| Important Facts on Indian Roads |
|---|
| The total length of National Highways is 1,40,152 km. (Aug 2021) |
| The total length of road network in India as on 31.03.2021 is 62,15,797 km. (National Highways - 1,36,440, State Highways - 1,76,818 and other roads 59,02,539 km) |
| The road network in India is the second in the world. First position is held by USA. |
| The maximum length of National Highways is in Maharashtra - 18,317 km |
| About 65% of freight and 80% passenger traffic is carried by the roads. |
| North South corridor connects Srinagar to Kanyakumari (including a spur from Salem to Kochi) and has a length of 4000 km. |
| East-West corridor connects Silchar to Porbandar and has a length of 3300 km. |
| Jhansi is the junction of North–South and East–West Corridors. |
| Grand Trunk Road |
| The Grand Trunk road connects Sonargaon in Bangladesh with Kabul in Afghanistan. |
| It was initiated by Mauryan Emperor Chandragupta Maurya and later renovated and extended by Sher Shah Suri. |
| Golden Quadrilateral |
| The Golden Quadrilateral connects the four metro cities, Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai and Mumbai. |
| The total length of the road is 5,846 km. |
| The maximum distance between two metros is between Kolkata and Chennai - 1684 km. |
| The maximum length of the Golden Quadrilateral passes through Andhra Pradesh - 1014 km. |
| Highway No. | Route | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 44 (longest highway) | Srinagar-Jammu-Pathankot-Jalandar-Ludhiana-Ambala-Karnal-Panipat-Delhi-Faridabad-Mathura-Agra-Gwalior-Jhansi-Lakhnadon, Nagpur-Adilabad-Hyderabad-Kurnool-Bengaluru-Salem-Madurai-Kanyakumari | 3745 km |
| 27 | Porbandar-Palanpur-Udaipur-Kota-Jhansi-Kanpur-Lucknow-Gorakhpur-Muzaffarpur-Purnia-Shiliguri-Bongaigaon-Guwahati-Dispur-Silchar | 3507 km |
| 48 | Delhi-Jaipur-Kishangarh-Udaipur-Ahmedabad-Vadodara-Mumbai-Pune-Kolhapur-Belgaum-Bengaluru-Vellore-Chennai | 2807 km |
| 16 | Kolkata-Kharagpur-Baleshwar-Bhubaneshwar-Vishakhapatnam-Vijayawada-Nellore-Chennai | 1659 km |
| 19 | Delhi-Mathura-Agra-Kanpur-Allahabad-Varanasi-Aurangabad-Asansol-Palsit-Kolkata | 1435 km |
| 53 | Hajira-Surat-Jalgaon-Amravati-Nagpur-Durg-Raipur-Sambalpur-Dubri-Paradip Port | 1781 km |
| North-South highways are even numbered and East-West highways are odd numbered. | ||
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| Highway No. | Route | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Delhi-Ambala-Jalandhar-Amritsar-Indo-Pak Border | 456 km |
| 2 | Delhi-Mathura-Agra-Allahabad-Varanasi-Barhi-Palsit-Bara-Calcutta | 1465 km |
| 6 | Hajira-Dhule-Nagpur-Raipur-Sambalpur-Baharagora-Calcutta | 1949 km |
| 7 (longest highway) | Varanasi-Mangawan-Rewa-Jabalpur-Lakhnadon-Nagpur-Hyderabad-Kurnool-Bangalore-Krishnagiri-Salem-Dindigul-Madurai-Kanyakumari | 2369 km |
| 8 | Delhi-Jaipur-Ajmer-Udaipur-Ahmedabad-Vadodara-Mumbai | 1375 km |
| 10 | Delhi-Fazilka-Indo Pak Border | 403 km |
