National Highway 44 (India)

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Route information
Part of
Length: 3,745 km (2,327 mi)
GQ: 94 km (58 mi) (Bengaluru - Krishnagiri)
NS: 1828 km (Lakhnadon - Kanyakumari)
Major junctions
North end: Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir
 
List
South end: Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu
Location
States: Uttar Pradesh: 128 km (80 mi)
Madhya Pradesh: 504 km (313 mi)
Maharashtra: 232 km (144 mi)
Telangana: 504 km (313 mi)
Andhra Pradesh: 250 km (160 mi)
Karnataka: 125 km (78 mi)
Tamil Nadu: 627 km (390 mi)
Primary
destinations:		 Jammu - Kathua, Jammu & Kashmir- Pathankot - Jalandhar - Ludhiana, Punjab -Ambala -Karnal - Panipat, Haryana - Delhi- Faridabad - Palwal - Mathura - Dhaulpur - Morena - Gwalior - Jhansi - Lakhnadon - Nagpur - Adilabad - Nirmal - Nizamabad - Hyderabad - Kurnool - Anantapur - Chikkaballapur - Bangalore - Krishnagiri - Salem - Karur - Dindigul - Madurai - Tirunelveli - Kanyakumari
Highway system

National Highway 44 (NH 44), (previously National Highway 7[1]), is longest running major North-South National Highway in India that starts from Srinagar and terminates in Kanyakumari, the highway passes through the states of Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, and Tamil Nadu.[2] NH-44 was laid and is maintained by Central Public Works Department (CPWD).

Route

This highway starts from Srinagar.

The highway connects several important Indian cities such as Srinagar , Delhi, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Madurai and Kanyakumari. NH 44 covers the North-South Corridor of NHDP and it is officially listed as running over 3,745 km (2,327 mi) from Srinagar to Kanyakumari. It is the longest national highway in India.

Route length in states:

Bangalore-Hosur road

Bangalore-Hosur Road is the part of National Highway 7 which connects the city of Bangalore capital of Karnataka, and the Tamil Nadu border town of Hosur in Krisnagiri district. It is a four to six-lane highway which also has service lanes on either sides at the busier parts. Apart from being a part of the National Highway, the road is also significant because it consist of many industrial and IT business houses. The famous IT industrial park Electronics City is also located alongside Hosur Road.

The National Highways Authority of India has constructed a 10-kilometer-long elevated highway between Bommanahalli and Electronics City. This toll road has made travel to Electronics City a lot faster. The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike and Bangalore Development Authority have planned a series of flyovers and underpasses to make this arterial road signal free.[3]

Gallery

  • The section where NH 16 joins NH 44 in Nizamabad

  • TollPlazaonNH7NearKurnool.jpg

    Night View of L&T Toll Plaza on NH44 Near Kurnool City, Andhra Pradesh

  • Reliance-HKTRPL-UFCP.JPG

    NH 44 Tollplaza on Krishnagiri-Hosur Road towards Bangalore.

  • Attibele Tollplaza on Tamil Nadu-Karnataka state border NH 44 near Bangalore, Karnataka.

  • Hosur Road Elevated Expressway in Bangalore at Night.

  • Nh 7 near bangalore.jpg

    NH 44 in Bangalore.

  • Reliance-NKTRPL-Toll-Plaza.JPG

    Namakkal-Karur Toll plaza on NH 44 in Tamil Nadu

  • NH 44 Tollplaza on Karur Dindigul Toll Road in Tamil Nadu.

  • NH 44 Omalur Toll Plaza in Salem district, Tamil Nadu

  • National Highway 7 (old numbering) in Karnataka.jpg

    NH 7 in Karnataka, South Bound.

  • NH 7 Thoppur-Toll-Plaza in Dharmapuri district, Tamil Nadu

  • NH 7 in Kanyakumari district, Tamil Nadu

Notes

See also

References

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