ROAD NETWORKS IN INDIA

CONTENT

Introduction

Indian Road Network is Administered by various Government authoritiesMap Of India Road Network

Classification Of Roads

National Highways In India(NH)Expressways In India

State Highways In India (SH)

Rural And Urban Roads

Major District Roads

Conclusion

India has the second largest road network in the world.

3.314 million kms of roadways spread across the length and breadth of the country.

The roads are primarily made of bitumen, with some Indian National Highways having concrete roads.

The concept of expressway roads is also catching up in India, and the Mumbai-Pune expressway and Delhi Gurgaon expressway are the finest examples.

INTRODUCTION

The first evidence of road development in the Indian subcontinent can be traced back to approximately 4000 BC from the ancient cities of Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro of the Indus Valley Civilization

Introduction

ExpresswaysNational highwaysState highwaysMajor district roadsRural and other roads

CLASSIFICATION OF ROADS

Indian Road Network Is Administered By Various Government Authorities

Road classification Authority responsible Total kilometres (as of 2013)

National HighwaysMinistry of Road Transport &

Highways (Central government)92,851

State HighwaysState governments (state's public

works department)1,63,898

Major and other district roadsLocal governments, panchayats

and municipalities17,05,706

Rural roadsLocal governments, panchayats

and municipalities27,49,805

MAP OF INDIA ROAD NETWORK

Type  Length (km)  

National Highways/Expressways 66,754

State Highways 1,28,000

Major district roads 4,70,000

Rural & other roads 26,50,000

Total (approx) 33,14,754

THE INDIAN ROAD NETWORK

The National Highways are the principal highways moving across the length and breadth of the nation, joining important harbours, big commercial and tourism hubs, state capitals, and so on.

National Highways in the country are represented as NH and then the highway number comes after it.

The national highway network in India is supervised by the Ministry of State for Surface Transport.

NATIONAL HIGHWAYS IN INDIA

The public works departments of various states look after the state roads and state highways.

The state and union governments have common responsibilities for constructing thoroughfares and sustaining the roadways in the country.

NATIONAL HIGHWAYS IN INDIA

Lanes Length (km) Percentage

Single Lane / Intermediate lane

18,350 27%

Double lane 39,079 59%

Four Lane/Six lane/Eight Lane

9,325 14%

Total 66,754 100%

NATIONAL HIGHWAYS IN INDIA

In 2009, in India, access-regulated expressways comprised around 120 miles or 200 km of the National Highway System of the country.

By 2011, these added to more than 600 km. These roads allow high speeding vehicles and can be categorized into four-lane and six-lane expressways.

It has been anticipated that by 2014 around 3,530 km of expressways will be put into operation from the projects that are currently going on.

The Indian government has outlined a motivated goal to construct a new 18,637 km expressway transportation system by 2022.

Expressways in India 

Name StateMumbai-Pune Expressway Maharashtra

Ahmadabad -Vadodara Expressway GujaratAllahabad Bypass Uttar Pradesh

Jaipur-Kishangarh Expressway RajasthanChennai Bypass Tamil Nadu

Durgapur Expressway DelhiNoida-Greater Noida Expressway Delhi/Uttar Pradesh

Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway Delhi/HaryanaHyderabad Elevated Expressways Andhra Pradesh

Delhi Noida Direct Flyway Delhi/Uttar PradeshKona Expressway West Bengal

Hosur Road Elevated Expressway KarnatakaOuter Ring Road (Hyderabad) Andhra Pradesh

Ambala Chandigarh Expressway HaryanaRaipur-Bhilai-Durg Expressway Chhattisgarh

LIST OF EXPRESSWAYS IN INDIA

Name State

Eastern Freeway Mumbai Maharashtra

Western Freeway Mumbai Maharashtra

Kundli Manesar Palwal Expressway(KMP) Haryana

Mumbai Nashik Expressway Maharashtra

Pathankot Ajmer Expressway Punjab/Rajasthan

Delhi Eastern Peripheral Expressway Uttar Pradesh/Haryana

Yamuna Expressway Delhi/Uttar Pradesh

Ganga Expressway Uttar Pradesh

Upper Ganga Canal Expressway Uttar Pradesh

Bamroli Althan Expressway Gujarat

Hungund Hospet Expressway Karnataka

Chennai Port Maduravoyal Expressway Tamil Nadu

Suratkal-B.C Road Expressway Karnataka

Hyderabad ORR Andhra Pradesh

Raipur-Bilaspur Expressway Chhattisgarh

LIST OF EXPRESSWAYS UNDER CONSTRUCTION

The state highways are used to join with the National Highways, major towns, district headquarters, tourism hubs and small harbours and facilitate the movement of vehicles in important places of the state.

These roads are essentially arterial roads and they facilitate accessibility to major metropolitan areas and townships in the state.

In association with the State Highways of the bordering states and National Highways. The overall span of the state highways is around 137,712 km.

STATE HIGHWAYS IN INDIA (SH)

The rural roads in India forms a substantial portion of the Indian road network.

These roads are in poor shape, affecting the rural population's quality of life and Indian farmer's ability to transfer produce to market post-harvest.

Over 30 percent of Indian farmer's harvest spoils post-harvest because of the poor infrastructure. Many rural roads are of poor quality.

RURAL AND URBAN ROADS

Kilometersas of May 2013

Kilometersunder construction in 2013

Total rural roads 3.1 million 0.1 million

Unpaved rural roads 1.9 million

Paved, maintained rural roads 728,871 53,634

New rural roads 322,900 82,743

RURAL ROAD NETWORK IN INDIA

These are important roads within a district connecting areas of production with markets and connecting these with each other or with the State Highways & National Highways.

It also connects Taluk headquarters and rural areas to District headquarters within the state.

District roads which would take traffic from the main roads to the interior of the district.

According to the importance, some are considered as major district roads and the remaining as other district roads.

MAJOR DISTRICT ROADS

Road network provides the network to facilitate trade, transport, social integration and economic development.

It facilitates specialization, extension of markets and exploitation of economies of scale.

It is used for the smooth conveyance of both people and goods.

Transportation by road has the advantage over other means of transport because of its easy accessibility, flexibility of operations, door-to-door service and reliability.

Consequently, passenger and freight movement in India over the years have increasingly shifted towards roads vis-à-vis other means of transport

The average road speed in India has increased to 30–40 kilo meters per hour

CONCLUSION