Latest data of National highways,Longest ,shortest highways
Ministry of Road Transport and Highways officially published a new numbering system for the National Highway network in the Gazette of the Government of India.
Last Updated: June, 2018
Introduction
India has the second largest road network across the world at 5.4 million km. This road network transports more than 60 per cent of all goods in the country and 85 per cent of India’s total passenger traffic. Road transportation has gradually increased over the years with the improvement in connectivity between cities, towns and villages in the country.
The Indian roads carry almost 90 per cent of the country’s passenger traffic and around 65 per cent of its freight. In India sales of automobiles and movement of freight by roads is growing at a rapid rate.
The construction of highways reached 122,432 km during FY2017-18 which was constructed at an average of 28 km per day.
The government, through a series of initiatives, is working on policies to attract significant investor interest. The Indian government plans to develop a total of 66,117 km of roads under different programmes such as National Highways Development Project (NHDP), Special Accelerated Road Development Programme in North East (SARDP-NE) and Left Wing Extremism (LWE). The government has identified development of 2,000 km of coastal roads to improve the connectivity between ports and remote villages.
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) plans to build 50,000 km of roads worth US$ 250 billion by 2022 as part of a long-term goal of doubling the length of the national highway network to 200,000 km.
The Government of India will spend around Rs 1 lakh crore (US$ 15.26 billion) during FY 18-20 to build roads in the country under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY).
The Government of India has decided to invest Rs 7 trillion (US$ 107.82 billion) for construction of new roads and highways over the next five years.
Major highways in Indian road network.
India has a road network of over 5,603,293 kilometres (3,481,725 mi) as on 31 March 2016, the second largest road network in the world.At 1.70 km of roads per square kilometre of land, the quantitative density of India’s road network is higher than that of Japan (0.91) and the United States (0.67), and far higher than that of China (0.46), Brazil (0.18) or Russia (0.08). Adjusted for its large population, India has approximately 4.63 km of roads per 1000 people. However, qualitatively India’s roads are a mix of modern highways and narrow, unpaved roads, and are being improved.As on 31 March 2016, 62.5% of Indian roads were paved
as of 31 March, 2016 Maharashtra has the largest share in the total length of SH roads (22.14%), followed by Karnataka (11.11%), Gujarat (9.76%), Rajasthan (8.62%) and Tamil Nadu (6.67%)
| Road classification | Authority responsible | Length (km) | Share of network length |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Highways | Ministry of Road Transport and Highways | 101,011 | 1.80 % |
| State Highways | Public Works Department of State/Union Territory | 176,166 | 3.14 % |
| Other PWD roads | Public Works Department of State/Union Territory | 561,940 | 10.03 % |
| Rural roads | Panchayats, JRY and PMGSY | 3,935,337 | 70.23 % |
| Urban roads | Local governments and municipalities | 509,730 | 9.10 % |
| Project roads | Various State/Union territory government departments, and SAIL, NMDC and BRO | 319,109 | 5.70 % |
| Total | N/A | 5,603,293 | 100 % |
It is a systematic numbering scheme based on the orientation and the geographic location of the highway. This was adopted to ensure more flexibility and consistency in the numbering of existing and new national highways.Method to assign number……
- All north-south oriented highways will have even numbers increasing from the east to the west
- All east-west oriented highways will have odd numbers increasing from the north to the south
- All major Highways will be single digit or double digit in number
- Three-digit numbered highways are secondary routes or branches of a main highway. The secondary route number is prefixed to the number of the main highway. For example, 144, 244, 344 etc. will be the branches of the main NH44
- Suffixes A, B, C, D etc. are added to the three-digit sub highways to indicate very small spin-offs or stretches of sub-highways
- 2017 witnessed several highlights. This was the year when engineering marvels like the Dhola Sadiya bridge in Assam and Chenani Nashri tunnel in Jammu and Kashmir were opened up to connect far-off areas and pave the way for their socio-economic development.This was also the year that saw the launch of Bharatmala Pariyojana, India’s largest ever highways development programme that promises to optimize the efficiency of road traffic movement across the country by bridging critical infrastructure gaps.
Sl. No. Name of State/ UT Total Length (in km) 1 Andhra Pradesh 6,286 2 Arunachal Pradesh 2,537 3 Assam 3,845 4 Bihar 4,839 5 Chandigarh 15 6 Chhattisgarh 3,232 7 Delhi 79 8 Goa 262 9 Gujarat 5,017 10 Haryana 2,641 11 Himachal Pradesh 2,642 12 Jammu & Kashmir 2,601 13 Jharkhand 2,661 14 Karnataka 6,791 15 Kerala 1,782 16 Madhya Pradesh 7,854 17 Maharashtra 15,436 18 Manipur 1,746 19 Meghalaya 1,204 20 Mizoram 1,422 21 Nagaland 1,547 22 Odisha 4,838 23 Puducherry 64 24 Punjab 2,769 25 Rajasthan 7,906 26 Sikkim 463 27 Tamil Nadu 5,381 28 Telangana 3,786 29 Tripura 854 31 Uttar Pradesh 8,711 30 Uttarakhand 2,842 32 West Bengal 2,998 33 A & N Islands 331 34 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 31 35 Daman & Diu 22 Total 115,435
National highways comprise 2.7% of India’s total road network, but carry about 40% of road traffic. Most of them have two lanes. About 26,000 km (16,000 mi) have been widened to four lanes with two lanes in each direction as of May 2016.Only a few national highways are built with cement concrete. As of March 2016, 20,703 km (12,864 mi) of national highways were still single-laned roads.
India has the distinction of having the world’s second highest-altitude motor highway — Leh-Manali Highway, connecting Manali, Himachal Pradesh in Himachal Pradesh to Leh in Ladakh, Kashmir.
The longest national highway is NH44,which runs between Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir and Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu, at the southernmost point of the Indian mainland, covering a distance of 2,369 km (1,472 mi). The shortest national highway is NH966B, which spans 6 km (3.7 mi), to the Ernakulam-Kochi Port
National Highway 7 is renamed as National Highway 44, The 2,369 km long road is the longest National Highway of India and one of the major road network between south and north India. The National Highway 44 cross 6 Indian states and connects major Indian cities like Varanasi,Nagpur, Hyderabad,Bangalore and Madurai. Some of the part of NH7 or NH44 is selected as North-South Corridor and Golden Quadrilateral highway projects
NH 44 – 3,745 km (Old NH 7)
NH 27 – 3,507 km
National Highway 27 (NH 27) is a part of North South and East West Corridor of India,starts from Porbandar and terminates in Silchar. The 3,507 km long road is the second longest National Highway in India after National Highway 44 (old NH 7). Jhansi is the junction of North South and East West Corridors.
NH 48 – 2,807 km (Old NH 8)
National Highway 48 (NH 48) starts from Delhi and terminates at Chennai. The national highways of old NH 8, stretch from Delhi to Jaipur including Kishangarh expressway,National Expressway 1, Udaipur to Vadodara and Baroda to Bombay (NH 8 old) were merged and renumbered to NH 48. Ahmedabad Vadodara Expressway, Delhi Gurgaon Expressway, Jaipur-Kishangarh Expressway and Western Express Highway are the part of new numbered National Highway 48.
NH 52 – 2,317 km
National Highway 52 (NH 52) is a 2,317 km long highway that connects north to south India. NH 52 passes through the major cities of Hisar, Jaipur, Kota, Indore, Dhule,Aurangabad, Bijapur to Hubli.
NH 30 – 2,010 km
National Highway 30 (NH 30) was previously National Highway 221, connecting Sitarganj in Uttarakhand with Ibrahimpatnam in Andhra Pradesh. NH 30 passes through 6 major states of India covering a distance of 2,010 km through the cities of Lucknow, Allahabad,Jabalpur, Raipur and Bhadrachalam.
NH 6 – 1,873 km
National Highway 6 (NH 6) starts near Jorabat in Meghalaya and terminates at Selling in Mizoram. The 1,873 km long highway is the longest national highway in north east India and passes through the states of Meghalaya, Assam and Mizoram.
NH 53 – 1,781 km
National Highway 53 (NH 53) is a 1,781 km long highway connecting Hajira in Gujarat and Pradip port in Odisha. NH 52 runs through four states of Gujarat, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh and Odisha.
NH 16 – 1,659 km (Old NH 5)
National Highway 16 (NH 16) is a part of the Golden Quadrilateral project, runs along east coast of West Bengal, Odisha,Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh. The 1,659 km long road highway connects various cities and towns of four states and terminates at Chennai in Tamil Nadu.
NH 66 – 1,593 km (Old NH 17)
National Highway 66 (NH 66) was previously known as NH 17, that runs parallel to the Western Ghats of India. It starts at Panvel and terminates at Kanyakumari, passing through all the major cities and towns of different states of Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu. NH 66 offers the most beautiful road journey in India along the western coast of Karwar,Chiplun,Mangaon,Maravanthe and Alappuzha.
NH 19 – 1,435 km (Old NH 2)
National Highway 19 is one of the top 10 longest national highways of India, Often referred as Delhi Kolkata Road. The 1,435 km long highway is one of the busiest National Highways in India, runs through the major cities of Delhi, Agra, Varanasi, Barhi,Asansol and Kolkata. It was part of the Golden Quadrilateral and a major portion is the historical Grand Trunk Road.
NH 34 – 1,426 km
National Highway 34 (NH 34) runs from Gangotri Dham in Uttarakhand and ends at NH44 near Lakhnadon, Jabalpur . The 1,426 km long national highway route include Uttarkashi,Rishikesh,Haridwar,Ghaziabad, Bulandshahr, Aligarh,Damoh and Jabalpur.
NH 2 – 1,214 km
National Highway 2 (NH 2) starts near Dibrugarh and connect Assam, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram states with Sivasagar, Kohima, Imphal and Tuipang. The NH 2 1,214 km long highway is the second longest national highway in North East India.
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