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{{Short description|Network of highways owned by the Government of India}}
{{For|expressways in India|Expressways of India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2017}}
[[File:Renumbered National Highways map of India (Schematic).jpg|thumb|Renumbered National Highways map of India (schematic)|300px]]

The '''national highways''' in [[India]] are a network of [[Limited-access road|limited access roads]] owned by the [[Ministry of Road Transport and Highways]]. National highways have [[Overpass|flyover access]] or some [[Controlled-access highway|controlled-access]], where entrance and exit is through the side of the flyover. At each highway intersection, flyovers are provided to bypass the traffic on the city, town, or village. These highways are designed for speeds of 100 km/h. Some national highways have interchanges in between, but do not have total controlled-access throughout the highways. The highways are constructed and managed by the [[Central Public Works Department]] (CPWD), the [[National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited]] (NHIDCL), and the [[public works department]]s (PWD) of state governments. Currently, the longest national highway in India is [[National Highway 44 (India)|National Highway 44]] at 4,112 km (2,555 mi). India started to increase the number of lanes of major national highways to 4 or more with the [[National Highway Development Project]] (NHDP). As of March 2022 India has approximately 35,000 km of four-lane National highways.

The [[National Highways Authority of India]] (NHAI) and the National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (NHIDCL) are the nodal agencies responsible for building, upgrading, and maintaining most of the National Highways network. Both operate 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 maintenance, and toll-collection. NHIDCL uses the Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) model to build, develop and maintain strategic roads in international borders of the country.

In India, National Highways are [[Intersection (road)|at-grade roads]], whereas expressways are [[controlled-access highway]]s where entrance and exit is controlled by the use [[Interchange (road)|ramps]] that are incorporated into the [[Controlled-access highway#Design|design of the expressway]]. National Highways follows standards set by [[Indian Roads Congress]] and [[Bureau of Indian Standards]].

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==Characteristics ==
[[File:Jammu Srinagar Highway.jpg|thumb|Entrance of [[National Highway 44 (India)|National Highway 44]], the longest National Highway in India (from [[Srinagar]] to [[Kanyakumari]])]]
[[File:Gujarat India 4 lane highway NH 27 in Saurashtra region.jpg|thumb|[[National Highway 27 (India)|National Highway 27]] in [[Gujarat]]]]
[[File:NH 24 Bareilly 02.jpg|thumb|A section of [[National Highway 24 (India)|National Highway 24]] in [[Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh]]]]

India has {{convert|161350|km|mi|abbr=on}} of national highways as of March 2022 compared to 101,011&nbsp;km in FY 2013–14.<ref name="59% Growth">{{cite web | url=https://www.livemint.com/industry/infrastructure/indias-road-network-grows-59-in-last-9-years-gadkari-11687870574906.html | title=India's road network grows 59% in last 9 years: Gadkari | date=27 June 2023 | access-date=11 July 2023 | archive-date=17 September 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230917211352/https://www.livemint.com/industry/infrastructure/indias-road-network-grows-59-in-last-9-years-gadkari-11687870574906.html | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>[https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/highways-construction-touches-record-37-km-per-day-gadkari/article34221788.ece NATIONALHighways construction touches record 37 km per day: Gadkari] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210409084613/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/highways-construction-touches-record-37-km-per-day-gadkari/article34221788.ece |date=9 April 2021 }} ''The Hindu''. Retrieved 29 August 2021</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://constrofacilitator.com/construction-of-national-highways-at-10331-km-in-2022-23/ | title=Construction of national highways at 10,331 km in 2022-23-MoRTH | date=25 April 2023 }}</ref> In July 2023, [[Ministry of Road Transport and Highways|Union Road Transport and Highways Minister]] [[Nitin Gadkari]] claimed total length of the national highways in the country increased by about ''59%'' in the span of the last nine years.<ref name="59% Growth"/>

As of 2013, National highways constituted 2.7% of India's total road network, but carried about 40% of road traffic.<ref name="indiatimes1">{{cite news |title=NDA regime constructed 50% of national highways laid in last 30 years: Centre |first=Dhananjay |last=Mahapatra |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/NDA-regime-constructed-50-of-national-highways-laid-in-last-30-years-Centre/articleshow/20869113.cms |newspaper=The Times of India |date=2 July 2013 |access-date=18 April 2015 |archive-date=24 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170924054702/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/NDA-regime-constructed-50-of-national-highways-laid-in-last-30-years-Centre/articleshow/20869113.cms |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2016, the government vowed to double the highway length from 101,011 to 200,000&nbsp;km.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/national-highways-road-length-to-be-increased-from-96000-km-to-200000-km-nitin-gadkari/477303/|title=National Highways road length to be increased from 1,01,011&nbsp;km to 2,00,000&nbsp;km: Nitin Gadkari|date=17 December 2016|work=The Financial Express|access-date=27 June 2017|language=en-US|archive-date=25 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225031037/https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/national-highways-road-length-to-be-increased-from-96000-km-to-200000-km-nitin-gadkari/477303/|url-status=live}}</ref>

The majority of existing highways are now four-lane roads (two lanes in each direction), though much of this is being expanded to six or more lanes. Some sections of the network are [[toll road]]s. Only a few highways are built with concrete. [[Bypass (road)|Bypasses]] have been constructed around larger towns and cities to provide uninterrupted passage for highway traffic. Some existing roads have been reclassified as national highways.

== History ==

The [[National Highways Act, 1956]]<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.vakilno1.com/bareacts/Laws/The-National-Highways-Act-1956.htm | title = The National Highways Act, 1956 | access-date = 2 December 2012 | archive-date = 14 February 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120214191232/http://www.vakilno1.com/bareacts/Laws/The-National-Highways-Act-1956.htm | url-status = dead }}</ref> provided for public i.e. state investment in the building and maintenance of the highways.

The [[National Highways Authority of India]] was established by the [[National Highways Authority of India Act, 1988]]. Section 16(1) of the Act states that the function of NHAI is to develop, maintain, and manage the National Highways and any other highways vested in, or entrusted to, it by the Government of India.

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 National Highway sectors in India were also converted to four- or six-lane limited-access highways.

The [[National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited]] started functioning as of 18 July 2014.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.morth.nic.in/nhidcl| title= NHIDCL Ministry of RT&H}}</ref> It is a fully owned company of the [[Government of India]], under the administrative control of the [[Ministry of Road Transport and Highways]], and was created to develop, maintain and manage the national highways, strategic roads and other infrastructure of India. It was dedicated to the task of promoting regional connectivity in parts of the country which share international boundaries. It is responsible for the development, maintenance and management of National Highways in hilly terrain of North-East part of India, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh and Uttarakhand. It works as a specialised agency in high altitude areas and border areas. Apart from highways, NHIDCL is constructing logictic hubs and transport related infrastructure e.g. [[multimodal transport]] hubs such as bus ports, container depots, automated multilevel car parking etc.

The [[Ministry of Road Transport and Highways]] adopted a new systematic numbering of National Highways in April 2010.<ref name="renumber1">{{cite web|url=http://dorth.gov.in/writereaddata/linkimages/9-6774713323.pdf|title=Rationalisation of Numbering Systems of National Highways|publisher=[[Department of Road Transport and Highways]]|access-date=2 September 2012|location=New Delhi|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160816023220/http://dorth.gov.in/writereaddata/linkimages/9-6774713323.pdf|archive-date=16 August 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> It is a systematic numbering scheme based on the orientation and the geographic location of the highway. The new system indicates the direction of National Highways whether they are east–west (odd numbers) or north–south (even numbers). It also indicates the geographical region where they are with even numbers increasing from east to west starting from NH2 and odd numbers increasing from north to south starting from NH1.<ref name="indiatimes3">{{cite news |title=New numbers for national highways |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/guwahati/New-numbers-for-national-highways/articleshow/10438355.cms |newspaper=The Times of India |date=21 October 2011 |access-date=18 April 2015 |archive-date=20 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150520085007/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/guwahati/New-numbers-for-national-highways/articleshow/10438355.cms |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[Bharatmala]], a centrally-sponsored and funded road and highways project of the [[Government of India]]<ref name="Ecotimes">{{citation|title=Bharat Mala: PM Narendra Modi's planned Rs 14,000 crore road from Gujarat to Mizoram|date=29 April 2015|url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2015-04-29/news/61652753_1_crore-road-road-connectivity-road-network|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150502054620/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2015-04-29/news/61652753_1_crore-road-road-connectivity-road-network|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 May 2015|work=[[The Economic Times]]|location=[[New Delhi]]}}</ref> with a target of constructing {{cvt|83677|km|mi}}<ref name="new1">{{citation|title=Ministry proposes construction of 20,000 km of roads under Bharat Mala project|date=9 January 2016|url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2016-01-09/news/69634613_1_draft-cabinet-note-finance-ministry-roads-ministry|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160325052218/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2016-01-09/news/69634613_1_draft-cabinet-note-finance-ministry-roads-ministry|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 March 2016|work=[[The Economic Times]]|location=[[New Delhi]]}}</ref> of new highways, was started in 2018. Phase I of the Bharatmala project involves the construction of 34,800&nbsp;km of highways (including the remaining projects under NHDP) at an estimated cost of {{INRConvert|5.35|lc|lk=lc}} by 2021–22.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.india.gov.in/spotlight/bharatmala-pariyojana-stepping-stone-towards-new-india|title=Bharatmala Pariyojana - A Stepping Stone towards New India {{!}} National Portal of India|website=www.india.gov.in|language=en|access-date=2018-01-18|archive-date=18 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180118183227/https://www.india.gov.in/spotlight/bharatmala-pariyojana-stepping-stone-towards-new-india|url-status=live}}</ref>

==List of national highways in India==
{{main|List of national highways in India}}

==Expanding National Highway Network==
The average speed of NH construction has also seen a significant increase,  from a baseline of 12.1 km/day in 2014 rising to 28.3 km/day (143%).

The speed of highway construction reached 37 km per day in 2020-21, a record for fastest highway construction in India.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://pib.gov.in/PressNoteDetails.aspx?NoteId=151870&ModuleId=3 | title=Ministry of Information & Broadcasting }}</ref>

{{Pie chart
| caption= National Highway of India in 2014, 91287km.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pib.gov.in/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=1993425|title=Year End Review 2023-Ministry of Road Transport and Highways|publisher=Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250203135326/https://pib.gov.in/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=1993425|archive-date=3 February 2025|url-status=live}}</ref>
| label1 = < 2 Lane, 27517km
| value1 = 30
| color1 = darkgreen
| label2 = 2 Lane / 2 Lane + PS, 45399 Km
| value2 = 50
| color2 = brown
| label3 = 4 Lane, 18371 km
| value3 = 20
| color3 = #08f
}}

{{Pie chart
| caption= National Highway of India in 2023, 146145km.
| label1 = < 2 Lane, 14870km
| value1 = 10
| color1 = darkgreen
| label2 = 2 Lane / 2 Lane + PS, 85096 km
| value2 = 58
| color2 = brown
| label3 = 4 Lane, 46179km 
| value3 = 32
| color3 = #08f
}}

==Network length==

{{Bar chart
| title       = Total length of national highways in India in km <ref>{{cite web|url=https://morth.nic.in/sites/default/files/Annual%20Report%20-%202021%20(English)_compressed.pdf|title=Annual Report 2020-2021|publisher=Bharatmala|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250317120317/https://morth.nic.in/sites/default/files/Annual%20Report%20-%202021%20(English)_compressed.pdf|archive-date=17 March 2025|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://morth.nic.in/sites/default/files/Annual%20Report_21-22-1.pdf|title=Annual Report 2021-2022|publisher=Bharatmala|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240516130345/https://morth.nic.in/sites/default/files/Annual%20Report_21-22-1.pdf|archive-date=16 May 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>
| bar_width   = 20
| float       = middle
| width_units = em
| label_type  = [[Year]]
| label1 = 2023-2024
| label2 = 2022-2023
| label3  = 2021 - 2022
| label4  = 2020 - 2021
| label5  = 2019 - 2020
| label6  = 2018 - 2019
| label7  = 2017 - 2018
| label8  = 2016 - 2017
| label9  = 2015 - 2016
| label10  = 2014 - 2015
| label11  = 2013 - 2014
| label12  = 2012 - 2013
| label13  = 2011 - 2012
| label14  = 2010 - 2011
| label15  = 2009 - 2010
| label16  = 2008 - 2009
| label17  = 2007 - 2008
| label18  = 2006 - 2007
| label19  = 2005 - 2006
| label20  = 2004 - 2005
| label21  = 2003 - 2004
| label22  = 2002 - 2003
| label23  = 2001 - 2002
| label24  = 1991 - 2001
| label26  = 1981 - 1991
| label27  = 1971 - 1981
| label28  = 1961 - 1971
| label29  = 1950 - 1961
| data_type = Total length in km
| data_max  = 200,000
| data1  = 151,874
| data2  = 145,240
| data3  = 140,995
| data4  = 136,440
| data5  = 132,995
| data6  = 132,500
| data7  = 126,500
| data8  = 114,158
| data9  = 101,011
| data10  = 97,991
| data11  = 91,287
| data12  = 79,116
| data13  = 76,818
| data14  = 70,934
| data15  = 70,934
| data16  = 70,548
| data17  = 66,754
| data18  = 66,590
| data19  = 66,590
| data20  = 65,569
| data21  = 65,569
| data22  = 58,112
| data23  = 58,112
| data24  = 57,737
| data25  = 33,650
| data26  = 31,671
| data27  = 23,838
| data28  = 23,798
}}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+National Highways in India, by state and union territories and maintaining agency<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://morth.nic.in/showfile.asp?lid=1624|title=National Highways Summary - Ministry of Road Transport & Highways, Government of India|website=morth.nic.in|access-date=21 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nhai.org/statewise1.asp|title=Welcome to NHAI|website=www.nhai.org|access-date=21 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130215043627/https://www.nhai.org/statewise1.asp|archive-date=15 February 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>

|-
!State / union territory	
!State PWD
!NHAI
!NHIDCL<ref>{{Cite web|date=15 Feb 2017|title=Overview of All NHIDCL Projects|url=http://nhidcl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/All-projects.pdf|access-date=19 Dec 2020|website=nhidcl.com}}</ref>
!Total length as on 31.03.2019 (km)	
|-
|	[[Andaman and Nicobar Islands]]	
|
|
| align="right" |87|| align="right"|331
|-
|	[[Andhra Pradesh]]	
|
|
||| align="right" |6,912
|-
|	[[Arunachal Pradesh]]	
|
|
| align="right" |1,035|| align="right" |2,537
|-
|	[[Assam]]	
|
|
| align="right" |1,010|| align="right" |3,909
|-
|	[[Bihar]]	
|
|
||| align="right" |5,358
|-
|	[[Chandigarh]]	
|
|
||| align="right" |15
|-
|	[[Chhattisgarh]]	
|
|
||| align="right" |3,605
|-
|	[[Dadra and Nagar Haveli]]	
|
|
||| align="right" |31	
|-
|	[[Daman and Diu]]	
|
|
||| align="right" |22
|-
|	[[Delhi]]	
|
|
||| align="right" |157
|-
|	[[Goa]]	
|
|
||| align="right" |293
|-
|	[[Gujarat]]	
|
|
||| align="right" |6,635
|-
|	[[Haryana]]	
|
|
||| align="right" |3,166
|-
|	[[Himachal Pradesh]]	
|
|
| align="right" |320|| align="right" |2,607
|-
|	[[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu & Kashmir]]	
|
|
| align="right" |436|| align="right" |2,423
|-
|	[[Jharkhand]]	
|
|
||| align="right" |3,367
|-
|	[[Karnataka]]	
|
|
||| align="right" |7,335
|-
|	[[Kerala]]	
|
|
||| align="right" |1,782
|-
|	[[Lakshadweep]]	
|
|
||| align="right" |0
|-
|	[[Madhya Pradesh]]	
|
|
||| align="right" |8,772
|-
|	[[Maharashtra]]	
|
|
||| align="right" |17,757
|-
|	[[Manipur]]	
|
|
| align="right" |1,751|| align="right" |1,750
|-
|	[[Meghalaya]]	
|
|
| align="right" |823|| align="right" |1,156
|-
|	[[Mizoram]]	
|
|
| align="right" |372|| align="right" |1,422.5
|-
|	[[Nagaland]]	
|
|
| align="right" |324|| align="right" |1,548
|-
|	[[Odisha]]	
|
|
||| align="right" |5,762
|-
|	[[Puducherry (union territory)|Puducherry]]	
|
|
||| align="right" |27
|-
|	[[Punjab, India|Punjab]]	
|
|
||| align="right" |3,274
|-
|	[[Rajasthan]]	
|
|
||| align="right" |10,342
|-
|	[[Sikkim]]	
|
|
| align="right" |595|| align="right" |463
|-
|	[[Tamil Nadu]]	
|
|
||| align="right" |6,742
|-
|	[[Telangana]]	
|
|
||| align="right" |3,795
|-
|   [[Tripura]]
|
|
|align="right" |573|| align="right" |854
|-
|	[[Uttarakhand]]	
|
|
| align="right" |660|| align="right" |2,949
|-
|	[[Uttar Pradesh]]	
|
|
||| align="right" |11,737
|-
|	[[West Bengal]]	
|
|
| align="right" |4|| align="right" |3,664
|-
| '''India total'''	
|
| align="right" | 48,590<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nhai.gov.in/writereaddata/Portal/Images/pdf/AnnualReport201516.pdf|title=2015-16 Annual Report|publisher=National Highways Authority of India|website=www.nhai.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191210122040/https://nhai.gov.in/writereaddata/Portal/Images/pdf/AnnualReport201516.pdf|archive-date=10 December 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| align="right" |7,990
| align="right" |'''132,500'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://morth.nic.in/sites/default/files/Summary-of-NHs_1.pdf|title=The details of National Highways (New No.) in the country and their length|website=www.nhai.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231004210845/https://morth.nic.in/sites/default/files/Summary-of-NHs_1.pdf|archive-date=4 October 2023|url-status=live}}</ref>
|}

==Year wise national highways in India, by state and union territory ==
As at end-March and length in kms.

Source: Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Government of India.<ref>[https://rbidocs.rbi.org.in/rdocs/Publications/PDFs/T_123FB5090B95B794F0EA160E4CA455E347F.PDF Table 123: State-wise Length of National Highways 2005 - 2019]  ''Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Government of India''</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
!State/union territory 
!2005 
!2006 
!2007 
!2008 
!2009 
!2010 
!2011
!2012
!2013
!2014
|-
|Andaman and Nicobar Islands 
|300 
|300 
|300 
|300 
|300 
|300 
|300
|300 
|300 
|300
|-
|Andhra Pradesh 
|4472 
|4472
|4472
|4472
|4537
|4537
|4537
|4537 
|5022 
|6590
|-
|Arunachal Pradesh 
|392 
|392
|392
|392
|1992
|1992
|1992
|2027
|2027
|2027
|-
|Assam 
|2836 
|2836
|2836
|2836
|2836
|2836
|2836
|2940 
|2940 
|3634
|-
|Bihar 
|3537
|3642
|3642
|3642
|3642
|3642
|3642
|4106 
|4168 
|4467
|-
|Chandigarh 
|24 
|24 
|24 
|24 
|24 
|24 
|24 
|24
|24
|24
|-
|Chhattisgarh 
|2184 
|2184
|2184
|2184
|2184
|2184
|2184
|2289 
|2289 
|3031
|-
|Delhi 
|72 
|72
|72
|72
|72
|80
|80
|80
|80
|80
|-
|Goa 
|269 
|269 
|269 
|269 
|269 
|269 
|269 
|269 
|269 
|269 
|-
|Gujarat 
|2871 
|3245 
|3245
|3245
|3245
|3245
|3245
|4032 
|3828 
|4694
|-
|Haryana 
|1468 
|1512 
|1512
|1512
|1512
|1518
|1518
|1633 
|1633 
|2050
|-
|Himachal Pradesh 
|1208 
|1208
|1208
|1208
|1409
|1409
|1409
|1506 
|1506 
|2196
|-
|Jammu and Kashmir
|823 
|1245 
|1245
|1245
|1245
|1245
|1245
|1245 
|1695 
|2319
|-
|Jharkhand 
|1805 
|1805
|1805
|1805
|1805
|1805
|1805
|2170 
|2374 
|2968
|-
|Karnataka 
|3843 
|3843
|3843
|3843
|4396
|4396
|4396
|4396 
|4642 
|6177
|-
|Kerala 
|1440 
|1440
|1440
|1457
|1457
|1457
|1457
|1457 
|1457 
|1700
|-
|Madhya Pradesh 
|5200 
|4670 
|4670 
|4670 
|4670 
|5027 
|5027
|5064 
|5116 
|5116
|-
|Maharashtra 
|4176 
|4176 
|4176 
|4176 
|4176 
|4191
|4191
|4257 
|4498 
|6249
|-
|Manipur 
|959
|959
|959
|959
|959
|959
|959
|1317 
|1317 
|1452
|-
|Meghalaya 
|810 
|810
|810
|810
|810
|810
|810
|1171
|1171
|1171
|-
|Mizoram 
|927 
|927
|927
|927
|927
|927
|927
|1027 
|1027 
|122
|-
|Nagaland 
|494 
|494
|494
|494
|494
|494
|494
|494 
|494 
|741 
|-
|Odisha 
|3704 
|3704
|3704
|3704
|3704
|3704
|3704
|3704 
|4416 
|4550
|-
|Puducherry 
|53 
|53
|53
|53
|53
|53
|53
|53
|53
|53
|-
|Punjab 
|1557 
|1557 
|1557 
|1557 
|1557 
|1557 
|1557
|1557 
|1557 
|1699 
|-
|Rajasthan 
|5585 
|5585
|5585
|5585
|5585
|5585
|5585
|7130 
|7180 
|7646
|-
|Sikkim 
|62 
|62
|62
|62
|62
|62
|62
|149
|149
|149
|-
|Tamil Nadu 
|4183 
|4462 
|4462
|4462
|4832
|4832
|4832
|4943
|4943
|4975
|-
|Telangana 
|. 
|.
|.
|.
|.
|.
|.
|.
|.
|.
|-
|Tripura 
|400 
|400
|400
|400
|400
|400
|400
|400 
|400 
|509
|-
|Uttar Pradesh 
|5599 
|5874 
|5874 
|5874 
|6774 
|6774 
|6774
|7818
|7818
|7986
|-
|Uttarakhand 
|1991 
|1991
|1991
|1991
|2042
|2042
|2042
|2042
|2042
|2282
|-
|West Bengal 
|2325 
|2377 
|2377 
|2524 
|2578 
|2578 
|2578
|2681
|2681
|2908
|-
|'''All India''' 
|65569 
|66590 
|66590 
|66754 
|70548 
|70934 
|70934
|76818
|79116 
|91287
|-

|}

State-wise length of National Highways<ref>{{cite web | url=https://rbi.org.in/scripts/PublicationsView.aspx?id=20785 | title=Reserve Bank of India - Publications }}</ref>

Note: Yearly data for 2018 and 2020 are not available.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
!State/union territory 
!2015
!2016 
!2017 
!2019 
!2021
!2022
!2023
!2024
|-
|Andaman and Nicobar Islands 
|331
|331
|331
|331 
|331
| 
| 
|
|-
|Andhra Pradesh 
|4670 
|5465 
|6383 
|6912
|7340
| 
| 
|
|-
|Arunachal Pradesh 
|2513 
|2513 
|2537 
|2537
|2537
|
| 
| 
|-
|Assam 
|3784 
|3821 
|3845 
|3909
|3936
|
| 
| 
|-
|Bihar 
|4701 
|4839 
|4839 
|5358
|5421
|
| 
| 
|-
|Chandigarh 
|15 
|15 
|15 
|15
|15
|
| 
| 
|-
|Chhattisgarh 
|3079 
|3078 
|3523 
|3605
|3620
|
| 
| 
|-
|Delhi 
|80
|80
|79 
|157
|157
|
| 
| 
|-
|Goa 
|262 
|262 
|293 
|293
|299
|
| 
| 
|-
|Gujarat 
|4971 
|4971 
|5456 
|6635
|7744
|
| 
| 
|-
|Haryana 
|2307 
|2622 
|2741 
|3166
|3237
|
| 
| 
|-
|Himachal Pradesh 
|2466 
|2642 
|2643 
|2607
|2607
|
| 
| 
|-
|Jammu and Kashmir
|2593 
|2601 
|2601 
|2423
|2423
|
| 
| 
|-
|Jharkhand 
|2632 
|2654 
|2661 
|3367
|3367
|
| 
| 
|-
|Karnataka 
|6432 
|6503 
|6991 
|7335
|7412
|
| 
| 
|-
|Kerala 
|1811 
|1812 
|1782 
|1782
|1782
|
| 
| 
|-
|Madhya Pradesh 
|5184 
|5194 
|8053 
|8772
|8941
|
| 
| 
|-
|Maharashtra 
|7048 
|7435 
|16239 
|17757
|17931
|
| 
| 
|-
|Manipur 
|1746 
|1746 
|1746 
|1750
|1750
|
| 
| 
|-
|Meghalaya 
|1204 
|1203 
|1204 
|1156
|1156
|
| 
| 
|-
|Mizoram 
|1381 
|1381 
|1423 
|1423
|1423
|
| 
| 
|-
|Nagaland 
|1080 
|1150 
|1547 
|1548
|1548
|
| 
| 
|-
|Odisha 
|4645 
|4838 
|5413 
|5762
|5897
|
| 
| 
|-
|Puducherry 
|64 
|64 
|64 
|27
|64
|
| 
| 
|-
|Punjab 
|2239 
|2769 
|3228 
|3274
|4099
|
| 
| 
|-
|Rajasthan 
|7886 
|7906 
|8972 
|10342
|10350
|
| 
| 
|-
|Sikkim 
|309 
|463 
|463 
|463
|709
|
| 
| 
|-
|Tamil Nadu 
|5006 
|4946 
|5918 
|6742
|6858
|
| 
| 
|-
|Telangana 
|2687 
|2696 
|3786 
|3795
|3974
|
| 
| 
|-
|Tripura 
|577 
|805 
|854 
|854
|854
|
| 
| 
|-
|Uttar Pradesh 
|8483 
|8483 
|9017 
|11737
|11831
|
| 
| 
|-
|Uttarakhand 
|2842 
|2714 
|2842 
|2949
|3106
|
| 
| 
|-
|West Bengal 
|2910 
|2956 
|3004 
|3664
|3665
|
| 
| 
|-
|'''All India'''
|97991 
|101011 
|120493 
|132500
|136440
|
| 
| 
|-
|}

==Funding==
National Highways Authority of India has enough funds to increase the pace of road building. At the listing ceremony of the National Highways Infra Trust's (NHAI InVITs) non-convertible debentures, the National Highway Infra Trust issued and listed Non-Convertible Debentures (NCDs) worth Rs 1,500 crore on the Bombay Stock Exchange, with a long-dated maturity of 25 years.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/nhai-has-enough-cash-to-speed-up-road-building-gadkari-at-ncd-listing-event-9403841.html | title=NHAI has enough cash to speed up road building: Gadkari at NCD listing event | date=28 October 2022 }}</ref>

NHAI collected tolls worth Rs 34,742 crore on national highways in FY22.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.moneylife.in/article/toll-worth-rs34742-crore-collected-on-national-highways-in-fy22/70168.html | title=Toll worth Rs34,742 crore collected on national highways in FY22 }}</ref> Additionally NHAI toll revenue is expected to rise to Rs. 1.40 lakh crores by 2028.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/transportation/roadways/nhai-toll-revenue-to-soar-to-rs-1-40-trillion-in-three-years-nitin-gadkari/articleshow/94035188.cms | title=NHAI toll revenue to soar to Rs 1.40 lakh crores in three years: Nitin Gadkari | newspaper=The Economic Times | date=6 September 2022 | last1=Mishra | first1=Twesh }}</ref>

==Future==
Brownfield National Highway Projects is an upgrading/widening of existing four lane highways into six lane highways which are not controlled access highways.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://portfolio.cept.ac.in/ft/construction-project-formulation-appraisal-cm4002-monsoon-2020-4670/brownfield-national-highway-project-monsoon-2020-pcm20400 | title=Brownfield National Highway Project &#124; CEPT - Portfolio }}</ref>

==Trivia==

* The longest national highway is [[National Highway 44 (India)|NH44]],<ref name="ref8">"[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/guwahati/New-numbers-for-national-highways/articleshow/10438355.cms New numbers for national highways] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150520085007/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/guwahati/New-numbers-for-national-highways/articleshow/10438355.cms |date=20 May 2015 }}". ''Maps of India''.</ref> which runs between [[Srinagar]] in [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]] and [[Kanyakumari (town)|Kanyakumari]] in [[Tamil Nadu]], covering a distance of {{convert|4112|km|mi|abbr=on}}. 
* The shortest national highway is [[National Highway 766EE (India)|NH766EE]],<ref name="ref4">"[http://www.listkerala.com/highways_karnataka.htm List of highways in Karnatakaa]{{Dead link|date=January 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}". ''nhai.gov.in''.</ref><ref>"[http://www.india9.com/i9show/National-Highway-536-.htm National Highway 536] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210925145944/https://www.india9.com/i9show/National-Highway-536-.htm |date=25 September 2021 }}". ''India9.com''.</ref> which spans {{convert|4.27|km|mi|abbr=on}}, from [[Hettikeri]] to [[Belekeri port, India|Belekeri port]] in [[Karnataka]].
* The [[Leh–Manali Highway]] connecting [[Leh]] in [[Ladakh]] to [[Manali, Himachal Pradesh|Manali]] in [[Himachal Pradesh]] is the second highest-altitude motorable highway in the world.{{Citation needed|date=November 2010}}

==See also==
* [[List of national highways in India]]
* [[List of national highways in India by state]]
* [[List of national highways in India by union territory]]
* [[India–Myanmar–Thailand Trilateral Highway]]
* [[Roads in India]]

== References and notes ==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
{{commons}}
* [https://epaper.newindianexpress.com/c/30555103 Story of a village by the highways]

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