Important National Highways in India
National highways in India topic usually have its presence in pretty much every exam by government. We have designed this article for you specifically to make you learn National highways in India in a simple way.
Important points to remember for National highways in India
- National highways in India come under the authority of National Highway Authority of India which is a nodal agency of Ministry of road and transport.
- Total length of National highways in India is 1,00,087.08 km
- Maximum length of National highways in states is in Uttar Pradesh with a length of 8,843.0 km
- Minimum length of national highways in states is in Sikkim and overall minimum length of national highways in states and UTs is in Chandigarh of 15.28 km
- About 65% of freight and 80% of passenger traffic is handled by roads. National Highway in India constitutes of 1.7%around of total roads but over the 40% of the total road traffic is handled by National Highways
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Important national highways in India from exam point of view
NH-1
- It starts from Delhi and ends at Indo pak border covering the cities Ambala, Jalandhar, Amritsar
NH-1A
- Connects Jalandhar to Srinagar covering the regions like Madhopor, Jammu and Banihal
- It is the only road to connect Jammu to Sri nagara
NH-1B
- Between Batot-Doda-Kishtwar in Jammu and Kashmir
NH-2
- Starts from Delhi and ends at kolkatta covering the cities from Msthura, Agra, Kanpur, Allahbad, Varanasi, Mohania, Barhi and Palsit-vidhyawati
Note- the famous grand trunk road by Shershah is a combination of NH1 and NH2
NH-3
- Starts from Agra and ends at Mumbai covering cities like Gwalior, Indore, Dhule And Nashik
NH-4
- Starts from Thane and ends at Chennai and covers the cities Belgaum, Hubli, Bengaluru and Ranipet
NH-5
- From Chennai to Baharagoda(joins NH-6 here) covering the cities Vijaywada, Vishakhapatnam, Bhubneshwar and Cuttack
NH-6
- From Hazira in Gujrat to Kolkatta, cities on this are Dhule(here NH-3 and NH-6 meet) Nagpur, Raipur, Sambalpur, Baharagoda
NH-7
- Starts from Varanasi and ends at Kanyakumari covering the cities Rewa, Jabalpur, Nagpur, Hyderabad, Kurnool, Bengaluru, Salem, Madurai, Kanyakumari
NH-8
- Starts from Delhi to Mumbai via Jaipur, Ajmer, Udaipur, Ahemdabad and Vadodra
NH-8A
- Connects Mandavi harbor to mundra , Kandla, Bharuch, limbdi and finally to Ahemdabad
NH-8E
- Connects Dwarika to Somnath
NH-9
- From Pune via Solapur, Hyderabad, Vijyawada and finally machlipattnam
NH-10
- Connects Delhi to Faizilka(on the border of pakistan)
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NH-15
- NH that passes through the Thar desert
- Strats from Pathankot via Amritsar, Bhatinda, Ganganagar, Bikaner, Jaiselmer, Barmer finally to Samakhiali(khucch Gujrat)
NH-31
- NH that connects seven sisters of North-east India
- Starts from Barhi(NH2, NH31 and NH33 meets here) in Jharkhand via Bakhtiarpur, Mokama, Barauni, Purnia, Siliguri, cooch bihar, pandu and finally to Guwahati
These are the important national highways in India you should learn compulsorily remaining highways see if you are attempting PCSs.
Thank you and all the best.
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—The Bhagavad Gita
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