National Highway 44 (NH 44) is a major north–southNational Highway inIndia and is the longest in the country.
It passes through the Union Territory ofJammu and Kashmir, in addition to the states ofPunjab,Haryana,Delhi,Uttar Pradesh,Rajasthan,Madhya Pradesh,Maharashtra,Telangana,Andhra Pradesh,Karnataka, andTamil Nadu.[1]
It came into being by merging seven national highways, in full or part, starting with theJammu–Srinagar National Highway (formerNH 1A) fromSrinagar inJammu and Kashmir, formerNH 1 in Punjab and Haryana ending atDelhi, part of formerNH 2 starting from Delhi and ending atAgra, formerNH 3 (popularly known as Agra-Bombay National Highway) from Agra toGwalior, former NH 75 and former NH 26 toJhansi, and former NH 7 viaLakhnadon,Seoni,Nagpur,Adilabad,Nirmal,Hyderabad,Kurnool,Anantapur,[2]Chikkaballapur,Devanahalli,Bangalore,Hosur,Krishnagiri,Dharmapuri,Salem,Namakkal,Karur,Dindigul,Madurai,Virudhunagar,Kovilpatti andTirunelveli terminating atKanyakumari.[3]
The 70 km Delhi-to-Panipat section, also known asDelhi-Panipat Expressway, is being upgraded,[4] at a cost of ₹2,178.82 crores, to an elevated tolledexpressway 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 betweenSalem andThoppur inTamil Nadu is prone to fatal accidents due to the hilly slopes.[8]Agra-Gwalior section of this highway is part of the legendaryAB Road(Agra-Bombay Road).
The highway starts from Srinagar. NH 44 covers theNorth-South Corridor ofNHDP and it is officially listed as running over 4,112 km (2,555 mi) fromSrinagarto Kanyakumari. It is the longest national highway in India.
| States/UTs | Total length in State/UT | Junctions | Destinations | Other Cities Covered |
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| Jammu and Kashmir | 541 km (336 mi) | 4 |  NH 501 inAnantnag | Srinagar (The Starting point) |
 NH 244 inAnantnag | ||||
 NH 144 in Domel | ||||
 NH 144A inJammu | ||||
| Himachal Pradesh | 11.08 km (6.88 mi) | 0 | The route runs parallel toChakki River. | |
| Punjab | 279.42 km (173.62 mi) | 4 |  NH 54 inPathankot | Mukerian |
 NH 3 inJalandhar | ||||
 NH 5 inLudhiana | ||||
 NH 7 inRajpura | ||||
| Haryana | 257.80 km (160.19 mi) | 6 |  NH 344 inAmbala | Kurukshetra,Faridabad |
 NH 152 inAmbala | ||||
 NH 709A inKarnal | ||||
 NH 709 inPanipat | ||||
 NH 334B inSonipat | ||||
 NH 919 inPalwal | ||||
| Delhi | 15 km (9.3 mi) | 3 |  NH 9 inNew Delhi | |
 NH 19 inNew Delhi | ||||
 NH 48 inNew Delhi | ||||
| Uttar Pradesh | 269.10 km (167.21 mi) | 3 |  NH 21 inAgra | Vrindavan,Mathura,Lalitpur, |
 NH 27 inJhansi | ||||
 NH 39 inJhansi | ||||
| Rajasthan | 28.29 km (17.58 mi) | 1 |  NH 23 inDholpur | |
| Madhya Pradesh | 571.9 km (355.4 mi) | 1 |  NH 347 inSeoni | Gwalior,Sagar,Narsinghpur,Lakhnadon,Seoni |
| Maharashtra | 268.36 km (166.75 mi) | 11 |  NH 753 inMansar | Nagpur,Hinganghat,Pandharkawda |
| NH 753 inAmdi | ||||
 NH 247 inKamptee | ||||
 NH 53 inNagpur | ||||
 NH 353D inNagpur | ||||
 NH 353I inJamtha | ||||
 NH 361 inButibori | ||||
 NH 347A inJamb | ||||
| NH 347A inHinganghat | ||||
 NH 361B inWadki | ||||
 NH 930 inKaranji | ||||
| Telangana | 492.85 km (306.24 mi) | 5 |  NH 61 inNirmal | Adilabad,Kamareddy,Jadcherla,Mahbubnagar |
 NH 63 inNizamabad | ||||
 NH 65 inHyderabad | ||||
 NH 163 inHyderabad | ||||
 NH 765 inHyderabad | ||||
| Andhra Pradesh | 260.99 km (162.17 mi)[2] | 4 |  NH 40 inKurnool | Kurnool,Anantpur |
 NH 340C inDhone | ||||
 NH 67 inGooty | ||||
 NH 42 inAnantpur | ||||
| Karnataka | 95.67 km (59.45 mi) | 5 |  NH 69 inChikkaballapur | Chikkaballapur |
| NH 48 inBangalore | ||||
 NH 209 inBangalore | ||||
 NH 75 inBangalore | ||||
 NH 275 inBangalore | ||||
| Tamil Nadu | 627.18 km (389.71 mi) | 14 |  NH 648 inHosur | Virudhunagar,Namakkal |
 NH 77 inKrishnagiri | ||||
 NH 844 inDharmapuri | ||||
 NH 79 inSalem | ||||
 NH 544 inSalem | ||||
 NH 81 inKarur | ||||
 NH 83 inDindigul | ||||
 NH 183 inDindigul | ||||
 NH 85 inMadurai | ||||
 NH 744 inThirumangalam | ||||
 NH 138 inTirunelveli | ||||
 NH 944 nearNagercoil | ||||
 NH 66 inKanyakumari |
Bengaluru–Hosur Road of this highway connectsBengaluru, the capital of the state ofKarnataka, and the city ofHosur, in theKrishnagiri district on the border of Karnataka andTamil 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 theNational Highway, the road is also significant because it consist of many industrial and IT business houses. The IT industrial parkElectronic City is also located alongsideHosur Road.
TheNational 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 toElectronic City a lot faster. TheBruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike and the Bengaluru Development Authority have planned a series offlyovers andunderpasses to make this arterial road signal-free.[10]
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NH 719 inGwalior
NH 146 inSagar
NH 547 inNarasinghpur
NH 34 inLakhnadonNH 347 inSeoniNH 753 inRamtek
NH 47 /NH 53 /NH 353D inNagpur-Srinagar –Udhampur -Jammu –Kathua (Jammu and Kashmir)
–Pathankot -Mukerian –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)
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