Major National Highways in India

National Highways (NH) is one of the significant sources of inter-state movements and transportation of passengers and goods. National and state capitals, major ports, rail junctions are all connected by the National Highways. The total length of National Highways as of March 2019, is 132499 Kms. Constituting only 2 percent of the road network, National Highways carry about 40 percent traffic.

List of Important National Highways in India

The list of major highways in India with their routes is given below:

HighwayRoute
NH 1Delhi-Ambala-Jalandhar-Amritsar-Indo-Pak Border
NH 1AJalandhar-Madhopur-Jammu-Banihal-Srinagar-Baramula-Uri
NH 1BBatote-Doda-Kishtwar-Sinthan pass – Khanabal
NH 1CDomel to Katra
NH 1DSrinagar-Kargil-Leh
NH 2Delhi-Mathura-Agra-Kanpur-Allahabad-Varanasi-Mohania-Barhi Palsit-Baidyabati-Bara-Calcutta
NH 2ASikandra to Bhognipur
NH 2BBurdwan – Bolpur road (via Talit, Guskara, and Bhedia)
NH 3Agra-Gwalior-Shivpuri-Indore-Dhule-Nasik-Thane-Mumbai
NH 4Junction with National Highways No. 3 near Thane-Pune Belgaum-Hubli-Bangalore-Ranipet-Chennai
NH 4ABelgaum-Anmod-Ponda-Panaji
NH 4BJawaharlal Nehru Port Trust near Km 109-Palaspe
NH 5Junction with National Highways No. 6 near Baharagora-Cuttack Bhubaneshwar-Visakhapatnam -Vijayawada-Chennai
NH 5AJunction with National Highway No. 5 near Haridaspur-Paradip Port
NH 6Hajira-Dhule-Nagpur-Raipur-Sambalpur-Baharagora-Calcutta
NH 7Varanasi-Mangawan-Rewa-Jabalpur-Lakhnadon-Nagpur-Hyderabad-Kurnool-Bangalore-Krishnagiri-Salem-Dindigul-Madurai-Cape-Kanyakumari
NH 7APalayamkottai-Tuticorin Port
NH 8Delhi-Jaipur-Ajmer-Udaipur-Ahmedabad-Vadodara-Mumbai
NH 8AAhmedabad-Limbdi-Morvi-Kandla-Mandvi-Vikhari-Kothra-Naliya Narayan Sarovar
NH 8BBamanbore-Rajkot-Porbandar
NH 8CChiloda to Sarkhej
NH 8DChiloda-Gandhinagar-Sarkhej
NH 8ESomnath to Bhavnagar
NH 9Pune-Sholapur-Hyderabad-Vijayawada-Machilipatnam
NH 10Delhi-Fazilka-Indo Pak Border
NH 11Agra-Jaipur-Bikaner
NH 11AManoharpur-Dausa-Lalsot-Kothum
NH 12Jabalpur-Bhopal-Khilchipur-Aklera-Jhalawar-Kota-Bundi-Deoli Tonk-Jaipur
NH 18Junction with NH 7 near Kurnool and Nandyal to Cuddapah and Junction with NH 4 near Chittoor
NH 19Ghazipur-Balia-Patna
NH 20Pathankot -Mandi
NH 21Junction with National Highway No. 22 near Chandigarh-Ropar-Bilaspur-Mandi-Kullu-Manali
NH 22Ambala to Indo China Border near Shipkila
NH 23Chas-Ranchi-Rourkela-Talcher- Junction with National Highway No. 42
NH 24Delhi- Bareilly-Lucknow
NH 27Allahabad to Mangawan
NH 29Gorakhpur to Varanasi
NH 30Junction with NH 2 near Mohania and Patna to Bakhtiyarpur
NH 35Barasat to Petrapole on India and Bangladesh border
NH 39Numaligarh to Palel and Indo Burma Border
NH 47Salem to Kanyakumari
NH 47AJunction with NH 47 at Kundanoor to Willington Island in Kochi
NH 47CJunction with NH 47 at Kalamassery to Vallarpadam ICTT in Kochi
NH 55Siliguri to Darjeeling
NH 56Lucknow to Varanasi
NH 58Delhi to Mana Pass
NH 79Ajmer-Nasirabad-MP border
NH 151Karimganj – Bangladesh Border
NH 152Patacharkuchi-Bhutan border
NH 153Ledo – Lekhapani – Indo / Myanmar – Border
NH 233The highway starting from India/Nepal border (connecting to Lumbini) via Naugarh, Siddharthnagar, Bansi, Basti, Tanda, Azamgarh and terminating at Varans

Facts about National Highways in India

  1. National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is an autonomous authority to develop, maintain, and manage the National Highways of India.
  2. Central Government has the power to notify any highway as the National Highway and such highway will be specified in the Schedule.
  3. Ministry of Road Transport and Highways is responsible for the development of National Highways.
  4. The government launched the Bharatmala Project for the development of about 26,000 km length of Economic Corridors, which along with Golden Quadrilateral (GQ) and North-South and East-West (NS-EW) Corridors are expected to carry the majority of the Freight Traffic on roads.
  5. NH 44 is the longest national highway in India, running over 3745 Km from Srinagar to Kanyakumari.
  6. NH44 which is the longest highway in India was previously known as NH 7
  7. NH 47A is the shortest highway of India, having a length of 6 Kms.
  8. There are 228 National Highways in India.

Transportation is an essential part of Indian geography. There are three types of transportation. They are road, water, and air transportation. The road network in India is considered as one of the largest road networks in the world. The aggregate length of the streets is more than 33 lakh km. The roads in the countries are categorized into Border Roads, National Highways, State Highways, District Highways, Village Roads, etc. The international roads, Border road, and the National highways are maintained by the Central Government, where the State highways maintained by the respective state government. The District highways are looking after by District Board.

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