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NH NO . LENGTH (km) STATE LOCATION (The figures in brackets denote length of road in that state)...

National Highways - Length, Routes, Significance



NH
NO .
LENGTH
(km)
STATE LOCATION
(The figures in
brackets denote
length of road in that
state)
ROUTES
( The Route shows
here only the major
towns and cities)


SIGNIFICANCE
1 A
663 km
Punjab(108),
Himachal Pradesh(14),
Jammu & Kashmir (541)
Jalandhar – Jammu –
Srinagar – Baramulla - Uri
Jawahar Tunnel falls under
this route.
Connects Jammu to the rest of
India
2
1465 km
Delhi(12), Haryana(74),
Uttar Pradesh(752),
Bihar(202), Jharkhand(190),
West Bengal (235)
Delhi - Agra - Kanpur -
Allahabad - Varanasi -
Dhanbad - Kolkata
Comprises the historic Grand
Trunk Road.
Referred to as the DELHI
KOLKATA ROAD”.
3
1161 km
Uttar Pradesh(26),
Rajasthan(32),
Madhya Pradesh(712),
Maharashtra(391)
Agra - Gwalior - Shivpuri -
Indore - Nasik - Thane -
Mumbai
MUMBAI-AGRA ROAD or the
“AB ROAD”
4
1235 km
Maharashtra(3 71),
Karnataka(658),
Andhra Pradesh(83),
Tamil Nadu(123)
Thane - Pune - Belgaum -
Hubli - Bangalore - Chittoor -
Ranipet - Chennai
Constitutes the Golden
Quadrilateral’s Mumbai
Chennai Segment
5
1533 km
Orissa (488), Andhra
Pradesh (1000),
Tamil Nadu (45)
Baharagora - Cuttack -
Bhubaneswar - Vizag -
Vijayawada - Guntur -
Gummidipoondi - Chennai
Part of the Golden
Quadrilateral
6
1949 km
Gujarat (177),
Maharashtra (813),
Chhattisgarh (314),
Orissa (462),
Jharkhand (22),
West Bengal (161)
Hazira - Surat - Amravati -
Nagpur - Raipur -
Sambalpur - Kolkata
One of the Busiest national
highways
7
2369 km
LONGEST NH
Uttar Pradesh (128),
Madhya Pradesh(504),
Maharashtra (232),
Andhra Pradesh (753),
Karnataka (125),
Tamil Nadu (627)
Varanasi - Jabalpur - Nagpur -
Hyderabad - Kurnool -
Bangalore - Salem -
Madurai – Kanyakumari
Now referred to as NH 44.
It is a major North-South
National Highway.
8
1428 km
Delhi (13), Haryana (101),
Rajasthan(635),
Gujarat (498),
Maharashtra (128)
Delhi - Jaipur - Ajmer -
Udaipur - Ahmedabad -
Vadodara - Surat - Mumbai
DELHI-MUMBAI Corridor
9
841 km
Maharashtra (336),
Karnataka (75),
Andhra Pradesh (430)
Pune - Solapur - Hyderabad -
Vijayawada - Machilipatnam
Major National Highway in
Central India


11
582 km
Uttar Pradesh (51),
Rajasthan (531)
Agra - Jaipur - Bikaner
Keoladeo National Park lies on
this highway. An important
Tourism Highway.
12
890 km
Madhya Pradesh (490),
Rajasthan (400)
Jabalpur - Bhopal - Kota -
Jaipur
An Important Highway in
Western India.
13 Or
169

691 km
Maharashtra (43),
Karnataka (648)
Solapur - Bijapur - Shimoga -
Mangalore
Now renamed as NH 169.
15
1526 km
Punjab (350),
Rajasthan (906),
Gujarat(2 70)
Pathankot – Amritsar –
Bikaner – Jaisalmer –
Samakhiali
Major road in Western and
North-western India.
17
1269 km
Maharashtra (482),
Goa (139), Karnataka(280),
Kerala (368)
Panvel - Panaji - Udupi –
Surathkal - Mangalore -
Cannanore - Calicut
Now renamed as NH 66.
Runs in parallel direction along
the Western Ghats.
28
570 km
Bihar (259),
Uttar Pradesh (311)
Barauni - Muzaffarpur -
Gorakhpur - Lucknow
Historic place – Ayodhya is
located in this highway.
31
1125 km
Bihar (393),
West Bengal (366),
Assam(322), Jharkhand (44)
Barhi - Siliguri - Cooch
Behar- North Salmara -
Amingaon
Gateway to North-East India
37
680 km
Assam (680)
Goalpara - Guwahati -
Kamargaon - Saikhoaghat
Passes through Kaziranga
National Park.
43
551 km
Chhattisgarh (316),
Orissa (152),
Andhra Pradesh (83)
Raipur - Jagdalpur -
Vizianagaram
Transverses a path along the
Eastern Ghats.
44
630 km
Meghalaya (184),
Assam (111), Tripura(335)
Shillong - Badarpur -
Agartala - Sabroom
The only link that connects
Tripura with the rest of the
seven sister states.
47
640 km
Tamil
Nadu (224), Kerala (416)
Salem - Perundurai‑
Coimbatore - Kochi -
Trivandrum - Kanyakumari
Stretch included in the North‑
South Corridor.
52
850 km
Assam (540),
Arunachal Pradesh (310)
Baihata - Tezpur - Pasighat -
Tezu
Connects ssams Guwahati &
runchal Pradesh’s Itanagar.
54
850 km
Assam (335),
Mizoram (515)
Dabaka - Silchar - Aizawl-
Tuipang
Connectivity between Assam
and Mizoram’s Aizawl.
58
538 km
Uttar Pradesh (165),
Uttarakhand (373)
Delhi - Ghaziabad - Meerut -
Haridwar - Badrinath
Starts near the Indo-Tibetian
Border
65
690 km
Haryana (240),
Rajasthan (450)
Ambala - Hissar - Fatehpur -
Jodhpur - Pali
Highway ensuring Connection
between the North and West.
67
555 km
Tamil Nadu (520),
Karnataka (35)
Nagapattinam -Trichy -
Coimbatore -Ooty -
Gundlupet
Connectivity between the
southern states.
75
955 km
Madhya Pradesh (600),
Uttar Pradesh(110),
Jharkhand (245)
Gwalior - Jhansi -
Chhatarpur - Ranchi
Important phase in the North‑
South Corridor.
76
1007 km
Madhya Pradesh (60),
Uttar Pradesh(467),
Rajasthan (480)
Pindwara - Udaipur - Kota -
Shivpuri - Jhansi - Allahabad
A highway with theleast
amount of Traffic


78
559 km
Madhya Pradesh (178),
Chhattisgarh (356),
Jharkhand (25)
Katni - Surajpur –
Jashpur Nagar - Gumla
Transverses the remotest
places in three states.
79
500 km
Madhya Pradesh (280),
Rajasthan (220)
Ajmer - Nasirabad -
Mandsaur - Indore
Highway passes though many
historic significant places –
Tombs, Forts, Palaces.
86
674 km
Uttar Pradesh (180),
Madhya Pradesh(494)
Kanpur - Chhatarpur -
Bhopal - Dewas
Referred to as Hamirpur
Road.
Featured in the World’s
Toughest Trucker”.
150
700 km
Manipur (523),
Mizoram (141),
Nagaland(36)
Aizawl - Imphal - Kohima
Known as TIPAIMUKH ROAD
in Manipur.
204
974 km
Maharashtra (126)
Ratnagiri - Pali - Kolhapur -
Sangli - Solapur - Latur -
Wardha - Nagpur
Passes through the Seshadri
Mountains located in the
Western Ghats.
217
508 km
Chhattisgarh (70),
Orissa (438)
Raipur - Gopalpur
Connectivity with the east coast.
222
610 km
Maharashtra (550),
Andhra Pradesh (60)
Kalyan - Ahmednagar -
Parbhani -Nanded - Nirmal
One of the Longest Highways
in Maharashtra.
229
1090 km
Arunachal Pradesh (1090)
Tawang - Pasighat
Runs from one end of Arunachal
Pradesh to the other end.
234
780 km
Karnataka (509),
Andhra Pradesh (23),
Tamil Nadu (234)
Mangalore - Belur -
Venkatagirikota - Vellore -
Villupuram
Connectivity between three
southern states.