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All About India's Longest Highway
20 March 2024
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NH 44 is the longest national highway in India that stretches from Srinagar in the North to Kanyakumari in the South
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NH 44 was earlier known as NH7 and holds a distance of 4,112 km
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It passes through 11 states, including Punjab, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka
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The highway not only covers the North-South corridor but also intersects with the Golden Quadrilateral, which connects 4 metro cities - New Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai and Chennai
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Traversing the entire length of NH 44 involves crossing diverse terrain, including mountains, valleys and plateaus
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There are 599 national highways in India, as per the Ministry of Roads, Transport and Highways
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These national highways link India's important agricultural, industrial, and cultural centres, and the cumulative length of all these national highways is 146,145 km, as per PIB
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NH118, as well as the NH 548, is the shortest National highway of India
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NH 118 connects the towns of Asanbani and Jamshedpur in the state of Jharkhand, running for a distance of only about 5 km
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The NH 548 traverses the state of Maharashtra for about 5 km in length
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