National Highways In India

What are National Highways?

National Highways (NH) are main highways running through the length and breadth of the country connecting  highways of other countries ,important ports , capitals and district head quarters of states and  union territories , important cities and places of strategic importance ,etc. 

According to the Ministry of Roads, Transport and Highways (MoRTH), there are 599 National Highways in India. Over a period of time, the numbering of National Highways in India has been renewed. The Ministry has released details of National Highways in the country on its official website.
The total length of National Highways is 132500 Kms.

This Ministry is primarily responsible for development and maintenance of National Highways (NHs). The Ministry keeps on receiving proposals from various State Governments/Union Territories (UTs) for declaration of State roads as new National Highways (NHs). The Ministry considers declaration of some State roads as new NHs from time to time based on requirement of connectivity, inter-se priority and availability of funds.

The declaration of State roads as new NHs are considered based on well established principles; the criteria for State roads for declaration as new NHs include roads running through length / breadth of the country, connecting adjacent countries, National Capitals with State Capitals / mutually the State Capitals, major ports, non-major ports, large industrial centers or tourist centers, roads meeting very important strategic requirement in hilly and isolated area, arterial roads which enable sizeable reduction in travel distance and achieve substantial economic growth thereby, roads which help opening up large tracts of backward area and hilly regions (other than strategically important ones), achieving a National Highways grid of 100 km, etc.

List of Important National Highways in India

Old National Highway Number	New National Highway Number	Serial No. in NH Act, 1956	State/ Union Territory through which it passes
NH 1 A and NH 1 D	NH 1	1	Jammu & Kashmir
NH 1 B	NH 244	144	Jammu & Kashmir
NH 2	NH 19 ( Golden Quadrilateral)	63	Bihar, Delhi, Haryana, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal
NH 2 A	NH 519	66	Uttar Pradesh
NH 2 B	NH 114	40	West Bengal
NH 3      NH 50	NH 60	188	Maharashtra
NH 223	NH 4	12	Andaman & Nicobar Islands
NH 4 A	NH 748	165	Goa, Karnataka
NH 4 B	NH 348	161	Maharashtra
NH 5     NH 6     NH 60     NH 217	NH 16 ( Golden Quadrilateral)	49	Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu
NH 7	NH 41	123	Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh
NH 7 A	NH 147	131	Tamil Nadu
NH 8	NH 151	157	Delhi, Haryana, Gujarat, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, Maharashtra
NH 8 A	NH 65	139	Gujarat
NH 8 C	NH 21	154	Gujarat
NH 8 D	NH 148	171	Gujarat
NH 9	NH 45	196	Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Maharashtra, Karnataka
NH 11	NH 40	73	Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh
NH 11 A	NH 148	158	Rajasthan
NH 12	NH 45	336	Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh
NH 18     NH 4	NH 40	136	Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
NH 21     NH 22     NH 95	NH 5	13	Haryana, Punjab, Chandigarh, Himachal Pradesh
NH 23	NH 320	71	Jharkhand
NH 24	NH 530	102	Uttar Pradesh
NH 30	NH 319	65	Bihar
NH 35	NH 112	37	West Bengal
NH 39	NH 129	98	Assam, Nagaland
NH 47	NH 544	147	Kerala, Tamil Nadu
NH 47 A	NH 966 B	205	Kerala
NH 47 C	NH 966 A	204	Kerala
NH 55	NH 110	34	West Bengal
NH 56	NH 731	110	Uttar Pradesh
NH 79	NH 156	184	Rajasthan
NH 152	NH 127 A	87	Assam
NH 38 &  NH 153	NH 315	45	Assam, Arunachal Pradesh

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