National Highway 948 (previously designated NH 209) is a highway in India which connects Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu with the city of Bengaluru.

The road through the wildlife sanctuary is a single carriageway with two lanes, and it is narrow at many places.

The movement of automobiles are not allowed from 8 P.M to 6 A.M through Dhimbam ghat (Bannari to Karappallam) stretch in this national highway.

[4] National Highway 948 passes through Sathyamangalam forests, which were the territory of the dreaded Bandit Veerappan.

[5] The alternate route for Night traffic is a 389 kilometres (242 mi) drive via Erode, Mettur Dam, Maheswara Hills, Kollegal & then to Bengaluru.