National Highway 44 (India)

National Highway 44
National Highway 44
	National Highway 44 in Red on India map
	Entrance of National Highway 44 in Jammu and Kashmir.
Route information
	Part of AH1 AH2 AH43
Length	4,112 km (2,555 mi) GQ: 94 km (58 mi) (Bengaluru – Krishnagiri); NS: 1,828 km (Lakhnadon – Kanyakumari)
Major junctions
North end	Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir
	List NH 54 in Pathankot ; NH 3 in Jalandhar ; NH 5 in Ludhiana ; NH 7 in Rajpura ; NH 709A in Karnal ; NH 9 / NH 19 / NH 48 in New Delhi ; NH 21 in Agra ; NH 23 in Dholpur ; NH 27 / NH 39 in Jhansi ; NH 146 / NH 934 in Sagar ; NH 34 in Lakhnadon ; NH 53 in Nagpur ; NH 61 in Nirmal ; NH 63 in Nizamabad ; NH 65 in Hyderabad ; NH 40 in Kurnool ; NH 67 in Gooty ; NH 42 in Anantpur ; NH 69 in Chikkaballapur ; NH 48 in Bangalore ; NH 77 in Krishnagiri ; NH 79 / NH 544 in Salem ; NH 81 in Karur ; NH 83 in Dindigul ; NH 85 in Madurai ; NH 66 in Kanyakumari ;
South end	Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu
Location
Country	India
States	Jammu and Kashmir: 304 km (189 mi); Himachal Pradesh: 11 km (6.8 mi); Punjab: 279 km (173 mi); Haryana: 257 km (160 mi); Uttar Pradesh: 287 km (178 mi); Madhya Pradesh: 547 km (340 mi); Maharashtra: 260 km (160 mi); Telangana: 533 km (331 mi); Andhra Pradesh: 260 km (160 mi); Karnataka: 135 km (84 mi); Tamil Nadu: 630 km (390 mi)
Highway system
	Roads in India; Expressways; National; State; Asian;

National Highway 44 (NH 44) is a major north–south National Highway in India and is the longest in the country.

It passes through the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, in addition to the states of Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, and Tamil Nadu.^[1]

It came into being by merging seven national highways, in full or part, starting with the Jammu–Srinagar National Highway (former NH 1A) from Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir, former NH 1 in Punjab and Haryana ending at Delhi, part of former NH 2 starting from Delhi and ending at Agra, former NH 3 (popularly known as Agra-Bombay National Highway) from Agra to Gwalior, former NH 75 and former NH 26 to Jhansi, and former NH 7 via Lakhnadon, Seoni, Nagpur, Adilabad, Nirmal, Hyderabad, Kurnool, Anantapur,^[2]Chikkaballapur, Devanahalli, Bangalore, Hosur, Krishnagiri, Dharmapuri, Salem, Namakkal, Karur, Dindigul, Madurai, Virudhunagar, Kovilpatti and Tirunelveli terminating at Kanyakumari.^[3]

The 70 km Delhi-to-Panipat section, also known as Delhi-Panipat Expressway, is being upgraded,^[4] at a cost of ₹2,178.82 crores, to an elevated tolled expressway with 8 (4+4) main lanes and 4 (2+2) service lanes, which was completed in July 2023.^[5]^[6]^[7] The NH-44 road between Salem and Thoppur in Tamil Nadu is much prone to fatal accidents due to the poor road design in the hilly slopes.^[8] Agra-Gwalior section of this highway is part of the legendary AB Road(Agra-Bombay Road).

Route

The highway starts from Srinagar. NH 44 covers the North-South Corridor of NHDP and it is officially listed as running over 4,112 km (2,555 mi) from Srinagar to Kanyakumari. It is the longest national highway in India.

Route length in states and UTs^[9]
States/UTs	Total length in State/UT	Junctions	Destinations	Other Cities Covered
Jammu and Kashmir	541 km (336 mi)	4	NH 501 in Anantnag	Srinagar (The Starting point)
			NH 244 in Anantnag
			NH 144 in Domel
			NH 144A in Jammu
Himachal Pradesh	11.08 km (6.88 mi)	0		The route runs parallel to Chakki River.
Punjab	279.42 km (173.62 mi)	4	NH 54 in Pathankot	Dasua
			NH 3 in Jalandhar
			NH 5 in Ludhiana
			NH 7 in Rajpura
Haryana	257.80 km (160.19 mi)	6	NH 344 in Ambala	Kurukshetra, Faridabad
			NH 152 in Ambala
			NH 709A in Karnal
			NH 709 in Panipat
			NH 334B in Sonipat
			NH 919 in Palwal
Delhi	15 km (9.3 mi)	3	NH 9 in New Delhi
			NH 19 in New Delhi
			NH 48 in New Delhi
Uttar Pradesh	269.10 km (167.21 mi)	3	NH 21 in Agra	Vrindavan, Mathura, Lalitpur,
			NH 27 in Jhansi
			NH 39 in Jhansi
Rajasthan	28.29 km (17.58 mi)	1	NH 23 in Dholpur
Madhya Pradesh	571.9 km (355.4 mi)	1	NH 347 in Seoni	Gwalior, Sagar, Narsinghpur, Lakhnadon, Seoni
Maharashtra	268.36 km (166.75 mi)	11	NH 753 in Mansar	Nagpur, Hinganghat, Pandharkawda
			NH 753 in Amdi
			NH 247 in Kamptee
			NH 53 in Nagpur
			NH 353D in Nagpur
			NH 353I in Jamtha
			NH 361 in Butibori
			NH 347A in Jamb
			NH 347A in Hinganghat
			NH 361B in Wadki
			NH 930 in Karanji
Telangana	492.85 km (306.24 mi)	5	NH 61 in Nirmal	Adilabad, Kamareddy, Jadcherla, Mahbubnagar
			NH 63 in Nizamabad
			NH 65 in Hyderabad
			NH 163 in Hyderabad
			NH 765 in Hyderabad
Andhra Pradesh	260.99 km (162.17 mi)^[2]	4	NH 40 in Kurnool	Kurnool,Anantpur
			NH 340C in Dhone
			NH 67 in Gooty
			NH 42 in Anantpur
Karnataka	95.67 km (59.45 mi)	5	NH 69 in Chikkaballapur	Chikkaballapur
			NH 48 in Bangalore
			NH 209 in Bangalore
			NH 75 in Bangalore
			NH 275 in Bangalore
Tamil Nadu	627.18 km (389.71 mi)	14	NH 648 in Hosur	Virudhunagar, Namakkal
			NH 77 in Krishnagiri
			NH 844 in Dharmapuri
			NH 79 in Salem
			NH 544 in Salem
			NH 81 in Karur
			NH 83 in Dindigul
			NH 183 in Dindigul
			NH 209 in Dindigul
			NH 85 in Madurai
			NH 744 in Thirumangalam
			NH 138 in Tirunelveli
			NH 944 near Nagercoil
			NH 66 in Kanyakumari

Bengaluru–Hosur Road

Bengaluru–Hosur Road of this highway connects Bengaluru, the capital of the state of Karnataka, and the city of Hosur, in the Krishnagiri district on the border of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. 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 IT industrial park Electronic City is also located alongside Hosur Road.

The National Highways Authority of India has constructed a 10-kilometre-long (6.2 mi) elevated highway between Bommanahalli and Electronic City. This toll road has made travel to Electronic City a lot faster. The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike and the Bengaluru Development Authority have planned a series of flyovers and underpasses to make this arterial road signal-free.^[10]

Major intersections

Tunnels

T5 Tunnel: On 16 March 2023, the National Highways Authority of India Thursday opened for traffic T5 tunnel, a 870-metre tunnel that bypasses landslide-prone stretch of the mountainous road between Panthial and Magerkote, on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway in Ramban district.^[11]

Primary destinations

- Srinagar – Udhampur - Jammu – Kathua (Jammu and Kashmir)
– Pathankot – Jalandhar – Ludhiana (Punjab)
– Ambala – Kurukshetra – Panipat – Sonipat (Haryana)
– Delhi (Delhi)
– Faridabad – Palwal (Haryana)
– Mathura – Agra (UP)
– Dholpur (Rajasthan)

- Morena - Gwalior (MP)
– Jhansi – Lalitpur (UP)
– Sagar – Narsinghpur – Lakhnadon – Seoni (MP)
– Nagpur – Hinganghat (Maharashtra)
– Adilabad – Nirmal – Nizamabad- Kamareddy – Hyderabad – Jadcherla (Telangana)
– Kurnool – Dhone – Anantapur (AP)
– Chikkaballapur – Devanahalli – Bangalore – Hebbagodi – Attibele (Karnataka)
– Hosur – Krishnagiri – Dharmapuri – Salem – Karur – Dindigul – Madurai – Tirunelveli – Kanyakumari (Tamil Nadu)

Notes

A major stretch of NH 44 from Lakhnadon to Kanyakumari (1,910 km (1,190 mi)) has been selected as a part of the North-South Corridor by the National Highways Development Project.^[12]
Approximately 82 km (51 mi) stretch of NH 44 between Bengaluru and Krishnagiri has been selected as a part of the Golden Quadrilateral also by the National Highways Development Project.^[12]

References

^ "Rationalisation of Numbering Systems of National Highways" (PDF). New Delhi: Department of Road Transport and Highways. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 March 2012. Retrieved 3 April 2012.
^ ^a ^b "List of National Highways passing through A.P. State". Roads and Buildings Department. Government of Andhra Pradesh. Archived from the original on 28 March 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
^ "NH-44's Impact on Real Estate: Route & Growth". Times Property. 23 November 2023. Archived from the original on 16 April 2024. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
^ "Delhi-Panipat Expressway Reduces Travel Time to One Hour - Details Inside". 7 May 2024.
^ "Centre opens 11 flyovers on Delhi-Panipat stretch of NH-44". The Times of India. 21 June 2023.
^ "Gadkari inaugurates 11 flyovers on eight-lane Delhi-Panipat NH section". 20 June 2023.
^ "NHAI tells contractor to complete road construction by month-end : The Tribune India".
^ "Accident-prone spots on Salem-Thoppur stretch inspected". The Hindu. 22 October 2016. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
^ "Details of National Highways" (PDF). morth.nic.in. MoRTH. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
^ "Hosur Road widening is in full swing". Archived from the original on 29 August 2012. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
^ Sharma, Arun (17 March 2023). "T5 tunnel opens for traffic, bypasses most vulnerable stretch on Jammu-Srinagar NH". The Indian Express. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Highways Project" (PDF). National Highways Authority of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 February 2009. Retrieved 4 November 2018.

External links

NH 44 on OpenStreetMap

Route map

[renumber-1] "Rationalisation of Numbering Systems of National Highways" (PDF). New Delhi: Department of Road Transport and Highways. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 March 2012. Retrieved 3 April 2012.

[length-2] "List of National Highways passing through A.P. State". Roads and Buildings Department. Government of Andhra Pradesh. Archived from the original on 28 March 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2016.

[3] "NH-44's Impact on Real Estate: Route & Growth". Times Property. 23 November 2023. Archived from the original on 16 April 2024. Retrieved 16 April 2024.

[4] "Delhi-Panipat Expressway Reduces Travel Time to One Hour - Details Inside". 7 May 2024.

[5] "Centre opens 11 flyovers on Delhi-Panipat stretch of NH-44". The Times of India. 21 June 2023.

[6] "Gadkari inaugurates 11 flyovers on eight-lane Delhi-Panipat NH section". 20 June 2023.

[7] "NHAI tells contractor to complete road construction by month-end : The Tribune India".

[8] "Accident-prone spots on Salem-Thoppur stretch inspected". The Hindu. 22 October 2016. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 31 December 2020.

[9] "Details of National Highways" (PDF). morth.nic.in. MoRTH. Retrieved 11 April 2023.

[wideningsignalfree-10] "Hosur Road widening is in full swing". Archived from the original on 29 August 2012. Retrieved 2 March 2013.

[11] Sharma, Arun (17 March 2023). "T5 tunnel opens for traffic, bypasses most vulnerable stretch on Jammu-Srinagar NH". The Indian Express. Retrieved 11 April 2023.

[nhdpproj-12] "Highways Project" (PDF). National Highways Authority of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 February 2009. Retrieved 4 November 2018.

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v t e Highways in India
Expressways	Agra–Lucknow Ahmedabad–Vadodara Ambala–Chandigarh Bangalore Elevated Belghoria Chennai Bypass Chennai ORR Delhi–Faridabad Delhi–Gurgaon Delhi–Meerut Delhi–Noida Delhi Eastern Peripheral Delhi Western Peripheral Noida–Greater Noida Himalayan Hyderabad Elevated Hyderabad ORR Jaipur–Kishangarh Mumbai–Pune Mumbai–Nashik Mumbai Eastern Mumbai Western Panipat Elevated Purvanchal Raipur–Bhilai–Durg Trans-Haryana Expressway Vijayawada–Hyderabad Yamuna
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State highways	Andhra Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh Assam Bihar Chhattisgarh Goa Gujarat Haryana Himachal Pradesh Jammu and Kashmir Jharkhand Karnataka Kerala Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra Manipur Meghalaya Mizoram Nagaland Odisha Puducherry Punjab Rajasthan Sikkim Tamil Nadu Telangana Tripura Uttarakhand Uttar Pradesh West Bengal
Notable	Arunachal Frontier Highway Golden Quadrilateral Grand Trunk Road North–South and East–West Corridor

v t e Secondary routes of National Highway 44
Route in States of India	Jammu and Kashmir Punjab Haryana Delhi Uttar Pradesh Rajasthan Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra Telangana Andhra Pradesh Karnataka Tamil Nadu
Secondary Routes of NH 44	144 144A 244 344 344A 344B 444 444A 544 544D 544DD 544E 544H 744 844 944