List of National Highways in India

The list of National Highways in India gives a region wide listing of the Indian Highways, a class of roads maintained by the National Highways Authority of India. These are the main long-distance roadways in India and one of the highly used means of transport in India. They play a significant role in the Indian economy.

The National Highways, the majority 2 laned (one in each direction), constitute a total of about 65,000 km, out of which 5,840 km is to be converted into "Swarna Chathuspatha" or Golden Quadrilateral, a prestigious project commenced by the NDA Government led by Mr. Atal Bihari Vajpayee.(Source, The Hindu, Dt. June 07, 2008 : Mr. H. T. Muniapppa, Union Minister ofo State for Surface Transport) of which 4,885 km are median-separated express highways. In some more developed areas it may broaden to 4 lanes. Closer to big cities, highways can even be of 8 lanes. Highways in India are around 2% of the total road network in India, but carries nearly 40% of the total road traffic. The National Highways (Amendment) Bill, 1995, provides for private investment in the building and maintenance of these arteries of India.

The longest NH is the NH7 which is from Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh to Kanyakumari at the southern most point of the Indian mainland, in Tamil Nadu covering a distance of 2369 km, and passing through the metros like Jabalpur, Nagpur, Hyderabad and Bangalore. The shortest NH is the NH47A, which is a 6 km stretch to the Ernakulam - Kochi Port. India has the distinction of having the world’s highest drivable highway connecting Manali to Leh in Ladakh, Kashmir.

Andhra Pradesh

Bihar

Delhi

Haryana

Jharkhand

Madhya Pradesh

Meghalaya

Orissa

Rajasthan

Tripura

West Bengal

Andaman & Nicobar

;TOTAL LENGTH (in km.):65,569

See also

* National Highways Development Project
* List of National Highways in India (by Highway Number)

External links

* [http://www.nhai.org/ NHAI]
* [http://www.mapsofindia.com/maps/india/national-highway.htm Map for all the National Highway] ]
* [http://morth.nic.in/ Ministry of Road Transport and Highways]
* [http://morth.nic.in/writereaddata/sublinkimages/NH_Length5919329610.htm National Highways routewise info]
* [http://gis.nic.in/roads/?linkid=183&langid=2 National GIS Project - State Road maps]