National Highway 44 (India)

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National Highway 44 (NH 44) is a major north–south National Highway in India and is the longest in the country.

It passes through the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, in addition to the states of Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, and Tamil Nadu.

It came into being by merging seven national highways, in full or part, starting with the Jammu–Srinagar National Highway (former NH 1A) from Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir, former NH 1 in Punjab and Haryana ending at Delhi, part of former NH 2 starting from Delhi and ending at Agra, former NH 3 (popularly known as Agra-Bombay National Highway) from Agra to Gwalior, former NH 75 and former NH 26 to Jhansi, and former NH 7 via Lakhnadon, Seoni, Nagpur, Adilabad, Nirmal, Hyderabad, Kurnool, Anantapur,Chikkaballapur, Devanahalli, Bangalore, Hosur, Krishnagiri, Dharmapuri, Salem, Namakkal, Karur, Dindigul, Madurai, Virudhunagar, Kovilpatti and Tirunelveli terminating at Kanyakumari.

The 70 km Delhi-to-Panipat section, also known as Delhi-Panipat Expressway, is being upgraded, at a cost of ₹2,178.82 crores, to an elevated tolled expressway with 8 (4+4) main lanes and 4 (2+2) service lanes, which was completed in July 2023. The NH-44 road between Salem and Thoppur in Tamil Nadu is prone to fatal accidents due to the hilly slopes. Agra-Gwalior section of this highway is part of the legendary AB Road(Agra-Bombay Road).

Route

The highway starts from Srinagar. NH 44 covers the North-South Corridor of NHDP and it is officially listed as running over from Srinagar to Kanyakumari. It is the longest national highway in India.

Route length in states and UTs

States/UTs	Total length in State/UT	Junctions	Destinations	Other Cities Covered
Jammu and Kashmir		4	in Anantnag	Srinagar (The Starting point)
			in Anantnag
			in Domel
			in Jammu
Himachal Pradesh		0		The route runs parallel to Chakki River.
Punjab		4	in Pathankot	Mukerian
			in Jalandhar
			in Ludhiana
			in Rajpura
Haryana		6	in Ambala	Kurukshetra, Faridabad
			in Ambala
			in Karnal
			in Panipat
			in Sonipat
			in Palwal
Delhi		3	in New Delhi
			in New Delhi
			in New Delhi
Uttar Pradesh		3	in Agra	Vrindavan, Mathura, Lalitpur,
			in Jhansi
			in Jhansi
Rajasthan		1	in Dholpur
Madhya Pradesh		1	in Seoni	Gwalior, Sagar, Narsinghpur, Lakhnadon, Seoni
Maharashtra		11	in Mansar	Nagpur, Hinganghat, Pandharkawda
			in Amdi
			in Kamptee
			in Nagpur
			in Nagpur
			in Jamtha
			in Butibori
			in Jamb
			in Hinganghat
			in Wadki
			in Karanji
Telangana		5	in Nirmal	Adilabad, Kamareddy, Jadcherla, Mahbubnagar
			in Nizamabad
			in Hyderabad
			in Hyderabad
			in Hyderabad
Andhra Pradesh		4	in Kurnool	Kurnool,Anantpur
			in Dhone
			in Gooty
			in Anantpur
Karnataka		5	in Chikkaballapur	Chikkaballapur
			in Bangalore
			in Bangalore
			in Bangalore
			in Bangalore
Tamil Nadu		14	in Hosur	Virudhunagar, Namakkal
			in Krishnagiri
			in Dharmapuri
			in Salem
			in Salem
			in Karur
			in Dindigul
			in Dindigul
			in Dindigul
			in Madurai
			in Thirumangalam
			in Tirunelveli
			near Nagercoil
			in Kanyakumari

Bengaluru–Hosur Road

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National Highway 44 near Bengaluru

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16km long elevated stretch of NH 44 through Pench Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh

Bengaluru–Hosur Road of this highway connects Bengaluru, the capital of the state of Karnataka, and the city of Hosur, in the Krishnagiri district on the border of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. It is a four- to six-lane highway which also has service lanes on either sides at the busier parts. Apart from being a part of the National Highway, the road is also significant because it consist of many industrial and IT business houses. The IT industrial park Electronic City is also located alongside Hosur Road.

The National Highways Authority of India has constructed a elevated highway between Bommanahalli and Electronic City. This toll road has made travel to Electronic City a lot faster. The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike and the Bengaluru Development Authority have planned a series of flyovers and underpasses to make this arterial road signal-free.

Major intersections

• in Gwalior
• in Sagar
• in Narasinghpur
• in Lakhnadon
• in Seoni
• in Ramtek
• in Nagpur

Tunnels

• T5 Tunnel: On 16 March 2023, the National Highways Authority of India Thursday opened for traffic T5 tunnel, a 870-metre tunnel that bypasses landslide-prone stretch of the mountainous road between Panthial and Magerkote, on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway in Ramban district.

Primary destinations

- Srinagar – Udhampur - Jammu – Kathua (Jammu and Kashmir)
– Pathankot - Mukerian – Jalandhar – Ludhiana (Punjab)
– Ambala – Kurukshetra – Panipat – Sonipat (Haryana)
– Delhi (Delhi)
– Faridabad – Palwal (Haryana)
– Mathura – Agra (UP)
– Dholpur (Rajasthan)

- Morena - Gwalior (MP)
– Jhansi – Lalitpur (UP)
– Sagar – Narsinghpur – Lakhnadon – Seoni (MP)
– Nagpur – Hinganghat (Maharashtra)
– Adilabad – Nirmal – Nizamabad- Kamareddy – Hyderabad – Jadcherla (Telangana)
– Kurnool – Dhone – Anantapur (AP)
– Chikkaballapur – Devanahalli – Bangalore – Hebbagodi – Attibele (Karnataka)
– Hosur – Krishnagiri – Dharmapuri – Salem – Karur – Dindigul – Madurai – Tirunelveli – Kanyakumari (Tamil Nadu)

Notes

• A major stretch of NH 44 from Lakhnadon to Kanyakumari () has been selected as a part of the North-South Corridor by the National Highways Development Project.
• Approximately stretch of NH 44 between Bengaluru and Krishnagiri has been selected as a part of the Golden Quadrilateral also by the National Highways Development Project.

See also

• List of national highways in India
• National Highways Development Project
• NH 138

External links

• NH 44 on OpenStreetMap