National Highway 544, commonly referred to as NH 544, is a National Highway in South India connecting Salem in Tamil Nadu to Kochi in Kerala. It is a spur of National Highway 44 and forms part of the North–South corridor of the National Highway Development Project. The highway passes through the cities of Erode, Tiruppur, Coimbatore, Palakkad, and Thrissur. It was formerly designated National Highway 47.

Route description Starts from NH44 near Salem and passes through Sankagiri, Bhavani, Chithode, Erode, Perundurai, Perumaanallur, Tiruppur, Avinashi, Karumathaampatti, Coimbatore, Palakkad, Thrissur, and ends at junction with NH66 at Edapally in Kochi. Check the NH 544 videos.

Major intersections {| class="plainrowheaders wikitable" |- !scope=col|State !scope=col|District !scope=col|Location !scope=col|km !scope=col|mi !scope=col|Destinations !scope=col|Notes |- |rowspan="4"|Tamil Nadu |rowspan="1"|Salem |Salem |km= | - Bangalore, Namakkal, Chennai | Western end of the highway. |- |rowspan="3"|Coimbatore | Neelambur |km= | Coimbatore | Coimbatore bypass starting. |- | Saraswathi Hospitals |km= | - Coimbatore, Karur |- | Eachanari Pirivu |km= | - Coimbatore, Pollachi

|rowspan="10"|Kerala |rowspan="2"|Palakkad |Palakkad |km= | - Kozhikode

|Kannadi |km= | - Chittur

|rowspan="3"|Thrissur |Kodakara |km= | - Kodungallur

|Potta |km= | - Irinjalakkuda

|Chalakkudy |km= | - Athirappilly | Athirapilly waterfalls |- |rowspan="5"|Ernakulam |Angamaly |km= | - Muvattupuzha, Munnar, Kottayam | SH 1 - Angamaly to Thriuvananthapuram |- |Athani |km= | Expressway to Cochin International Airport | 5 km to airport. |- |Aluva |km= | - Perumbavoor, Kothamangalam, Adimali, Munnar |Aluva-Munnar Road. |- |Kalamassery |km= | - International Container Transshipment Terminal, Kochi |International Container Terminal Road |- |Edapally |km= | - Thiruvananthapuram, Kanyakumari, Kozhikode |Kanyakumari-Panvel Highway

Toll Plazas Vaiguntham, Tamil Nadu Vijaymangalmam, Tamil Nadu Kaniyur, Tamil Nadu Pampampallam (Chullimada Hamlet), Kerala Panniyankara, Kerala Paliyekkara, Kerala

Surveillance In an effort to improve the traffic systems, the Kerala Road Safety Authority (KSRA) has completed the first phase of installation of high-tech automatic traffic enforcement systems on the 98 km Edappally-Mannuthy stretch of NH 544. As part of the Rs 8.5 crore project, 65 automatic traffic enforcement systems will be installed at 23 points on the stretch. The monitoring technology involves a mixture of virtual sensors, motion detectors, inductive sensors, logo sensors and high resolution cameras. Pictures of number plates would be captured using 10 megapixel cameras. The main server that will be linked to all cameras will be set up at the deputy transport commissioner's office. The magnetic sensors installed on roads will trigger the cameras in case of violations and send a message to the main server. Offenders will be traced based on visuals of vehicles and registration plates and they will be issued notice. The project is being implemented by KSRA and the Motor Vehicles Department with the technical support of Keltron as part of the decision to observe 2011-2020 as the 'decade of action for road safety'.

See also National Highways Development Project Coimbatore-Salem Industrial Corridor

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