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National Highways in India
India has the second largest road network in the world
Road transport network in India is classified into five broad categories
National Highways have a length of approx. India has 142,126 km (88,313 mi) of NH as of April 2019, state highways are 1.60 Lakh kms and rest are ‘other’ roads. With only 2% of road length in India,
Interesting Facts National Highways in India
The longest National Highway in India:
NH 44 (previously National Highway 7) is longest running major National Highway that starts from Srinagar and terminates in Kanyakumari. Starting from J&K, it passes through the states of Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, and ends in the Tamil Nadu.
The shortest National Highway in India
NH 966B (previously NH 47A) is the shortest National Highway in India covering a distance of 8 km (5.0 mi) and runs between Kundannoor and Willingdon Island in Kochi, Kerala.
World’s Second Highest Motorable Highway
The Leh-Manali Highway, connecting Shimla to Leh in Ladakh is world’s second highest-altitude motor highway.
Golden Quadrilateral (GQ)
GQ is a national highway network that connects the four major metro cities of India, viz., Delhi (north), Kolkata (east), Mumbai (west) and Chennai (south).
Traffic Colours Used on National Highways
|
Highway |
Route |
|
NH 1 |
Delhi-Ambala-Jalandhar-Amritsar-Indo-Pak Border |
|
NH 1A |
Jalandhar-Madhopur-Jammu-Banihal-Srinagar-Baramula-Uri |
|
NH 1B |
Batote-Doda-Kishtwar-Sinthan pass – Khanabal |
|
NH 1C |
Domel to Katra |
|
NH 1D |
Srinagar-Kargil-Leh |
|
NH 2 |
Delhi-Mathura-Agra-Kanpur-Allahabad-Varanasi-Mohania-Barhi Palsit-Baidyabati-Bara-Calcutta |
|
NH 2A |
Sikandra to Bhognipur |
|
NH 2B |
Burdwan – Bolpur road (via Talit, Guskara, and Bhedia) |
|
NH 3 |
Agra-Gwalior-Shivpuri-Indore-Dhule-Nasik-Thane-Mumbai |
|
NH 4 |
Junction with National Highways No. 3 near Thane-Pune Belgaum-Hubli-Bangalore-Ranipet-Chennai |
|
NH 4A |
Belgaum-Anmod-Ponda-Panaji |
|
NH 4B |
Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust near Km 109-Palaspe |
|
NH 5 |
Junction with National Highways No. 6 near Baharagora-Cuttack Bhubaneshwar-Visakhapatnam -Vijayawada-Chennai |
|
NH 5A |
Junction with National Highway No. 5 near Haridaspur-Paradip Port |
|
NH 6 |
Hajira-Dhule-Nagpur-Raipur-Sambalpur-Baharagora-Calcutta |
|
NH 7 |
Varanasi-Mangawan-Rewa-Jabalpur-Lakhnadon-Nagpur-Hyderabad-Kurnool-Bangalore-Krishnagiri-Salem-Dindigul-Madurai-Cape-Kanyakumari |
|
NH 7A |
Palayamkottai-Tuticorin Port |
|
NH 8 |
Delhi-Jaipur-Ajmer-Udaipur-Ahmedabad-Vadodara-Mumbai |
|
NH 8A |
Ahmedabad-Limbdi-Morvi-Kandla-Mandvi-Vikhari-Kothra-Naliya Narayan Sarovar |
|
NH 8B |
Bamanbore-Rajkot-Porbandar |
|
NH 8C |
Chiloda to Sarkhej |
|
NH 8D |
Chiloda-Gandhinagar-Sarkhej |
|
NH 8E |
Somnath to Bhavnagar |
|
NH 9 |
Pune-Sholapur-Hyderabad-Vijayawada-Machilipatnam |
|
NH 10 |
Delhi-Fazilka-Indo Pak Border |
|
NH 11 |
Agra-Jaipur-Bikaner |
|
NH 11A |
Manoharpur-Dausa-Lalsot-Kothum |
|
NH 12 |
Jabalpur-Bhopal-Khilchipur-Aklera-Jhalawar-Kota-Bundi-Deoli Tonk-Jaipur |
|
NH 18 |
Junction with NH 7 near Kurnool and Nandyal to Cuddapah and Junction with NH 4 near Chittoor |
|
NH 19 |
Ghazipur-Balia-Patna |
|
NH 20 |
Pathankot -Mandi |
|
NH 21 |
Junction with National Highway No. 22 near Chandigarh-Ropar-Bilaspur-Mandi-Kullu-Manali |
|
NH 22 |
Ambala to Indo China Border near Shipkila |
|
NH 23 |
Chas-Ranchi-Rourkela-Talcher- Junction with National Highway No. 42 |
|
NH 24 |
Delhi- Bareilly-Lucknow |
|
NH 27 |
Allahabad to Mangawan |
|
NH 29 |
Gorakhpur to Varanasi |
|
NH 30 |
Junction with NH 2 near Mohania and Patna to Bakhtiyarpur |
|
NH 35 |
Barasat to Petrapole on India and Bangladesh border |
|
NH 39 |
Numaligarh to Palel and Indo Burma Border |
|
NH 47 |
Salem to Kanyakumari |
|
NH 47A |
Junction with NH 47 at Kundanoor to Willington Island in Kochi |
|
NH 47C |
Junction with NH 47 at Kalamassery to Vallarpadam ICTT in Kochi |
|
NH 55 |
Siliguri to Darjeeling |
|
NH 56 |
Lucknow to Varanasi |
|
NH 58 |
Delhi to Mana Pass |
|
NH 79 |
Ajmer-Nasirabad-MP border |
|
NH 151 |
Karimganj – Bangladesh Border |
|
NH 152 |
Patacharkuchi-Bhutan border |
|
NH 153 |
Ledo – Lekhapani – Indo / Myanmar – Border |
|
NH 233 |
The highway starting from India/Nepal border (connecting to Lumbini) via Naugarh, Siddharthnagar, Bansi, Basti, Tanda, Azamgarh and terminating at Varans |
Water ways in India
|
NW No. |
River System |
Route |
Locations |
|
NW – 1 |
Ganga-Bhagirathi-Hooghly |
Prayagraj – Haldia |
Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal |
|
NW – 2 |
Brahmaputra |
Sadiya-Dhubri |
Assam |
|
NW – 3 |
West Coast Canal, Champakara Canal, and Udyog Mandal Canal |
Kottapuram – Kollam |
Kerala |
|
NW – 4 |
Krishna and Godavari |
Kakinada–Puducherry stretch of canals, Kaluvelly Tank, Bhadrachalam –Rajahmundry, Waziraba–Vijayawada |
Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, and Puducherry |
|
NW – 10 |
Amba River |
|
Maharashtra |
|
NW – 83 |
Rajpuri Creek |
|
Maharashtra |
|
NW – 85 |
Revadanda Creek – Kundalika River System |
|
Maharashtra |
|
NW – 91 |
Shastri river–Jaigad creek system |
|
Maharashtra |
|
NW – 68 |
Mandovi – Usgaon Bridge to the Arabian Sea |
|
Goa |
|
NW – 111 |
Zuari– Sanvordem Bridge to Marmugao Port |
|
Goa |
|
NW – 73 |
Narmada River |
|
Gujarat and Maharashtra |
|
NW – 100 |
Tapi River |
|
Gujarat and Maharashtra |
|
NW – 97 (Sundarbans Waterways) |
Namkhana to AtharaBankiKhal |
Indo-Bangladesh Protocol Route |
West Bengal |
Air ways in India
12 - International Airports in India
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