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National Highways Authority of India was set up by an
act of the Parliament, NHAI Act, 1988
The Highways/Expressways constitute only about

1.7% of the length of all roads, they carry about 40% of
the road traffic.
Major expressways
Purvanchal expressway project
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 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 expressway – 1. Gorakhpur, 2-

Azamgarh, 3- Ambedkarnagar, 4- Sant Kabir Nagar
Project
Ganga Expressway
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
distt. and ends on SH-40 in Lucknow.
Bundelkhand Expressway (Green Field)
Starting point of the project:- Near Bharatkoop in district Chitrakoot.
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 national capital Delhi
through Agra-Lucknow expressway and Yamuna expressway as well as will
play a vital role in the development of Bundelkhand area.
Length of the project:- Total 296.070 KM.

Districts benefited from the project: Chitrakoot, Banda, Mahoba, Hamirpur,
Jalaun, Auraiya and Etawah.
Uttar Pradesh Defence Industrial Corridor 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
defence industries in the corridor: Agra Aligarh
Chitrakoot Jhansi Kanpur Lucknow
Tamil Nadu Defence Corridor, 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 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.
Eastern Peripheral Expressway or 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 or 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 kms from Rourkela in the
northern part of Odisha to Chandili in the
southern part of the state.
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
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
Which was the first expressway in India?
Mumbai – Pune expressway

National Highways
(Old Numbering)
NH -1 Delhi to Amritsar
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
NH-8 Delhi to Mumbai
North–South Corridor
This is a 4,000 kilometres corridor via NH 44 (Srinagar-

Udhampur-Jammu–Jalandhar–Delhi–Agra–Gwalior–Jhansi–
Narsinghpur-Lakhnadon–Nagpur-Hyderabad-Bengaluru-Salem–
Madurai-Kanyakumari),
East-West Corridor
This is a 3,300 kilometres corridor via NH 27 (Porbandar–Rajkot-
Samakhiali–Radhanpur–Kota–Jhansi–Kanpur-Lucknow–Ayodhya-
Muzaffarpur–Darbhanga-Supaul-Purnia–Kishanganj-Galgalia–
Bijni–Guwahati–Nagaon–Dabaka–Silchar)
Jhansi is the junction of North–South and East–West Corridors.

Which two of the following extreme
locations are connected by the east-west
corridor?
Kutch and Guwahati

Silchar and Porbandar
Mumbai and Kolkata
Mumbai and Itangar
Golden Quadrilateral
Delhi–Kolkata - 1,453 km
Chennai–Mumbai 1,290 km
Kolkata–Chennai 1,684 km
Mumbai–Delhi - 1,419 km
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
Kolkata–Chennai -
1,684 km
NH 16
Mumbai–Delhi - 1,419
km
NH-48
Which is the shortest National Highway in India?
NH47A
Now called NH 966B
It covers a distance of 8 kilometres (5.0 miles)

between Kundannoor and Willingdon Island in
Kochi, in the state of Kerala.
National Highways
(New Numbering)
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
connecting Uri,
Baramula, Srinagar,
Kargil and
terminating at Leh in
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, Hoshiapur 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.
NH 9
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 starting from

Indo / Bangladesh Border
connecting Fulbari Siliguri
in the State of West Bengal
connecting Sivok,
Kalimpang near N.H-10
and terminating at Gangtok
in the State of Sikkim.
Which highway connects Sikkim with rest of India
and is now known as lifeline of Sikkim?
NH31A
NH 2B
NH 231A
NH 7B
What is the historical Sher Shah Suri Marg now
called?
NH 4
NH 1
NH 3
NH 7
In India, GT Road
coincides with NH
19 and NH 44 of
National Highways
in India
NH 16 – GQ

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, Rajahmundary,
Deverapalli,
Gondugolanu,Vijayawada, Nellore
in the State of Andhra Pradesh and
terminating at its junction with NH-
48 near Chennai in the State of
NH 19 - GQ

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,
Palsit 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, Chittaurgarh,
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, Vellor and terminating
at its junction with NH16 near

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National Highways Authority of India was set up by an

act of the Parliament, NHAI Act, 1988

The Highways/Expressways constitute only about

Purvanchal expressway project

Starting point: Village Chand Sarai, located at Lucknow-

Ending Point: Near village Haidaria on National Highway No.-19,

Total length 340.824 KM.

Total length - 91.352 KM

Starting point: Jaitpur (District-Gorakhpur) bye pass.

Districts falling on expressway – 1. Gorakhpur, 2-

Starting from N.H. 334, in district Meerut

Length of project:- 594 KM approx.

Starting point of the project:- Near Bharatkoop in district Chitrakoot.

For Omni-directional development in the Bundelkhand area, especially in

Length of the project:- Total 296.070 KM.

Tamil Nadu Defence Corridor, being set up by the

The project was started to decongest the older

The expressway starts from the Western Peripheral

Western Peripheral Expressway along with

Construction of 890 km of express highway

1,300 km long expressway that will run across

Mumbai-Nagpur Super Communication

National Expressway 2: Eastern Peripheral

National Expressway 3: Delhi–Meerut Expressway

National Expressway 4: Mumbai–Vadodara Expressway

National Expressway 5: Delhi–Gurdaspur stretch of

Mumbai – Pune expressway

This is a 4,000 kilometres corridor via NH 44 (Srinagar-

Jhansi is the junction of North–South and East–West Corridors.

Kutch and Guwahati

Now called NH 966B

It covers a distance of 8 kilometres (5.0 miles)

It starts from Srinagar in

The highway starting from

The highway starting from its

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