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List of important National Highways in India and its length in different States:
National Highway | Route | Total Length (km) |
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2 | Delhi-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 |
3 | Agra-Gwalior-Shivpuri-Indore-Dhule-Nasik- Thane–Mumbai | Uttar Pradesh (26) + Rajasthan (32) + Madhya Pradesh (712) + Maharashtra (391) = 1161 km |
4 | Junction 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 |
5 | Junction 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 |
6 | Hajira-Dhule-Nagpur-Raipur-Sambalpur- Baharagora-Kolkata | Maharashtra (813) + Chattisgarh (314) + Orissa (462) + Jharkhand (22) + West Bengal (161) + Gujarat (177) = 1949 km |
7 | Varanasi-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 |
8 | Delhi-Jaipur-Ajmer-Udaipur-Ahmedabad-Vadodra–Mumbai | Delhi(13) + Haryana (101) + Rajasthan (688) + Gujarat (498) + Maharashtra (128) = 1428 km |
15 | Pathankot-Amritsar-Bhatinda-Ganganagar-Bikaner-Jaisalmer-Barmer-Samakhiali(Near Kandla) | Punjab (350) + Rajasthan (906) + Gujarat (270) = 1526 km |
17 | Panvel-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 |
31 | Junction 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 |
76 | Pindwara-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 Route | Total Completed Length (km) |
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Delhi-Kolkata | 1,453 km |
Chennai-Mumbai | 1,290 km |
Kolkata-Chennai | 1,684 km |
Mumbai-Delhi | 1,419 km |
Total | 5,846 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.