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{{infobox road
| country = IND
| name = Alappuzha Bypass
| translation=ആലപ്പുഴ ബൈപ്പാസ്
| lang=ml
| maint = [[National Highways Authority of India|NHAI]]
| map = Alappuzha Bypass Map.png
| map_alt =
| map_notes =
| length_km = 6.8
| established = {{start date|2021|01|28|df=y}}
| history = 
| direction_a = South
| direction_b = North
| terminus_a = [[File:NH66-IN.svg|15px]] [[National Highway 66 (India)|NH-66]] in [[Kalarcode]]
| terminus_b = [[File:NH66-IN.svg|15px]] [[National Highway 66 (India)|NH-66]] in Kommady
| cities = [[Alappuzha]]
| photo = Alappuzha Bypass Aerial View 1.jpg
| photo_notes = Beachside aerial view of Alappuzha elevated bypass highway.
| junction =
| formed =
}}
'''Alappuzha Bypass''' ({{lang-ml|ആലപ്പുഴ ബൈപ്പാസ്}}) is a part of [[National Highway 66 (India)|NH 66]] that bypasses [[Central business district|CBD]] of [[Alappuzha]] city in [[Kerala]], [[India]]. The 6.8 km long bypass is the first of its kind elevated beach highway in the country starting at [[Kalarcode]] in the south to Kommady in the north and runs along the scenic beachside of Alappuzha city. It is a joint venture (50:50) between the central and state governments.<ref>[https://www.pppinindia.gov.in/infrastructureindia/view-project?p_p_id=viewproject_WAR_Projectportlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_col_id=column-1&p_p_col_count=1&_viewproject_WAR_Projectportlet_jspPage=%2Fhtml%2Fviewproject%2Fview.jsp&_viewproject_WAR_Projectportlet_ppp=Government+Infrastructure+Projects+%28Traditional+Procurement%29&_viewproject_WAR_Projectportlet_projectId=16045&_viewproject_WAR_Projectportlet_currURL=%2Finfrastructureindia%2Fproject-list%3Fp_p_id%3Dprojectlist_WAR_Projectportlet%26p_p_lifecycle%3D0%26p_p_state%3Dnormal%26p_p_mode%3Dview%26p_p_col_id%3Dcolumn-1%26p_p_col_count%3D1%26_projectlist_WAR_Projectportlet_jspPage%3D%252Fhtml%252Fprojectlist%252Fview.jsp%26_projectlist_WAR_Projectportlet_searchName%3D%26_projectlist_WAR_Projectportlet_searchType%3DYear%26_projectlist_WAR_Projectportlet_id%3D2014-2015%26_projectlist_WAR_Projectportlet_projectTypeeids%3D%26_projectlist_WAR_Projectportlet_authorityName%3D%26_projectlist_WAR_Projectportlet_isShowAllTerminatedProjects%3Dtrue%26_projectlist_WAR_Projectportlet_cur%3D19%26_projectlist_WAR_Projectportlet_delta%3D20%26_projectlist_WAR_Projectportlet_keywords%3D%26_projectlist_WAR_Projectportlet_advancedSearch%3Dfalse%26_projectlist_WAR_Projectportlet_andOperator%3Dtrue%26_projectlist_WAR_Projectportlet_orderByCol%3Dsector%26_projectlist_WAR_Projectportlet_orderByType%3Ddesc] Department of Economic Affairs, Government of India.</ref> The contractors for the project is RDS-CVCC which is a joint venture. The same join venture was responsible for Kollam Bypass 2 lane which was inaugurated in 2019 by the Hon'ble PM Shri Narendra Modi. CVCC executed Kollam Bypass and RDS construction company completed the Alappuzha bypass in 2020.

The Central government contributed Rs 185 crores and the State government Rs 250 crores for the project .
<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deshabhimani.com/english/news/kerala/alappuzha-bypass-centre-contributes-rs-185-cr-state-rs-250-cr-kerala-awaits-pm-s-date-for-inauguration/3474|title=Alappuzha Bypass: Centre Contributes Rs 185 cr, State Rs 250 cr; Kerala Awaits PM's Date for Inauguration}}</ref>

==History==
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The necessities and proposals for a [[bypass (road)|bypass]] at [[Alappuzha]] dates back to early 1980s. [[National Highway 66 (India)|NH 66]] is one of the longest national highways in India stretching from [[Panvel]] to [[Kanyakumari]] and criss-crosses through Alappuzha [[city centre]]. The highway gets more and more narrower as it enters the urban area, and together with the criss-cross transformation, creates no less than a bustle inside the city centre. Since then it had been a long time plea to reroute the national highway around the [[downtown]].{{Citation needed|date=June 2020}}
===Timeline===
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|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC" align="center"
! Year
! Events
|- bgcolor="#CCCCC"
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| 1980|| Early proposals for constructing NH Bypass road at Alappuzha.
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| 1980|| The revenue department had acquired land for the bypass.
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| 2008|| Alappuzha bypass was included as a part of the project of [[National Highways Authority of India]] (NHAI).
|-
| 2010|| Centre had announced that the bypass project would be completed as a special project.
|-
| 2015|| [[Ministry of Road Transport and Highways|Union transport and highways minister]] [[Nitin Gadkari]] inaugurated the long-pending construction works of the Alappuzha bypass from Kommadi to [[Kalarkode]].
|-
| 2017|| Delay in fund allocation and public protest put off the proposed completion by September 2017.
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| 2018|| [[Indian Railways]] declined approval for constructing the two [[Overpass|ROB]]s at Malikamukku and Kuthirapanthy.
|-
| 2020|| Indian Railways granted permission to place [[girders]] at Malikamukku in January 2020.
|-
| 2020|| Following to Malikamukku, Indian Railways nods to place [[girders]] at Kuthirapanthy in June 2020.
|-
| 2021|| Alappuzha Bypass inaugurated on 28 January by [[Nitin Gadkari]] ([[Ministry of Road Transport and Highways|Central Road Transport Minister]]), and [[Pinarayi Vijayan]] ([[List of chief ministers of Kerala|Chief Minister of Kerala]]).
|}

==Project specifications==
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{|class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="2" style="background-color:green"| {{white|Project Specifications}}
|-
|Project Title|| Alappuzha Bypass
|-
|Type|| Elevated Beach Highway
|-
|Total Distance||{{convert|6.8|km}}
|-
|Construction Mode||[[Engineering, procurement, and construction|Engineering Procurement Construction]] (EPC)
|-
|Contractor||Cherian Varkey Construction Company-RDS (JV), [[Kochi]]
|-
|South End||[[Kalarcode]]
|-
|North End||Kommady
|-
|[[Overpass|ROB]]s||2 (Malikamukku & Kuthirapanthy)
|-
|Underpass||{{NA}}
|-
|Major Bridges||{{NA}}
|-
|[[Pile bridge|No of Pilings]]||{{NA}}
|-
|[[Pier]]s||{{NA}}
|-
|[[Culverts]]||{{NA}}
|-
|Project Cost||{{INRConvert|348.43|c}}
|}

==Gallery==
<gallery mode="packed-hover" heights="140">
File:Alappuzha Bypass Aerial View 1.jpg|
File:Alappuzha Bypass Aerial View 2.jpg|
File:Proposed bypass alappuzha.jpg|
File:Alleppey Bypass works, Nov 2016.jpg|
File:Alappuzha Bypass works, Nov 2016.jpg|
File:Alappuzha Bypass Construction, Nov 2016.jpg|
</gallery>

==See also==
{{portal|Roads}}
* [[Alappuzha]]
* [[Alappuzha District]]
* [[List of National Highways in India by state]]
* [[List of state highways in Kerala]]
* [[National highways in India]]
* [[Roads in India]]
* [[Roads in Kerala]]

==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Alappuzha district}}
[[Category:NH bypasses in Kerala]]
[[Category:National Highways in Kerala|66]]
[[Category:Roads in Alappuzha district]]
[[Category:2021 establishments in Kerala]]

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->Fredddie at 20:47, 27 December 2021