Collect all the details of all types of existing NH, and SH, EH across

the country.

1.0 Brief Introduction

India has the second largest road network in the world.3.314 million km of roadways are
distributed across the length and breadth of the country. The roads are mostly constructed of
bitumen, with some Indian National Highways having concrete roads. The idea of
expressway roads is also catching up in India, and the Mumbai-Pune expressway and Delhi
Gurgaon expressway are the best examples. The first evidence of road development in the
Indian subcontinent can be drafted back to approximately 4000 BC from the ancient cities of
Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro of the Indus Valley Civilization.

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CLASSIFICATION OF ROADS

 Expressways
 National highways
 State highways
 Major district roads
 Rural and other roads

Indian Road Network Is Administered By Various Government Authorities

Total kilometers (as of

Road classification Authority responsible
2013)

Ministry of Road Transport & Highways (Central

National Highways 92,851
government)

State governments (state's public works

State Highways 1,63,898
department)

Major and other district Local governments, panchayats, and

17,05,706
roads municipalities

Local governments, panchayats, and

Rural roads 27,49,805
municipalities

THE INDIAN ROAD NETWORK

Type Length (km)

National Highways/Expressways 66,754

State Highways 1,28,000

Major district roads 4,70,000

Rural & other roads 26,50,000

Total (approx) 33,14,754

NATIONAL HIGHWAYS IN INDIA

• The National Highways are the principal highways driving across the length and
breadth of the nation, joining essential harbors, big commercial and tourism hubs,
state capitals, and so on.
• National Highways in the country is described as NH and then the highway number
comes after it.

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• The national highway network in India is supervised by the Ministry of State for
Surface Transport.
• The public works departments of different states look after the state roads and state
highways.
• The state and union governments have common duties for constructing
thoroughfares and sustaining the roadways in the country.

National highway no.6 (Maharashtra)

Lanes Length (km) Percentage

Single Lane / Intermediate lane 18,350 27%

Double lane 39,079 59%

Four Lane/Six lane/Eight Lane 9,325 14%

Total 66,754 100%

Expressways in India

• In 2009, in India, access-regulated expressways comprised around 120 miles or

200 km of the National Highway System of the country.

• By 2011, these counted to more than 600 km. These roads permit high speeding
vehicles and can be classified into four-lane and six-lane expressways.

• It has been anticipated that by 2014 around 3,530 km of expressways will be put
into operation from the projects that are currently going on.

• The Indian government has drafted a motivating goal to construct a new 18,637 km
expressway transportation system by 2022.

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LIST OF EXPRESSWAYS IN INDIA

Name State

Mumbai-Pune Expressway Maharashtra

Ahmadabad - Vadodara Expressway Gujarat

Allahabad Bypass Uttar Pradesh

Jaipur-Kishangarh Expressway Rajasthan

Chennai Bypass Tamil Nadu

Durgapur Expressway Delhi

Noida-Greater Noida Expressway Delhi /Uttar Pradesh

Kona Expressway West Bengal

Hosur Road Elevated Expressway Karnataka

Outer Ring Road (Hyderabad) Andhra Pradesh

Ambala Chandigarh Expressway Haryana

Raipur-Bhilai-Durg Expressway Chhattisgarh

Western Freeway Mumbai Maharashtra

Kundli Manesar Palwal Expressway(KMP) Haryana

Mumbai Nashik Expressway Uttar Pradesh/Haryana

Yamuna Expressway Delhi/Uttar Pradesh

Upper Ganga Canal Expressway Delhi/Uttar Pradesh

Bamroli Althan Expressway Gujarat

Hungund Hospet Expressway Karnataka

Chennai Port Maduravoyal Expressway Tamil Nadu

Suratkal-B.C Road Expressway Karnataka

Hyderabad ORR Raipur-Bilaspur Expressway Andhra Pradesh

Pathankot Ajmer Expressway Punjab/Rajasthan

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STATE HIGHWAYS IN INDIA (SH)

• The state highways are utilized to join with the National Highways, main towns,
district headquarters, tourism hubs, and small harbours and facilitate the movement
of vehicles in necessary places of the state.
• These roads are basically arterial roads and they facilitate accessibility to main
metropolitan areas and townships in the state.
• In association with the State Highways of the bordering states and National
Highways. The overall span of the state highways is around 137,712 km.

These are essential roads within a district connecting areas of production with
markets and joining these with each other or with the State Highways & National
Highways.
It also connects Taluk headquarters and rural areas to District headquarters within
the state.
District roads would take traffic from the major roads to the interior of the district.
According to the significance, some are considered major district roads, and the
remaining as other district roads.