A9 road (Sri Lanka)

The town of Medawachchiya provides connection to Mannar and the historic ferry to India, via the A14 highway.

The highway goes past Mirusuvil and Chavakachcheri on its final run up to Jaffna, the cultural centre of the north.

Due to the civil war in the north of the country between the Sri Lankan armed forces and Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) rebels, the highway was closed in 1984.

After the cessation of hostilities between the two sides in 2001, the highway was ceremoniously reopened up to Kilinochchi with certain restrictions on February 15, 2002.

[3] After mounting a series of offensives against the rebels, the Sri Lankan Army regained control of the entire highway on January 9, 2009, with the freeing of the strategic Elephant Pass area.

After an official function at Elephant Pass, the first buses carrying Sri Lanka Army personnel departed the Jaffna Peninsula at 9:04 am.