Sunday, December 21, 2008

Indian Highways

  • 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 shortest NH is the NH47A, which spans 6 km, to the Ernakulam - Kochi Port.

Expressways:

Gurgaon Expressway near airport exit
Chennai-Bangalore Expressway
  • Mumbai-Pune Expressway - The Mumbai-Pune Expressway is India's first 6-lane, concrete, high-speed, tolled, access-controlled 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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