- Indian Highways constitute approx 2% of total road networks of India, but carry approx 40% of the total traffic.
Total length of highways: 67,000 km
Total length of expressways: 200km
- The longest National Highway is the NH7, which runs between Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh to Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu, at the southernmost point of the Indian mainland, covering a distance of 2369 km, and passing through various metros like Jabalpur, Nagpur, Hyderabad and Bangalore.
- India has the distinction of having the world's second highest-altitude motor highway, Leh-Manali Highway, connecting Shimla to Leh in Ladakh, Kashmir.
- Very few of India's highways are concrete, the most notable being the Mumbai-Pune Expressway.
Expressways:
- Ahmedabad-Vadodara Expressway - This was India's first expressway. Length of 92.85 km.
- Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway - This expressway opened completely for the public on Jan 23, 2008, and is part of Golden Quadrilateral highway project.
- Mumbai-Pune Expressway - The Mumbai-Pune Expressway is India's first 6-lane, concrete, high-speed, tolled, access-controlled expressway.
- Taj Expressway also known as, Noida-Greater Noida Expressway.
- Delhi-Noida Direct Flyway is a eight-lane access controlled tolled expressway which connects Delhi to Noida, an industrial sub-urb area. It was built and is maintained by the Noida Toll Bridge Company Limited (NTBCL). NTBCL was developed under a Build-Own-Operate-Transfer (BOOP) model.
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