Main Central Road

State Highway 1
SH 1 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by Kerala Public Works Department
Length	240.6 km (149.5 mi)
Existed	1790s–present
Component highways	National Highway 183 near Chengannur to Kottayam
Major junctions
South end	Kesavadasapuram, Thiruvananthapuram
Major intersections	SH 47, Vembayam SH 46, Kilimanoor SH 64, Nilamel SH 48, Ayoor NH 744, Kottarakara NH 183A / SH 5, Adoor SH 7, Thiruvalla NH 183, Kottayam SH 16, Perumbavoor NH 85 / SH 41, Moovattupuzha
North end	NH 544 in Angamaly
Location
Country	India
State	Kerala
Districts	Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Alappuzha, Kottayam, Ernakulam
Highway system
Roads in India Expressways National State Asian State Highways in Kerala
→ SH 2

The Main Central Road popularly known as MC Road is the arterial State Highway starting from Kesavadasapuram in Trivandrum city and ends at Angamaly, a suburb of Kochi city in Ernakulam District, in the state of Kerala, India. It is designated as State Highway 1 by the Kerala Public Works Department. The highway was built by Raja Kesavadas, Dewan of Travancore, in the 1790s. Plan for a new highway called Thiruvananthapuram–Angamaly Greenfield Highway, which runs parallel to the MC Road is proposed and is under early stage of development.