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Roads in India are an important mode of transport in India. India has a network of over 6,331,791 kilometres (3,934,393 mi) of roads (as of 31 December 2022 [update] ). This is the second-largest road network in the world, after the United States. [ 2 ] At (1.94 km, 1.21 mi) of roads per square kilometre of land, the quantitative density of ...
Transport in India consists of transport by land, water and air. Road transport is the primary mode of transport for most Indian citizens, and India's road transport systems are among the most heavily used in the world. The Golden Quadrilateral connects the four major metro cities of India, viz., Delhi ( north ), Kolkata ( east ), Chennai ...
The national highways in India are a network of limited access roads owned by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. National highways have flyover access or some 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 ...
Kolkata–Durgapur section of India's GQ highway. NH4: Chennai–Mumbai section of the GQ highway near Krishnagiri, Tamil Nadu. The Golden Quadrilateral ( Hindi: स्वर्णिम चतुर्भुज, romanized : Svarnim Chaturbhuj; abbreviated GQ) is a national highway network connecting several major industrial, agricultural and ...
Schematic map of National Highways in India. On 28 April 2010, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways officially published a new numbering system for the National Highway network in the Gazette of the Government of India. [1] [2] It is a systematic numbering scheme based on the orientation and the geographic location of the highway. This ...
Cities along the Silk Road. This articles lists cities located along the Silk Road. The Silk Road was a network of ancient trade routes which connected Europe with China, spanning from the Mediterranean Sea to the Korean Peninsula and Japan . The Silk Road's eastern end is in present-day China, and its main western end is Antioch.
During Myanmar President U. Htin Kyaw's state visit to India in August 2016, an MoU was signed with the Government of India under which the latter will fund the construction of 69 bridges, including approach roads in the Tamu-Kyigone-Kalewa section (149.70 km (93.02 mi)) of the highway, and also upgrade the Kalewa-Yagyi section (120.74 km (75.02 mi)).
Expressways are the highest class of roads in India. In July 2023, the total length of expressways in India was 5,930 km (3,680 mi), with 11,127.69 km (6,914.43 mi) under construction. These are controlled-access highways where entrance and exits are controlled by the use of cloverleaf, three-way, trumpet or grade separated interchanges that ...