Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The ensemble of historic sites along the road in India was submitted to the tentative list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in 2015, under the title "Sites along the Uttarapath, Badshahi Sadak, Sadak-e-Azam, Banho, Grand Trunk Road". [1] The Indian sections of the Grand Trunk Road coincide with NH 19, NH 112 and NH 44 of the National Highways in ...
Bareilly–Almora–Bageshwar Marg (Nainital Road) Bareilly (Almora, Bageshwar: Uttarakhand state) 56.00 UP SH 38: 1426849: Bilgram–Unnao–Allahabad Marg Hardoi, Unnao, Raebareli, Allahabad: 221.21 UP SH 39: 1607706: Chandausi–Agra–Jagen–Tantpur Marg Agra: 76.56 UP SH 40: 1453625: Lucknow–Mohana–Nanamau–Bela–Etawah Marg
The name is derived from the Sanskrit terms uttara, for north, and patha, for road.Initially, the term Uttarapatha referred to the northern high road, the main trade route that followed along the river Ganges, crossed the Indo-Gangetic watershed, ran through the Punjab to Taxila (Gandhara) and further to Zariaspa or Balkh in Central Asia.
Schematic map of National Highways in India. On 28 April 2010, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways officially published a new numbering system for the National Highway network in the Gazette of the Government of India. [1] [2] It is a systematic numbering scheme based on the orientation and the geographic location of the highway. This ...
Road maps often distinguish between major and minor thoroughfares (such as motorways vs. surface streets) by using thicker lines or bolder colors for the major roads. [12] Printed road maps commonly include an index of cities and other destinations found on the map; smaller-scale maps often include indexes of streets and other routes.
The fortified highland cities, located three miles (5 km) apart at around 6,560-7,220 feet (2,000-2,200 meters) above sea level, are among the largest known from the mountainous sections of
Ambala-Naraingarh-Paunta Sahib road Km. 9.230 to 13.750 — — NH 344A: 88: 55 Phagwara bypass, Banga, Nawanshahr, Balachaur- Ropar (Ropar city portion Km 81.900 to 88.00 with PWD) — — NH 344B: 35: 22 The highway starting from its junction with NH-44 at Phagwara and terminating at its junction with NH-3 at Hoshiarpur in the State of Punjab ...
Schematic map of National Highways in India. The NH-7 (old NH-58) connects Hindu pilgrim centres of Rishikesh, Devprayag, Rudraprayag, Karnaprayag, Chamoli, Joshimath and Badrinath with Dehradun and Chandigarh. Pilgrims travelling to Sri Hemkunt Sahib take a diversion from Govindghat which lies on NH-7 between Joshimath and Badrinath.