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Route of the Grand Trunk Road. 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.
As of 2010 notification from Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, NH 1 has been renumbered as follows. [2] Attari - Amritsar - Jalandhar section is part of new National Highway No. 3; Jalandhar - Ludhiana - Ambala - Panipat - Delhi section is part of new National Highway No. 44
Maps of the Grand Trunk Railway 1857, and its connections, c1860; Report for submission to the shareholders of the Grand Trunk Railway in 1860; Collections Canada: History of the Grand Trunk Railway; Grand Trunk Railway Engineer Department: Road section foreman's wage and material book for years 1866-1874 (Trent University Archives) [dead link
It was previously referred to as Delhi–Kolkata Road and is one of the busiest national highways in India. After renumbering of national highways, Delhi to Agra route is now national highway 44 and Agra to Kolkata route is numbered national highway 19. [2] [3] It constitutes a major portion of the historical Grand Trunk Road.
NH 2 returns to old Grand Trunk Road at Nirsa. At Gobindpur NH 2 meets NH 32 leading to Dhanbad and Jamshedpur. At Topchanchi there is a picturesque lake, off NH2. Thereafter for a long stretch up to Isri the massive Parasnath Hills / Shikharji dominates on the northern side of NH 2. At Dumri, the road on the north leads to Madhuban and Giridih.
Part of the highway was built on the ancient Grand Trunk Road (commonly known as G.T. Road) which came under jurisdiction of the new state after the independence of Pakistan in 1947. [2] The historical Grand Trunk Route extended from Wagha, Punjab to Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Suri-Bolpur Road at Purandarpur NH 114 and SH 13 at Ahmadpur SH 7 at Kumardanga SH 14 from Jajigram to High Road Morh SH 15 at High Road Morh SH 8 from Hematpur Morh to Nadanghat Morh Belghoria Expressway near Bally Ghat railway station Kona Expressway at Santasir Morh: To: Alampur – Junction with NH 16: Location; Country: India: State: West ...
The term "trunk road" sometimes appears in the names of specific routes, most famously the Grand Trunk Road. In Canada, core national routes are part of the National Highway System , which receive some funding and strategic planning from the federal government, but are managed by the provinces.