STATE HIGHWAY AND DISTRICT ROADS
About Golden Quadrilateral (GQ :
The Golden Quadrilateral (GQ) is a national highway network connecting most of the major industrial,
agricultural and cultural centres of India. It forms a quadrilateral connecting the four major metro cities of
India, viz., Delhi (north), Kolkata (east), Mumbai (west) and Chennai (south). Other cities
connected Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Balasore, Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Durgapur, Jaipur, Kanpur, Pune, Sur
at, Vijayawada, Ajmer, Vizag, Bodhgaya, Varanasi, Agra, Mathura, Dhanbad, Gandhinagar, Udaipur,
and Vadodara. The main objective of these super highways is to reduce the distance and time between the
four mega cities of India. At 5,846 kilometres (3,633 mi), it is the largest highway project in India and the
fifth longest in the world.[1] It is the first phase of the National Highways Development Project (NHDP),
and consists of four- and six-lane express highways, built at a cost of 600 billion (US$8.4 billion). The
project was planned by 1999, launched in 2001, and was completed in 2012. The Golden Quadrilateral
project is managed by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) under the Ministry of Road,
Transport and Highways. The vast majority of the system is not access controlled, although safety
features such as guardrails, shoulders, and high-visibility signs are in use. The Mumbai–Pune
Expressway, the first controlled-access toll road to be built in India, is a part of the GQ Project but not
funded by NHAI, and is separate from the main highway. Infrastructure Leasing & Financial
Services (IL&FS) has been one of the major contributors to the infrastructural development activity in the
GQ project.
History and cost :
The Golden Quadrilateral Project (GQ Project) was intended to establish faster transport networks
between major cities and ports, provide smaller towns better access to markets, reduce agricultural
spoilage in transport, drive economical growth, and promote truck transport. Prime Minister Atal Bihari
Vajpayee laid the foundation stone for the project on 6 January 1999. [4] It was planned to be completed by
2006, but there were delays due to land acquisition constraints and disputes with contractors which had to
be renegotiated India's government had initially estimated that the Golden Quadrilateral project would
cost ₹600 billion (US$8.4 billion) at 1999 prices. However, the highway was built under-budget. As of
August 2011, the cost incurred by the Indian government was about half of the initial estimate, at 308.58
billion (US$4.3 billion). The eight contracts in progress, as of August 2011, were worth 16.34
billion (US$230 million). In January 2012, India announced the four-lane GQ highway network as
complete In September 2009, it was announced that the existing four-laned highways would be converted
into six-lane highways. Sections of NH 2, NH 5 and NH 8 were prioritized for widening to six lanes
under DBFO (Design, Build, Finance, Operate) pattern and more sections would be six-laned in the
future. On NH 8 six-lane work was completed from Vadodara to Surat
Connected cities :
Delhi–Kolkata Kolkata–Chennai Chennai–Mumbai Mumbai–Delhi
Delhi Kolkata Chennai Mumbai
Faridabad Kharagpur Sriperumbu Silvassa
Mathura Balasore dur Vapi
Agra Cuttack Kanchipura Valsad
Firozabad Bhubaneswar m Navsari
Etawah Berhampur Walajapet Surat
Kanpur (Brahmapur) Ranipet Bharuch
Fatehpur Visakhapatna Vellore Ankleshw
district m Pallikonda ar
Allahabad Rajahmundry Ambur Vadodara
Varanasi Eluru Vaniyambad Anand
Chandauli Vijayawada i Nadiad
Mohania Guntur Krishnagiri Ahmedab
Kudra Nellore Hosur ad
Sasaram Chennai Bengaluru Gandhina
Dehri Tumakuru gar
Aurangab Sira Udaipur
ad Chitradurga Chittaurg
Sherghati Davangere arh
Dobhi Ranebennur Ajmer
Chaupara Hubballi- Jaipur
n Dharwad Gurgaon
Barhi Belagavi Delhi
Ishri Kolhapur
Bagodar Sangli-Miraj
Dhanbad Karad
Asansol Satara
Durgapur Pune
Bardham Panvel
an Mumbai
Kolkata
‘
The completed Golden Quadrilateral passes through 12 states and a Union territory:
Andhra Pradesh – 1,014 km (630 mi)
Uttar Pradesh – 756 km (470 mi)
Rajasthan – 725 km (450 mi)
Karnataka – 623 km (387 mi)
Maharashtra – 487 km (303 mi)
Gujarat – 485 km (301 mi)
Odisha – 440 km (270 mi)
West Bengal – 406 km (252 mi)
Tamil Nadu – 342 km (213 mi)
Bihar – 204 km (127 mi)
Jharkhand – 192 km (119 mi)
Haryana – 152 km (94 mi)
Delhi – 25 km (16 mi)
Total – 5,846 km (3,633 mi)
STATE HIGHWAY AND DISTRICT ROADS
i. State Highway connection to four different states Kolkata, banglore, mumbai, kerla state and
national highway
I. Chennai to kolkata : Via NH16 1711 kms
National Highway 16 (NH 16) is a major National Highway in India, that runs along east coast
of West Bengal, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. It was previously known as National
Highway 5. The northern terminal starts at Kharagpur National Highway 19 near Kolkata and the
southern terminal is at Chennai in Tamil Nadu. It is a part of the Golden Quadrilateral project
undertaken by National Highways Development Project.
About NH 16 : Golden Quadrilateral :
The Golden Quadrilateral (GQ) is a national highway network connecting most of the major
industrial, agricultural and cultural centres of India. It forms a quadrilateral connecting the four
major metro cities of India, viz., Delhi (north), Kolkata (east), Mumbai (west)
and Chennai (south). Other cities
connected Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Balasore, Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Durgapur, Jaipur, Kanpur, P
une, Surat, Vijayawada, Ajmer, Vizag, Bodhgaya, Varanasi, Agra, Mathura, Dhanbad, Gandhina
gar, Udaipur, and Vadodara. The main objective of these super highways is to reduce the distance
and time between the four mega cities of India. At 5,846 kilometres (3,633 mi), it is the
largest highway project in India and the fifth longest in the world. It is the first phase of
the National Highways Development Project (NHDP), and consists of four- and six-lane express
highways, built at a cost of 600 billion (US$8.4 billion). The project was planned by 1999,
launched in 2001, and was completed in 2012. The Golden Quadrilateral project is managed by
the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) under the Ministry of Road, Transport and
Highways. The vast majority of the system is not access controlled, although safety features such
as guardrails, shoulders, and high-visibility signs are in use. The Mumbai–Pune Expressway, the
first controlled-access toll road to be built in India, is a part of the GQ Project but not funded by
NHAI, and is separate from the main highway. Infrastructure Leasing & Financial
Services (IL&FS) has been one of the major contributors to the infrastructural development
activity in the GQ project.
History And Cost of Golden Quadrilateral :
The Golden Quadrilateral Project (GQ Project) was intended to establish faster transport networks
between major cities and ports, provide smaller towns better access to markets, reduce agricultural
spoilage in transport, drive economical growth, and promote truck transport. Prime Minister Atal Bihari
Vajpayee laid the foundation stone for the project on 6 January 1999. It was planned to be completed by
2006, but there were delays due to land acquisition constraints and disputes with contractors which had to
be renegotiated India's government had initially estimated that the Golden Quadrilateral project would
cost 600 billion (US$8.4 billion) at 1999 prices. However, the highway was built under-budget. As of
August 2011, the cost incurred by the Indian government was about half of the initial estimate, at 308.58
billion (US$4.3 billion). The eight contracts in progress, as of August 2011, were worth 16.34
billion (US$230 million). In January 2012, India announced the four-lane GQ highway network as
complete. complete In September 2009, it was announced that the existing four-laned highways would be
converted into six-lane highways. Sections of NH 2, NH 5 and NH 8 were prioritized for widening to six
lanes under DBFO (Design, Build, Finance, Operate) pattern and more sections would be six-laned in the
future. On NH 8 six-lane work was completed from Vadodara to Surat
Connected States :
i) Andhra Pradesh
ii) Odisha
iii) West bengal
Connected Cities from chennai :
Names Kms:
Nellore 175 kms
Guntur 243 kms
Vijaywada 37.3 kms
Eluru 58.2 kms
Rajamundry 100 kms
Vishakapatnam 191 kms
Berhmapur 362 kms
Bhubaneshwar 172 kms
Cuttack 26.3 kms
Balasore 174 kms
Kharagpur 149 kms
Kolkata 137 kms
Junction List :
Tamil Nadu :
NH 716A Janappachataram
NH 716 Chennai
NH 48 Chennai Terminal point
Andhra Pradesh :
NH 326A near Narasannapeta
NH 26 near Natavalsa
NH 216 at Kathipudi
NH 216A at Rajamahendravaram
NH 516E at Rajamahendravaram
NH 365BB at Kovvur near Rajamahendravaram
NH 516D at Devarapalli near Rajamahendravaram
NH 216A at Gondugolanu near Eluru
NH 65 at Vijayawada
NH 544D near Guntur
NH 167A Chilakaluripet
NH 216 near Ongole
NH 167B Singarayakonda
NH 167BG Kavali
NH 67 Nellore
NH 71 Naidupeta
Odisha :
NH 18 near Baleshwar
NH 20 near Panikholi
NH 53 near Chandikhol
NH 55 near Cuttack
NH 316 near Bhubaneswar
NH 57 near Khordha
NH 516A near Palur
NH 59 near Brahmapur
NH 516A near Brahmapur
West Bengal :
NH 19 near Kolkata
NH 12 near Kolkata
NH 116 near Kolaghat
NH 116A near Panskura
NH 14 near Kharagpur
NH 49 near Kharagpur
Roads Ends at :
Dankuni is a city and a municipality of Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is now part of the area covered
by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA).
Toll Informations with cost and kms :
Sr No. Toll Plaza (Car/Jeep Rs) kms between each toll
1 Nallur 50 21.625 km
2 Sullurpet 60 64.375 km
3 Budhanam 40 38.50 km
4 Venkatachalam (Old Nellore) 30 30.50 km
5 Sunambatti (Musunuru) 50 67 km
6 Tanguturu 80 63 km
7 Bolapalli 140 64 km
8 Kaza 90 83 km
9 Pottipadu 40 52 km
10 Kalaparru 35 24 km
11 Unguturu 90 51 km
12 Krishnavaram 85 109 km
13 Vempadu 115 75 km
14 Nathavalasa/ Vizianagaram 115 140 km
15 Laxmipuram 50 130 km
16 Chilakapalem 45 90 km
17 Madapam 30 29 km
18 Bellupada 90 120km
19 Gurapalli 80 84km
20 Gudipada (Old Gangapada) 70 88km
21 Manguli 115 58km
22 Panikholi 85 56km
23 Sergarh 60 94km
24 Rampura 75 52km
25 Debra 65 34km
26 Jaladhulagori (Dhulagarh) 105 78km
Total Charges = 1890rs
Manufacturing Industry in each district :
i ) Chennai To banglore : NH 48 347 kms
National Highway 48 (NH 48) is a National Highway of India that starts at Delhi and terminates
at Chennai traversing through seven states of India. It has a total length of 2807 km (1744 miles). NH 48
passes through the states of Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.
Its stretch from Delhi to Mumbai was earlier designated NH 8 and the stretch between Mumbai
and Chennai was designated NH 4 before all the national highways were renumbered in the year
2010 .During old days the stretch of this road between Pune(Poona) and Bengaluru(Bangalore) was
known as P.B.Road.
Connected States :
i) Andhra Pradesh via Nh 48 and 75
Junction List :
Tamil Nadu :
NH 16 Terminal near Chennai
NH 132B near Kanchipuram
NH 40 near Ranipettai
NH 75 near Vellore
NH 179A near Vaniyambadi
NH 77 near Krishnagiri
NH 844 near Hosur
Karnataka :
NICE Road Interchange near Electronic City
NH 948 near Bangalore
NH 44 near Bengaluru
Roads Ends At : Nh 48 ends at delhi
Toll Informations with cost and kms
Sr No. Toll Plaza Car/Jeep/Van(Rs.) kms between each toll
1 Nemili (Sriperumbudur) 50 37 km
2 Chennasamudram 45 67 km
3 Pallikonda 90 52 km
4 Vaniyambadi 85 52 km
5 Krishnagiri 70 53 km
6 Attibele (BETL) 30 57 km
7 Elevated Section/ Electronic City 50 21 km
Total Charges(Rs.) 420
Manufacturing Industry in each district :
Chennai To kerala : Nh 66 624 kms
National Highway 66, commonly referred to as NH 66 (erstwhile NH-17 and a part of NH-47), is a
busy National Highway that runs roughly north–south along the western coast of India, parallel to
the Western Ghats. It connects Panvel (a city south of Mumbai) to Cape Comorin (Kanyakumari), passing
through the states of Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu.
The highway is undergoing a major overhaul in Karnataka, where the state government has accepted the
NHAI's request of international standard, 60-metre-wide national highway with grade separators The
complete stretch from the Goa border (near Karwar) to the Kerala border (near Talapady) is being
widened to four lanes, with space to accommodate future expansion to six lanes There were protests from
the people, who will lose lands, for a narrower stretch. But the Karnataka government has not heeded to
the protests. The stretch from Kazhakootum to Eanchakal and Karamana to Kaliyikkavila
in Thiruvananthapuram city is upgraded to 4 lanes and 6 lanes respectively.
Land acquisition and tendering process for national highway widening is happening at brisk pace
in Kerala. New bypass works have already been kick-started. Owing to higher density of population and
high land value, national highway will be 45 meter width, 6 lane, in Kerala .Goa also will have a similar
alignment. Karnataka and Maharashtra sections will have 60-meter width. The Maharashtra section will
be converted into a flexible pavement (asphalt) road with four lanes.
The Ministry of Road Transport & Highways, Government of India has proposed a greenfield (i.e., new
and parallel) access controlled expressway corridor connecting the port cities of Mangalore-Karwar-
Panaji as part of the Indian National Expressway Network This expressway will be parallel to NH-66 and
will be mainly located in coastal Karnataka. It is expected to be a 6/8 lane access-controlled 3D right-of-
way designed expressway.
