The Chidambaram municipality maintains of road. The town has concrete roads and bituminous road. A total of of state highways is maintained by the State Highways Department and by the National Highways Department. It is located at a distance of from Chennai, from Madurai, from Rameswaram, from Bengaluru. The national highway NH- 32 (the Chennai- Villupuram-Puducherry-Cuddalore-Chidambaram-Nagapattinam- Thoothukudi Highway) passes through Chidambaram and NH81 connects Chidambaram with Coimbatore through Kattumannarkoil, Tiruchirapalli and Karur. The Cuddalore road, Pitchavaram Road, Sirkazhi Road, Kattumanarkoil road and Old Bhuvanagiri road are the five main district roads connecting Chidambaram to other cities of Tamil Nadu.