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National Highways of India by Dr. Gaurav Garg National Highways Authority of India was set up by an act of the Parliament, NHAI Act, 1988 The Highways/Expressways (direct connectivity between two places without many brakes) constitute only about 1.7% of the length of all roads, they carry about 40% of the road traffic . Mumbai-Pune Expressway was the first expressway in India. Expressway reduces the transportation cost as less time is taken to cover that distance due to direct connectivity. Major expressways Purvanchal Expressway project Purvanchal is in eastern UP. Starting point: Village Chand Sarai, located at Lucknow-Sultanpur Road (NH-731), district Lucknow. Ending Point: Near village Haidaria on National Highway No.-19, in district Ghazipur. Total length: 340.824 KM. Other districts falling on the expressway 1. Lucknow, 2- Barabanki, 3- Amethi, 4- Sultanpur, 5-Ayodhya, 6- Ambedkar Nagar, 7-Azamgarh, 8-Mau, 9-Ghazipur Gorakhpur link expressway project Total length - 91.352 KM Starting point: Jaitpur (District-Gorakhpur) bye-pass. Ending Point: Salarpur (District Azamgarh) at Purvanchal expressway. Districts falling on the expressway 1. Gorakhpur, 2- Azamgarh, 3- Ambedkarnagar, 4- Sant Kabir Nagar Project. These intermediate places can be reached by taking diversions from the expressway. Ganga Expressway It will be completed by 2025 and will be the longest expressway of UP. Starting from N.H. 334, in district Meerut Ending in district Prayagraj Length of project:- 594 KM approx. Districts benefited from the project:- Meerut, Hapur, Bulandshahar, Amroha, Sambhal, Badaun, Shahjahanpur, Hardoi, Unnao, Rai Bareli, Pratapgarh, and Prayagraj. Agra-Lucknow Expressway Project (Greenfield) 302.222 Km long The expressway starts at Agra inner ring road, passes through Firozabad, Mainpuri, Etawah, Auraiya, Kannauj, Kanpur Nagar, Hardoi, Unnao district. and ends on SH-40 in Lucknow. Greenfield means brand new project. Bundelkhand Expressway (Green Field) The starting point of the project:- Near Bharatkoop in district Chitrakoot. The ending point of the project:- Near village Kudrail in district Etawah on Agra-Lucknow expressway. For Omni-directional development in the Bundelkhand area, especially in less developed districts like Chitrakoot, Banda, Hamirpur, and Jalaun the State Government has pledged to construct Bundelkhand Expressway. This expressway will link the Bundelkhand area from the national capital Delhi through the Agra-Lucknow expressway and Yamuna expressway as well as will play a vital role in the development of the Bundelkhand area. Length of the project:- Total 296.070 KM. Districts benefited from the project: Chitrakoot, Banda, Mahoba, Hamirpur, Jalaun, Auraiya, and Etawah. 1 © Copyright 2020 Study IQ

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National Highways of IndiaNational Highways of India by Dr. Gaurav Garg
National Highways Authority of India was set up by an act of the Parliament, NHAI Act, 1988 The Highways/Expressways (direct connectivity between two places without many brakes)
constitute only about 1.7% of the length of all roads, they carry about 40% of the road traffic . Mumbai-Pune Expressway was the first expressway in India. Expressway reduces the transportation cost as less time is taken to cover that distance due to direct connectivity.
Major expressways
Purvanchal Expressway project
Purvanchal is in eastern UP. Starting point: Village Chand Sarai, located at Lucknow-Sultanpur Road (NH-731), district Lucknow. Ending Point: Near village Haidaria on National Highway No.-19, in district Ghazipur. Total length: 340.824 KM. Other districts falling on the expressway – 1. Lucknow, 2- Barabanki, 3- Amethi, 4- Sultanpur, 5-Ayodhya, 6-
Ambedkar Nagar, 7-Azamgarh, 8-Mau, 9-Ghazipur
Gorakhpur link expressway project
Total length - 91.352 KM Starting point: Jaitpur (District-Gorakhpur) bye-pass. Ending Point: Salarpur (District Azamgarh) at Purvanchal expressway. Districts falling on the expressway – 1. Gorakhpur, 2- Azamgarh, 3- Ambedkarnagar, 4- Sant Kabir Nagar Project.
These intermediate places can be reached by taking diversions from the expressway.
Ganga Expressway
It will be completed by 2025 and will be the longest expressway of UP. Starting from N.H. 334, in district Meerut Ending in district Prayagraj Length of project:- 594 KM approx. Districts benefited from the project:- Meerut, Hapur, Bulandshahar, Amroha, Sambhal, Badaun, Shahjahanpur,
Hardoi, Unnao, Rai Bareli, Pratapgarh, and Prayagraj.
Agra-Lucknow Expressway Project (Greenfield)
302.222 Km long The expressway starts at Agra inner ring road, passes through Firozabad, Mainpuri, Etawah, Auraiya, Kannauj,
Kanpur Nagar, Hardoi, Unnao district. and ends on SH-40 in Lucknow. Greenfield means brand new project.
Bundelkhand Expressway (Green Field)
The starting point of the project:- Near Bharatkoop in district Chitrakoot. The ending point of the project:- Near village Kudrail in district Etawah on Agra-Lucknow expressway. For Omni-directional development in the Bundelkhand area, especially in less developed districts like Chitrakoot,
Banda, Hamirpur, and Jalaun the State Government has pledged to construct Bundelkhand Expressway. This expressway will link the Bundelkhand area from the national capital Delhi through the Agra-Lucknow
expressway and Yamuna expressway as well as will play a vital role in the development of the Bundelkhand area. Length of the project:- Total 296.070 KM. Districts benefited from the project: Chitrakoot, Banda, Mahoba, Hamirpur, Jalaun, Auraiya, and Etawah.
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Defence Corridor
Defense Corridor meaning giving good connectivity among defense production units called nodal points. This is being done to boost self-reliance and exports in the defense sector.
Uttar Pradesh Defence Industrial Corridor
It is being set up by the Uttar Pradesh Expressways Industrial Development Authority (UPEIDA). It consists of the following six nodal points with the potential to develop defense industries in the corridor: Agra
Aligarh Chitrakoot Jhansi Kanpur Lucknow Tamil Nadu Defence Corridor
It is being set up by the Government of Tamil Nadu, consists of the following five nodal points: Chennai Coimbatore Hosur Salem Tiruchirappalli
Yamuna Expressway or Taj Expressway
It is a 6-lane (extendable to 8 lanes), 165 km long, access-controlled expressway, connecting Greater Noida with Agra in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
The project was started to decongest the older Delhi-Agra national highway (NH-2) or Mathura Road which is already over-congested.
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Eastern Peripheral Expressway
Also known as Kundli–Ghaziabad–Palwal (KGP) Expressway or National Expressway 2 Length - 135 km The expressway starts from the Western Peripheral Expressway at Kundli, Sonipat, passing through Baghpat,
Ghaziabad, and Noida districts in UP and Faridabad district in Haryana before rejoining the Western Peripheral Expressway near Dholagarh, Palwal.
Western Peripheral Expressway
Also known as Kundli–Manesar–Palwal (KMP) Expressway Length - 135.6 km Western Peripheral Expressway along with Eastern Peripheral Expressway completes the largest Ring Road around
Delhi.
Brahmaputra Express Highway
Construction of 890 km of express highway along the entire length of Brahmaputra in the state from Sadiya in the east to Dhubri in the west.
The Narmada Expressway
1,300 km long expressway that will run across the state of Madhya Pradesh, passing through the historic town of
Amarkantak on the eastern edge of the state, where the Narmada river originates, Dindori, Shahpura, Jabalpur, and Alirajpur in the western end.
Chandili-Rourkela Expressway (Biju Expressway)
Stretching over 656 km from Rourkela in the northern part of Odisha to Chandili in the southern part of the state. It is named after Biju Patnaik.
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Mumbai-Nagpur Super Communication Expressway
Also known as the Maharashtra Samruddhi Mahamarg, this is a 701 km long, eight-lane expressway connecting Mumbai on the western edge of Maharashtra and Nagpur on the eastern end of the state.
Now its name is changed and called Balasaheb Thakre Expressway. Notes
National Expressway 1: Ahmedabad–Vadodara Expressway National Expressway 2: Eastern Peripheral Expressway, National Expressway 3: Delhi–Meerut Expressway National Expressway 4: Mumbai–Vadodara Expressway National Expressway 5: Delhi–Gurdaspur stretch of Delhi–Amritsar–Katra Expressway National Expressway 6: Lucknow–Kanpur Expressway, declared as NE 6
Ques: Which was the first expressway in India? Mumbai – Pune expressway
National Highways (Old Numbering prior to 2010)
NH -1 Delhi to Amritsar (it goes till Jammu) NH-2 Delhi to Kolkata NH3 Agra to Mumbai NH 4 Mumbai to Chennai NH 5 Kolkata to Chennai NH 6 Surat to Kolkata NH-7 Varanasi to Kanyakumari (earlier the longest NH of India but now NH 44 is the longest from Kashmir to
Kanyakumari) NH-8 Delhi to Mumbai
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North-South Corridor This is a 4,000 kilometers corridor via NH 44
(Srinagar-Udhampur-Jammu–Jalandhar–Delhi–Agra–Gwalior–Jhansi–Narsinghpur-Lakhnadon–Nagpur-Hyderabad- Bengaluru-Salem–Madurai-Kanyakumari)
Kanyakumari is in Tamil Nadu.
East-West Corridor This is a 3,300 kilometers corridor via NH 27
(Porbandar–Rajkot-Samakhiali–Radhanpur–Kota–Jhansi–Kanpur-Lucknow–Ayodhya-Muzaffarpur–Darbhanga-Sup aul-Purnia–Kishanganj-Galgalia–Bijni–Guwahati–Nagaon–Dabaka–Silchar)
Jhansi is the junction of North-South and East–West Corridors.
Ques: Which two of the following extreme locations are connected by the east-west corridor? A. Kutch and Guwahati B. Silchar and Porbandar C. Mumbai and Kolkata D. Mumbai and Itanagar
Golden Quadrilateral
Golden Quadrilateral(According to old numbering)
Delhi–Kolkata - 1,453 km Chennai–Mumbai 1,290 km Kolkata–Chennai 1,684 km Mumbai–Delhi - 1,419 km
Atal Bihari Vajpayee started its formation.
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Golden Quadrilateral
Delhi–Kolkata - 1,453 km
Delhi to Agra route is now national highway 44 and Agra to Kolkata route is numbered national highway 19
Chennai–Mumbai 1,290 km Mumbai to Pune to Hubli to Bangalore to Chennai was earlier called NH -4 before renumbering of national
highways in 2010. The former NH -4 is now renumbered as NH- 48.
Kolkata–Chennai -1,684 km
Porbandar-Silchar
NH -27
Which is the shortest National Highway in India? NH47A. Now called NH 966B It covers a distance of 8 kilometers (5.0 miles) between Kundannoor and Willingdon Island in Kochi, in the state of
Kerala.
Longest Highway
NH 44 It is 3,745 km long It starts from Srinagar in the north and ends in Kanyakumari in the south. NH-44 was laid and is maintained by
Central Public Works Department (CPWD)
NH 1
The highway connects Uri, Baramulla, Srinagar, Kargil and terminates at Leh in the State of Jammu & Kashmir.
NH 2
The highway starting from its junction with NH-15 near Dibrugarh in the State of Assam connecting Sibsagar and Amguri in the State of Assam, Mokokchung, Wokha and Kohima in the State of Nagaland, Imphal and Churachandpur in the State of Manipur, Seling, Serchhip, Lawngtla and terminating at Tuipang in the State of Mizoram.
NH 3
The highway connecting Atari (India/Pakistan Border), Amritsar, Jalandhar, Hoshiarpur in the State of Punjab, Naduan, Hamirpur, Toni Devi, Awa Devi, Mandi, Kullu, Manali, Gramphoo, Kyelong in the State of Himachal Pradesh and terminating at Leh in the State of Jammu and Kashmir.
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NH 9 (Old Name NH 10)
The Highways starting from its junction with NH-7 near Malaut in the State of Punjab connecting Dabwali, Sirsa, Fatehabad, Hisar, Hansi, Rohtak, Bahadurgarh in the State of Haryana, Delhi, Ghaziabad, Moradabad, Rampur, Bilaspur in the State of Uttar Pradesh, Rudrapur, Sitarganj, Khatima, Tanakpur, Pithoragarh, Ogla and terminating at Askot near Indo/Nepal border in the State of Uttarakhand.
NH 10 (Old Name NH31A) SILIGURI CORRIDOR The highway starts from Indo / Bangladesh Border
connecting Fulbari Siliguri in the State of West Bengal connecting Sivok, Kalimpong near N.H-10 and terminating at Gangtok in the State of Sikkim.
It connects Sikkim with India and is known as the chicken neck corridor.
It is the lifeline of Sikkim.
Ques: Which highway connects Sikkim with rest of India and is now known as lifeline of Sikkim? A. NH31A B. NH 2B C. NH 231A D. NH 7B
Ques: What is the historical Sher Shah Suri Marg now called?
A. NH 4 B. NH 1 + NH 2 C. NH 3 D. NH 7
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In India, GT Road coincides with NH 19 and NH 44 of National Highways in India
NH 16 – GQ
The highway starting from its junction with NH-19 near Kolkata connecting Kharagpur in the State of West Bengal, Baleshwar, and Bhubaneshwar in the State of Orissa, Anandapuram Pendurthi, Anakapalli, Rajahmundry, Devarapalli, Gundugolanu, Vijayawada, Nellore in the State of Andhra Pradesh, and terminating at its junction with NH-48 near Chennai in the State of Tamil Nadu.
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NH 19 – GQ The highway starts from its junction with
NH-44 near Agra connecting G.Q. Kanpur, Allahabad, Varanashi in the State of Uttar Pradesh, Mohania, Aurangabad, Dobhi in the State of Bihar, Barhi, Bagadar, Gobindpur in the State of Jharkhand, Asansol, Palit, and terminating at its junction with NH-16 near Kolkata in the State of West Bengal.
NH 48 – GQ
The highway starting from Delhi connecting Bawal in the State of Haryana, Kotputli, near Jaipur, Kishangarh, Bhilwara, Chittorgarh, Udaipur in the State of Rajasthan, Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Ankleshwar in the State of Gujarat, Mumbai, Thane, Pune, Satara, Kolhapur in the State of Maharashtra, Belgaum, Chitradurga, Bangaluru in the State of Karnataka, Krishnagiri, Vellore and terminating at its junction with NH16 near Chennai in the State of Tamilnadu.
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