Important Facts on Indian Roads

》The total length of National Highways is 71,772 km.
》The total length of expressways is 200 km.
》The total length of road network in India is 3.34 million km.
》The road network in India is the third largest in the world.
》The maximum length of National Highways is in Uttar Pradesh - 7,818 km
》About 65% of freight and 80% passenger traffic is carried by the roads.

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 out of which 5,828 km has already been completed by 31 Jan 2012.
》The maximum distance between two metros is between Kolkata and Chennai - 1649 km.
》The maximum length of the Golden Quadrilateral passes through Andhra Pradesh - 1014 km.

Some Important Highways/Highway No. Route Length

NH1. Delhi-Ambala-Jalandhar-Amritsar-Indo-Pak Border 456 km

NH2. Delhi-Mathura-Agra-Allahabad-Varanasi-Barhi-Palsit-Bara-Calcutta 1465 km

NH6 Hajira-Dhule-Nagpur-Raipur-Sambalpur-Baharagora-Calcutta 1949 km

NH7 (longest highway) Varanasi-Mangawan-Rewa-Jabalpur-Lakhnadon-Nagpur-Hyderabad-Kurnool-Bangalore-Krishnagiri-Salem-Dindigul-Madurai-Kanyakumari 2369 km

NH8 Delhi-Jaipur-Ajmer-Udaipur-Ahmedabad-Vadodara-Mumbai 1375 km

NH910 Delhi-Fazilka-Indo Pak Border 403 km