{{short description|National highway in Tamil Nadu, India}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2017}} {{Use Indian English|date=March 2017}} {{infobox road | country =IND | type = NH | route = 79 | ahn = {{Jct|country=IND|AH|20}} | length_km = 134.2 | image = A national highway.JPG | map = {{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-width=290|frame-height=200|frame-align=center|type=line | id=Q25203074| stroke-width=3|title=National Highway 79}} | map_notes = Map of the National Highway in red | map_custom = yes | direction_a = West | direction_b = East | terminus_a = Salem, Tamil Nadu | terminus_b = Ulundurpettai, Villupuram district, Tamil Nadu | previous_type = NH | next_type = NH | previous_route = 44 <!-- Route start junction --> | next_route = 38 <!-- Route end junction --> | states = Tamil Nadu | destinations = Ulundrupet - Kallakurichi - Chinnasalem - Attur - Pethanaickenpalayam - Vazhapadi - Salem | junction = }} '''National Highway 79''' (NH 79) is a National Highway in India entirely within the state of Tamil Nadu.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/2011/E_574_2012_016.pdf|title=New Numbering of National Highways notification - Government of India|website=The Gazette of India|access-date=13 April 2019}}</ref> It runs between Ulundurpettai and Salem in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu for a total of {{convert|134|km|mi|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://morth.nic.in/showfile.asp?lid=367 | title = National Highways Starting and Terminal Stations | access-date = 2012-12-02 | publisher = Ministry of Road Transport & Highways}}</ref> It connects with NH 44 and NH 544 at Salem. NH 79 connects NH 68 and SH 69 at Ulundurpettai and SH 6 at kallakurichi. It was upgraded to a dual carriageway road in two phases on a Build-operate-transfer basis by Reliance Infrastructure and Maytas.<ref name="satyamfiasco">{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/03/19/stories/2009031954420500.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091119211020/http://www.hindu.com/2009/03/19/stories/2009031954420500.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2009-11-19|title=Satyam fiasco affects NH-79works |last=R|first=Ilangovan|date=2009-03-19|access-date=13 May 2012|work=The Hindu|location=Salem}}</ref>
== Traffic == NH 79 is an important connecting road for vehicles travelling from the two major cities of Coimbatore and Kochi. NH 79 directly connects Salem with Chennai, and indirectly Coimbatore, Erode, Tirupur and the cities around these areas.
== Route == Ulundurpettai - Elavanasur kottai - Thiyagadurgam - Kallakurichi - Chinnasalem, Thalaivasal - Kattukottai - Attur - Pethanaickenpalayam - Vazhapadi - Salem.<ref name=":1">{{cite web|url=http://morth.nic.in/showfile.asp?lid=2924|title=State-wise length of National Highways (NH) in India|publisher=Ministry of Road Transport and Highways India|access-date=13 April 2019}}</ref>
== Junctions list== {{RJL|date=November 2021}} : {{jct|NH|44|country=IND}} Terminal near Salem.<ref name=":0" /> : {{jct|NH|179A|country=IND}} near Salem : {{jct|NH|136|country=IND}} near Attur : {{jct|NH|532|country=IND}} near Chinnasalem : {{jct|NH|38|country=IND}} Terminal near Ulundurpettai.<ref name=":0" />
== Gallery == <gallery> File:A national highway.JPG|NH 79 near Kallakurichi in Villupuram district, Tamil Nadu. File:A Chinna Salem-Kallakurichi national highway.JPG|NH 79 near Kallakurichi, Villupuram district, Tamil Nadu </gallery>
== See also == * List of national highways in India * List of national highways in India by state * National Highways Development Project
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==External links== * [http://openstreetmap.org/browse/relation/3256003 NH 79 on OpenStreetMap]
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