8 Interesting Facts About Highways In India

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Everyone of you like travelling on highways. Right? Where you dont get irritated by traffic, car horns etc. You get to drive at ease with no interruption. And, while driving you must have noticed those milestones, their colors, their numbers etc. and a lot of other things. But do you know what is the purpose of doing that.

I am quite fascinated by highways in India. So, I would to share 8 interesting facts about highways that I am sure you dont know about.

1. The national highway has a white and yellow milestone.

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2. A state highway has a white and green milestone.

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3. A city road has a black and white or simply white milestone.

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4. A road constructed under “Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana” will have orange and white milestone.

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5. All major Highways will be single digit or double digit in number.

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6. Bars and liquor shops are not allowed along any national highways of india.

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7. NH 7 is the longest national highway in India.

From Varanasi to Kanyakumari – Varanasi-Mangawan-Rewa-Jabalpur-Lakhnadon-NagpurHyderabad-Kurnool-Bangalore-Krishnagiri-Salem-DindigulMadurai-Cape-Commorin(Kanyakumari) – Total distance is 2369 KMs.

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8. The National Highways Network of India covers 70,548 km.

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Interestintgly, total length of NH is around 2% of total length of road in India, but it carries 40% of total traffic. The article is inspired from this interesting thread on quora.

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