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List of important National Highways in India and its length in different States:


National HighwayRouteTotal Length (km)
2Delhi-Mathura-Agra-Kanpur-Allahabad-Varanasi-Mohania Barhi-Palsit-Baidyabati-Bara-Kolkata Delhi (12) + Haryana (74) + Uttar Pradesh (752) + Bihar (202) + Jharkhand (190) + W.B.(235) = 1465 km
3Agra-Gwalior-Shivpuri-Indore-Dhule-Nasik- Thane–Mumbai Uttar Pradesh (26) + Rajasthan (32) + Madhya Pradesh (712) + Maharashtra (391) = 1161 km
4Junction with National Highway (NH) 3 near Thane-Pune-Bel gaum-Hubli-Bangalore-Kolar-Chittoor-Ranipet-Chennai Maharashtra (371) + Karnataka (658) + Andhra Pradesh (83) + Tamil Nadu (123) = 1235 km
5Junction with National Highway (NH) 6 near Baharagora-Cuttack-Bhubanes war-Visakhapatnam-Vijayawada-Guntur-Nellore-Chennai Orissa (488) + Andhra Pradesh (1000) + Tamil Nadu (45) = 1533 km
6Hajira-Dhule-Nagpur-Raipur-Sambalpur- Baharagora-Kolkata Maharashtra (813) + Chattisgarh (314) + Orissa (462) + Jharkhand (22) + West Bengal (161) + Gujarat (177) = 1949 km
7Varanasi-Mangawan-Rewa-Jabalpur-Lakhnadon-Nagpur-Hyderabad-Kurnool-Bangalore-Hosur-Krishna giri-Dharma puri -Salem-Namakkal-Karur-Dindigul-Madurai-Virudunagar-Tirunelveli-Kanyakumari Uttar Pradesh (128) + Madhya Pradesh (504) + Maharashtra (232) + Andra Pradesh (753) + Karnataka (125) + Tamil Nadu (627) = 2369 km
8Delhi-Jaipur-Ajmer-Udaipur-Ahmedabad-Vadodra–Mumbai Delhi(13) + Haryana (101) + Rajasthan (688) + Gujarat (498) + Maharashtra (128) = 1428 km
15Pathankot-Amritsar-Bhatinda-Ganganagar-Bikaner-Jaisalmer-Barmer-Samakhiali(Near Kandla)Punjab (350) + Rajasthan (906) + Gujarat (270) = 1526 km
17Panvel-Mahad-Panaji-Karwar-Udupi-Suratkal-Mangalore-Cannanore-Kozhikode-Ferokh-Pudu-Ponnani-Chowghat-Kannur-Junction with National Highway (NH) 47 near Edapally Maharashtra (482) + Goa (139) + Karnataka (280) + Kerala (368) = 1269 km
31Junction with National Highway (NH) 2 near Barhi-Bhaktiarpur- Mokameh-Purnea-Dalkola-Siliguri-Sevok-Cooch Behar-North Salmara-Nalbari-Charali-AminGaon Junction with National Highway (NH) 37 Bihar(393) + West Bengal (366) + Assam (322) + Jharkhand (44) = 1125 km
76Pindwara-Udaipur-Mangalwar-Kota-Shivpuri-Jhansi- Banda-Allahabad Madhya Pradesh (60) + Uttar Pradesh (467) + Rajasthan (480) = 1007 km

India has a road network of over 4,689,842 km in 2013, the second largest road network in the world. Some important road network in India are -
(1) Golden Quadrilateral
(2) North South Corridor
(3) East West Corridor


Golden Quadrilateral:
The Golden Quadrilateral is a highway network connecting Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai. It is one of the largest highway project (5,846 km) in India and the fifth longest in the world. The project was launched in 2001 by Atal Bihari Vajpayee under the NDA government, and was planned to complete in January, 2012. This project is managed by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) under the Ministry of Road, Transport and Highways (MORTH).

Current Status of Golden Quadrilateral:


Main RouteTotal Completed Length (km)
Delhi-Kolkata1,453 km
Chennai-Mumbai1,290 km
Kolkata-Chennai1,684 km
Mumbai-Delhi1,419 km
Total5,846 km

Length of Golden Quadrilateral in each State:

1. Andhra Pradesh - 1,014 km
2. Bihar – 204 km
3. Delhi – 25 km
4. Gujarat – 485 km
5. Haryana – 152 km
6. Jharkhand – 192 km
7. Karnataka – 623 km
8. Maharashtra – 487 km
9. Odisha – 440 km
10. Rajasthan – 725 km
11. Uttar Pradesh – 756 km
12. West Bengal – 406 km


North–South and East–West Corridor:
It is the largest highway project of India. It consists of building 7300 km of four/six lane express ways connecting Srinagar, Kanyakumari, Porbandar and Silchar. The NS–EW project is managed by the National Highways Authority of India under the Ministry of Road, Transport and Highways.
Only National Highways are used in the two corridors.

North–South Corridor (4,000 kilometres):
1. Srinagar–Jalandhar : National Highway (NH) 1A
2. Jalandhar – Delhi : National Highway (NH) 1
3. Delhi–Agra : National Highway (NH) 2
4. Agra–Gwalior : National Highway (NH) 3
5. Gwalior–Jhansi : National Highway (NH) 75
6. Jhansi– Narsinghpur -Lakhnadon : National Highway (NH) 26
7. Lakhnadon–Nagpur-Hyderabad-Bangalore-Madurai-Kanyakumari : National Highway (NH) 7
8. Salem–Coimbatore–Kochi : National Highway (NH) 47

Kochi–Coimbatore–Salem(NH 47) is a Spur Highway of North–South Corridor

East-West Corridor (3,300 kilometres):
1. Porbandar–Rajkot : National Highway (NH) 8B
2. Rajkot–Samakhiali : National Highway (NH) 8A
3. Samkhiali–Radhanpur : National Highway (NH) 15
4. Radhanpur–Pindwara : National Highway (NH) 14
5. Pindwara – Shivpuri : National Highway (NH) 76
6. Shivpuri–Lucknow : National Highway (NH) 25
7. Lucknow–Muzaffarpur : National Highway (NH) 28
8. Muzaffarpur–Darbhanga- Purnia : National Highway (NH) 57
9. Purnia–Galgalia : National Highway (NH) 31
10. Galgalia–Bijni : National Highway (NH) 31C
11. Bijni–Guwahati : National Highway (NH) 31
12. Guwahati–Nagaon : National Highway (NH) 37
13. Nagaon–Dabaka : National Highway (NH) 36
14. Dabaka–Silchar : National Highway (NH) 54

Jhansi is the junction of North–South and East–West Corridors.