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Important Highways of India

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NH1

Route (Major Cities): Delhi-Ambala-Jalandhar-Amritsar-Indo-Pak Border
Total Length: 456 km

NH2

Route (Major Cities): Delhi-Mathura-Agra-Allahabad-Varanasi-Barhi-Palsit-Bara-Calcutta
Total Length: 1465 km

NH6

Route (Major Cities): Hajira-Dhule-Nagpur-Raipur-Sambalpur-Baharagora-Calcutta
Total Length: 1949 km

NH7 (Longest as of 2014)

Route (Major Cities): Varanasi-Mangawan-Rewa-Jabalpur-Lakhnadon-Nagpur-Hyderabad-Kurnool-Bangalore-Krishnagiri-Salem-Dindigul-Madurai-Kanyakumari
Total Length: 2369 km

NH8

Route (Major Cities): Delhi-Jaipur-Ajmer-Udaipur-Ahmedabad-Vadodara-Mumbai
Total Length: 1375 km

NH10

Route (Major Cities): Delhi-Fazilka-Indo Pak Border
Total Length: 403km

posted Dec 3, 2014 by Salil Agrawal

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This serpentine road will send your heart to your mouth for sure! The road, that goes up to Matheran from Neral, is as smooth as butter. But you cannot speed up due to its narrowness. If you don't want to drive it, there are many share taxis that take tourists in hoards right up to Matheran.

 

3. National Highway 22

The name 'interstate to damnation' appears to be more proper for this frightening parkway than the current unassuming National Highway 22. Touted as one of India's most unsafe interstates, the street here makes you slice through a mountain. Simultaneously, demise looms over you as precipices and passages all around. National Highway 22 was additionally highlighted in the History Channel's "IRT Deadliest Roads" TV arrangement for its poor support and risky condition.

 

4. Chang La 

Drivers experience windedness and sickness while going through this course. Chang La is secured with snow consistently and is monitored by the armed force because of its nearness to the Chinese outskirt. It is prudent to convey additional warm garments and a restorative unit with you, as the winds and atmosphere can be amazingly cruel. 

 

5. Leh-Manali Highway 

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6. Munnar Road 

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8. Khardung La Pass 

Under the armed force's nearby investigation, this pass is secured with clasp turns that will have the most prepared drivers frightful. Khardung La Pass gives you a passage to Nubra Valley and stays shut every year from October to May because of cruel conditions. 

 

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10. Rajmachi Road 

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12. Nathu La Pass 

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14. Gata Loops 

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