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The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is the nodal agency responsible for building, upgrading and maintaining most of the national highways network. It operates under the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. The National Highways Development Project (NHDP) is a major effort to expand and upgrade the network of highways. NHAI often uses a public-private partnership model for highway development, maintenance and toll-collection.

  • N.H 1 Delhi- Ambala- Amritsar – Indo-Pak Border (546 km).
  • N.H 2 Delhi-Agra- Kanpur- Varanasi – Kolkata (1490 km).
  • N.H.3 Agra- Gwaliar- Indore- Nasik- Mumbai (1161 km).
  • N.H. 4 JunctionwithN.H.3nearThane-Belgaum-Bangalore-Ranipet – Chennai (1235 km).
  • N.H. 7 Varanasi-Jabalpur-Nagpur-Hyderabad-Bangalore-Madurai – Kanyakumari (2369 km).It is longest highway of India.
  • N.H. 8 Delhi- Jaipur- Ahmedabad- Vadodara- Mumbai (1428 km).
  • N.H. 9 Pune – Solapur- Hyderabad- Vijayawada (791 km).
  • N.H. 15 Pathankot – Amritsar – Bhatinda – Ganganagar – Bikaner -Jaisalmer – Kandla (1526 km).
  • N.H. 22 Ambala- Kalka- Shimla-Rampur- Indo-Tibet (China) Border near Shipki La (459 km).
  • N.H. 24 Delhi – Bareilly- Lucknow (438 km).
  • N.H. 39 Numaligarh- Imphal- Pale!- Indo- Myanmar Border (436 km).
  • N.H. 44 Shillong – PassiBadarpur – Agartala( 495 km).
  • N.H. 47 Salem- Coimbatore – TrichurEmakulamThiruvanantha-puram – Kanyakumari (640 km).
  • N.H. 48 Bangalore – Hasan – Mangalore (328 km).
  • N.H. 49 Kochi – Madurai – Dhanushkodi (440 km).
  • N.H. 55 Siliguri – Darjeeling (77 km).
  • N.H. 80 Makamah – Farakka (310 km.)
  • N.H. 102 Chapra – Muzaffarpur (80 km.)
  • N.H. 205 Ananthpur – Chennai (442 km.)