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The Grand Trunk Road (formerly known as Uttarapath, Sadak-e-Azam, Shah Rah-e-Azam, Badshahi Sadak, and Long Walk) [1] is one of Asia's oldest and longest major roads. For at least 2,500 years [ 3 ] it has linked Central Asia to the Indian subcontinent .
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 ...
Elgin Road - It is a major road in Civil Lines. Jawaharlal Nehru Road; Hamilton Road - Now renamed as Amarnath Jha Marg. [3] Hastings Road runs north to south in central Prayagraj and has been divided into two renamed Nyaya Marg which runs from Muir Road to PD Tandon Marg, and CSP Marg which runs from PD Tandon Marg to Smith Road. Kamla Nehru ...
The Gough Map, dating to about 1360, is the oldest known road map of Great Britain. In 1500, Erhard Etzlaub produced the "Rom-Weg" (Way to Rome) Map, the first known road map of medieval Central Europe. It was produced to help religious pilgrims reach Rome for the occasion of the "Holy Year 1500".
The highway was constructed and maintained by National Highways Authority of India from Delhi to Rishikesh and Border Roads Organisation (BRO) of Indian Army from Rishikesh, where the plains end and the mountains start, to its northernmost end. The highway bypasses Meerut city that was a big bottleneck.
The Grand Trunk Road is one of Asia's oldest and longest roads. It connects Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, and Bangladesh. The road has been used at least since the times of the Maurya Empire in the 4th century BCE, has been reconstructed several times in different periods, and has been upgraded to modern traffic in the 20th century. In addition ...