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Line 1: [[File:Kuttippuram palam-.jpg\|thumbnail\|A view of Kuttippuram bridge from ''Nilayoram'' Park]] The '''Kuttippuram Bridge''' is a bridge which connects [[Kuttippuram]] with [[Tavanur]]-[[Ponnani]] region in [[Malappuram district]], [[Kerala]], [[India]]. The [[Tirur Taluk\|Tirur]] and the [[Ponnani taluk\|Ponnani]] [[Tehsil\|~~Taluks~~Taluk]]s are separated by [[Bharathappuzha]], the second-longest river which flows through 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 one of the largest bridges over the [[Bharathappuzha]], which connects [[Malabar District\|Malabar region]] with [[Travancore-Cochin]] region. It is a part of the [[National Highway 66 (India)\|National Highway 66]] on the [[Kozhikode]] - [[Kochi]] route.<ref name="kb"/> Before that, [[Kozhikode]] and [[Kochi]] were connected via [[Shornur]].<ref name="kb"/> On May 8, 1949, the then Minister of Public Works of the [[Madras State\|Madras]] Government, [[M. Bhaktavatsalam]], laid the foundation stone for the Kuttippuram Bridge.<ref name="kb"/> The Modern Housing Construction and Properties (MHCP) Ltd. based in [[Chennai]] built the bridge.<ref name="kb"/> The bridge was inaugurated on November 11, 1953 by the Minister of Public Works, [[Shanmugha Rajeswara Sethupathi]].<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 of the bridge was W. H. Nambiar and the Superindent engineer was P. T. Narayanan Nair.<ref name="kb"/>

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