National Highway Numbering: You must have seen that national highways have their own numbers and every highway is identified by a number. Like Agra-Mathura-Kanpur-Allahabad-Varanasi highway number is 19, Agra, Jaipur, Bikaner highway number is 21. But have you ever wondered how these numbers are decided? So today let us know how the number of every highway is decided.
Let us tell you that it is not that any number of any highway is given for nothing. There is a pattern behind it and its direction can also be known from the highway number itself. If the number of a national highway has 3 digits then it has a different meaning and if the number has two or one digits then its story is different.
How are numbers decided?
Let us tell you that the number of national highways going from north to south is even. Apart from this, the number of national highways going from east to west is odd. All main highway numbers are in two or one digit, like 1,2 68 etc. All these highways are main highways and the rest are supporting highways.
What is the meaning of highway with three digit number?
Some highway numbers are also in 3 digits. The highways whose numbers are in three digits means that they are also supporting branches. That means these will be the supporting roads of a national highway. For example, if the number of a highway is 344, it means that it can be a supporting branch of National Highway 44. Apart from this, its first part tells about its direction, from which side the highway is going and where.
How big is the highway network in India?
India’s highway network is second in the world and China is at first place. There are about 600 national highways in India. The total length of India’s National Highways is more than 1 lakh 61 thousand kilometers. They bear 40 percent of the traffic load.
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