Udupi district is an administrative subdivision in the Karnataka state of India, with the district headquarters in the city of Udupi. It is situated in the Canara old north Malabar coastal region. There are seven taluks, 233 villages and 21 towns in Udupi district. The three northern tehsils of Udupi, Kundapur and Karkala, were partitioned from Dakshina Kannada district to form Udupi district on 25 August 1997. Moodabidri was officially declared as new tehsil (taluk) in 2018.
On 28 April 2010, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways officially notified the rationalized number system of the national highway network in the Gazette of the Government of India. It is a systematic numbering scheme based on the orientation and the geographic location of the highway. This was adopted to ensure more flexibility and consistency in the numbering of existing and new national highways. According to the system all north–south oriented highway will have even numbers increasing from the east to the west. Similarly all east–west oriented highways will be odd numbered increasing from the north to the south of the country.
National Highway 67 is a major National Highway in India. It starts at Ramnagar on NH 748, Belagavi - Panjim Road of Karnataka and ends at Krishnapatnam Port road in Andhra Pradesh.
National Highway 65, , is a National Highway in India. It runs along the states of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. It starts at Pune and ends at Machilipatnam. Major cities on this route are Pune, Solapur, Hyderabad, Suryapet, Vijayawada and Machilipatnam. The section between Hyderabad and Vijayawada, is known as Vijayawada–Hyderabad Expressway and is a major expressway.
National Highway 44 is a major north–south National Highway in India and is the longest in the country.
National Highway 151 is a national highway in India. It is a secondary route of National Highway 51. NH-151 runs in the state of Gujarat in India.
Kundadri is a hill with dense forests in the Western Ghats located in Shimoga District, Karnataka State, India. It is 70 km from Udupi city. This hill is known for a 17th-century Jain temple dedicated to Parshwanath tirthankara and the place is known to have given shelter to Acharya Kundakunda during earlier centuries. The main deity of this temple is Parshwanatha, the 23rd Tirthankara. Two small ponds formed by the rock on one side of this temple provided water to earlier sages. Government of Karnataka joined hands with a philanthropist from Mumbai to construct an all-weather road to the top of the hill.
National Highway 173, is a national highway in India. It originates in Mudigere, Karnataka, travels through Vastare, Chikkamagaluru, Sakrepatna, Kadur, Hosadurga terminating in Chitradurga. Road widening project has been kept in abeyance after just renumbering existing state highway to national highway by NHAI.
National Highway 29 is a primary national highway in India. This highway was previously part of old national highways 36, 39 and 150. Due to rationalisation of national highway numbers of India by Gazette notification on 5 March 2010, it was renumbered as National Highway 29. NH-29 runs across the Indian states of Assam, Nagaland and end at the border of Manipur. This national highway is 338.5 km (210.3 mi) long.
National Highway 52, is a fourth longest National Highway in India. it connects Sangrur, Punjab to Ankola, Karnataka. The national highway 52 was numbered after amalgamating many existing national highways of India. The old highway numbered NH-63 was from Ankola in Karnataka state to Gooty in Andhra pradesh state. The highway 52 starts at the junction of National Highway 66 at Ankola and moves up to Arebail ghat of Western ghats and then to Yellapura and further to Hubballi (Hubli) city. Some stretch of old national highway 13 from Vijayapura to Solapur was joined with NH-52. Lorries coming Hubballi city to Karwar sea port and New Mangalore sea port (NMPT) use this highway.The road stretch from Ankola to Yellapura is through forests of Western ghats of India. Biaora - Dhule section of this highway is part of the Legendary Agra-Bombay Road, also known as AB Road
National Highway 69, , is a 732 km (455 mi) long major National Highway in India, that runs through the states of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. The western terminal is at the junction of NH 66 near Honnavar, connects NH 48 near Sira, connects NH 44 near Chikkaballapur, connects NH 75 near Mulbagal and terminates at the east end Renigunta. Its old name was NH 234.
National Highway 73 is a National Highway in India. This highway runs in the Indian state of Karnataka. It starts from sea port city of Mangaluru ( Mangalore) and ends at Tumakuru. Even though named as national highway the road is narrow and prone to landslips and falling of trees in Charmady ghat section of Western ghats. This highway was previously part of national highways 48, 234 and 206 but subsequent to rationalisation of national highway numbers of India by Gazette notification on 5 March 2010 it was changed to National Highway 73.
National Highway 75 is one of major National Highway in India. passing through states of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, and Tamil Nadu. This national highway was earlier known as National Highway 48 (NH-48) before rationalisation of highway numbers in 2010. The highway connects the port city of Mangaluru (Mangalore) in the west to the city of Vellore in the east. National highway 75 is the main road for travellers from Mangaluru going to Bengaluru and Hassan. NH-75 traverses all three geographical regions of Karnataka state namely Karavali, Malenadu and Bayaluseeme.
National Highway 150 is a National Highway in India. This is highway runs from Gulbarga to Devasuguru in the Indian state of Karnataka.
National Highway 163 is a National Highway in India that links Kodangal(Ravulapally) in Telangana and Bhopalpatnam road in Chhattisgarh Via major cities like Hyderabad, Uppal, Ghatkesar, Bhuvanagiri, Jangaon, Kazipet, Hanamkonda, Warangal. It was renumbered as NH 163. Currently there was a proposal for extension of NH 163 Pre-starting point to Hyderabad.
National Highway 150A is a National Highway in Indian State of Karnataka. It is a spur road of National Highway 50. NH-150A traverses the states of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh in India.
National Highway 160, commonly referred to as NH 160 is a national highway in India. It is a spur road of National Highway 60. NH-160 traverses the states of Maharashtra and Karnataka in India.
National Highway 367 commonly called NH 367 is a National Highway in India. It is a spur road of National Highway 67. NH-367 traverses the state of Karnataka in India.
National Highway 169A is a National Highway in India, which comes under Ministry of Road Transport & Highways, Government of India. The highway starts from Malpe harbour in Udupi and ends at Thirthahalli. Its old name was NH 766E.
National Highway 42, , is a major National Highway in India, that runs in the states of Tamil Nadu Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. The northern terminal is at the National Highway 44 junction North of Anantapur inside Karnataka state and the southern terminal is at the National Highway 44 junction near Krishnagiri in Tamil Nadu.
