. George Forane Church". Ernakulam District. Government of Kerala. Archived from the original on 8 March 2026. Retrieved 26 June 2026.
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