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The '''Kuttippuram Bridge''' is a bridge that connects [[Kuttippuram]] with the [[Thavanur]]-[[Ponnani]] region in [[Malappuram district]], [[Kerala]], [[India]]. The [[Tirur Taluk|Tirur]] and the [[Ponnani taluk|Ponnani]] [[Tehsil|Taluk]]s are separated by the river [[Bharathappuzha]], which is also the second-longest river in Kerala.<ref name="kb">{{Cite web|url=https://malayalam.oneindia.com/news/kerala/kuttipuram-bridge-chief-engineer-kv-abdul-azeez-died-192175.html|title=കുറ്റിപ്പുറം പാലത്തിന്റെ ശില്‍പി കെവി അബ്ദുള്‍ അസീസ് നിര്യാതനായി|date=2018-01-31|access-date=2021-01-24|website=Malayalam One India|last=V. P.|first=Nisar}}</ref> The bridge connects these two regions. It is a part of the [[National Highway 66 (India)|National Highway 66]] on the [[Kozhikode]] - [[Kochi]] route.<ref name="kb"/> It is one of the largest and oldest bridges built over the river [[Bharathappuzha]], whichand plays a major role in connecting the [[Malabar District|Malabar region]] with the erstwhile [[Travancore-Cochin]] via road.

Before the construction of the bridge, [[Kozhikode]] and [[Kochi]] were connected via [[Shornur]].<ref name="kb"/> A bridge over the river [[Bharathappuzha]] through [[Kuttippuram]] became necessary for the construction of [[National Highway 66 (India)|National Highway 66]] to connect [[Kozhikode]] with [[Kochi]].<ref name="kb"/> On May 8, 1949, [[M. Bhaktavatsalam]], the then Minister of [[Public Works]] of the [[Madras State|Government of Madras]], laid the foundation stone for the bridge.<ref name="kb"/> The Modern Housing Construction and Properties (MHCP) Ltd. based at [[Chennai]] was chosen for the construction.<ref name="kb"/> The bridge was inaugurated on November 11, 1953, by [[Shanmugha Rajeswara Sethupathi]], who was the Minister of [[Public Works]] in [[Madras State|Madras]] at the time.<ref name="kb"/> The main architect of the bridge was K. V. Abdul Azeez from [[Ponnani]].<ref name="kb"/> The chief engineer for the construction was W. H. Nambiar and the Superintendent engineer was P. T. Narayanan Nair.<ref name="kb"/>

The popular [[Malayalam]] poem, ''Kuttippuram Palam'', written by [[Edasseri Govindan Nair]], published on February 21, 1954, through the magazine ''[[Mathrubhumi Azhchappathippu]]'', describes about Kuttippuram bridge and the state of the river [[Bharathappuzha]].<ref>{{Cite news|title=64ന്റെ നിറവില്‍ ഇടശ്ശേരിയുടെ 'കുറ്റിപ്പുറം പാലം'|url=https://www.mathrubhumi.com/malappuram/malayalam-news/kuttippuram-1.2618275|last=|date=21 February 2018|access-date=24 January 2021|url-status=|work=Mathrubhumi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=The river sutra|url=https://www.thehindu.com/society/rivers-have-nurtured-malayalam-literature-and-poetry-since-time-immemorial/article25058214.ece|last=Binoy|first=Rasmi|date=27 September 2018|access-date=24 January 2021|work=The Hindu}}</ref>

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