 The road includes a seven-metre two-lane carriageway, paved shoulders and earthen shoulders.The importance of the Kollam bypass is that it touches 3 major National Highways(NH 66(Formerly known as NH 47), NH 183 (Formerly known as NH 220), NH 744 (Formerly known as NH 208)) passing through the state of Kerala.The two-lane Kollam Bypass road was inaugurated on 15 January by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.