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National Highway 16 (NH 16) also known as Kolkata - Chennai Highway is a major National Highway in India that runs along east coast of West Bengal, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, and Tamil Nadu. [1] It was previously known as National Highway 5.
This is a list of the States of India ranked by the length of the state highways, as of 31 March 2012. [3] State Highways are the arterial roads in a State for inter-district movements. They traverse the length and width of a state connecting the state capital, district headquarters and important towns and cities and link up with the National ...
The Indian Ministry of Railways has classified railway line speeds into seven categories: [2] [3] [4] Conventional lines: The routes which support an operational speed of less than 110 km/h (68 mph) are conventional rail lines. Group E lines: Support less than 100 km/h (62 mph) Group D lines: Support up to 100 km/h (62 mph)
The Howrah–Delhi main line was the first trunk route in India connecting two metropolises. It was opened in 1866. [3] The second trunk route was Howrah–Prayagraj–Mumbai line, opened in 1870. [4] The Howrah–Nagpur–Mumbai line was opened in 1900 as the third trunk route in the country. Close on its heels was the Howrah–Madras main ...
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.
The Chennai Bypass Road is a full-access controlled expressway that interconnects four radial Indian National Highways around Chennai, India covering a distance of 32 km (20 mi) from Perungalathur (near Tambaram) on NH-32 to puzhal on NH-16 via Maduravoyal at a cost of ₹ 4.05 billion.
The highway starting from its junction with NH-27 near Kushinagar in the State of Uttar Pradesh connecting Chhitanuni Rail-cum-Road Bridge, Bagaha, Lauriya, Bettiah and terminating at its junction with NH-527 D near Chhapwa in the State of Bihar. — — NH 727A: 4.5: 2.8
In 1998 India launched a massive program of highway upgrades, called the National Highways Development Project (NHDP), in which the main north–south and east–west corridors and highways connecting the four metropolitan cities (Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata) have been fully paved and widened into four-lane highways. Some of the busier ...