North–South and East–West Corridor

North–South and East–West Corridor
National highways with the north–south (red) and east–west (green) corridors highlighted
Route information
Length:	7,300 km (4,500 mi)
North–South
Length:	4,000 km (2,000 mi)
North end:	Srinagar
Major junctions:	NH 1A, NH 1, NH 2, NH 3, NH 75, NH 26, NH 7, NH 47
South end:	Kanyakumari
East–west
Length:	3,300 km (2,100 mi)
East end:	Silchar
Major junctions:	NH 54, NH 36, NH 37, NH 31, NH 31C, NH 57, NH 28, NH 25, NH 76, NH 14, NH 15, NH 8A, NH 8B
West end:	Porbandar
Highway system
Indian Road Network National • Expressways • State

NH75: Recently completed 4-lane Gwalior-Jhansi in central India, part of the North-South Corridor highway

NH 7: A section near Kanyakumari, in southern India, of NSEW Corridor highway

NH 8 - a section near Rajasthan, in western India, of NSEW Corridor highway

NH 57 - a section near Bihar, in eastern India, of NSEW Corridor highway

A section NH-47 along the Erode Byepass of NSEW Corridor highway in Tamilnadu, India.

Kochi is part of the North-South Corridor of India's National Highway System via the NH 47

The North-South–East-West Corridor (NS-EW) is the largest ongoing highway project in India. It is the second phase of the National Highways Development Project (NHDP), and consists of building 7300 kilometers of four/six lane expressways connecting Srinagar, Kanyakumari, Porbandar and Silchar, at a cost of US$12.317 billion (at 1999 prices). As of January 2012, 5945 of 7300 kilometers project has been completed.

In combination with India's Golden Quadrilateral, and port connectivity highways, NS-EW Corridor forms a key part of Indian highway network connecting many of its important manufacturing, commerce and cultural centers. As of October 2011, India has completed and placed in use some 14000 kilometers of such 4-lane highways.

The NS–EW project is managed by the National Highways Authority of India under the Ministry of Road, Transport and Highways.

Route

Only National Highways are used in the two corridors.

• North–South Corridor (4,000 kilometres (2,500 mi)): NH 1A (Srinagar–Jalandhar), NH 1 (Jalandhar – Delhi), NH 2 (Delhi–Agra), NH 3 (Agra–Gwalior), NH 75 (Gwalior–Jhansi), NH 26 (Jhansi–Lakhnadon), NH 7 (Lakhnadon–Kanyakumari), NH 47 (Salem–Coimbatore–Kochi)

• East-West Corridor (3,300 kilometres (2,100 mi)): NH 8B (Porbandar–Rajkot), NH 8A (Rajkot–Samakhiali), NH 15 (Samkhiali–Radhanpur), NH 14 (Radhanpur–Pindwara), NH 76 (Pindwara – Shivpuri), NH 25 (Shivpuri–Lucknow), NH 28 (Lucknow–Muzaffarpur), NH 57 (Muzaffarpur–Darbhanga Purnia), NH 31 (Purnia–Galgalia), NH 31C (Galgalia–Bijni), NH 31 (Bijni–Guwahati), NH 37 (Guwahati–Nagaon), NH 36 (Nagaon–Dabaka), NH 54 (Dabaka–Silchar)

Interchange points between the corridors

• The following four stretches are common between the Golden Quadrilateral and the NS-EW Corridors.
  • Delhi–Agra: Golden Quadrilateral & North–South Corridor
  • Bangalore–Krishnagiri: Golden Quadrilateral & North–South Corridor
  • Sikandra–Kanpur: Golden Quadrilateral & East–West Corridor
  • Udaipur–Chittorgarh: Golden Quadrilateral & East–West Corridor

• The following is an interchange section
  • Salem–Coimbatore–Kochi: North–South Corridor & North–south Corridor Extension
  • Jhansi is the junction of North–South and East–West Corridors.

Major cities

North-South Corridor

East-West Corridor

(From North to South) Jammu and Kashmir Srinagar Vaishno Devi Jammu Punjab Pathankot Jalandhar Ludhiana Khanna Haryana Ambala Kurukshetra Karnal Panipat Sonipat Faridabad Palwal Delhi Uttar Pradesh Mathura Agra Jhansi Lalitpur Madhya Pradesh Gwalior Sagar Lakhnadon Seoni Maharashtra Nagpur Andhra Pradesh Adilabad Secunderabad Hyderabad Mahbubnagar Kurnool Anantapur Karnataka Bangalore Tamil Nadu Salem Erode Coimbatore Karur Dindigul Madurai Virudhunagar Tirunelveli Kanyakumari Kerala Palakkad Thrissur Kochi

(From West to East) Gujarat Porbandar Rajkot Samakhiali Rajasthan Mount Abu Udaipur Chittorgarh Kota Madhya Pradesh Shivpuri Uttar Pradesh Jhansi Sikandra Kanpur Lucknow Ayodhya Gorakhpur Bihar Muzaffarpur Darbhanga Purnia West Bengal Islampur Siliguri Assam Dispur Dabaka Lumding Silchar

Current status

Segment	Total Length	Length Completed	Under Implementation	Length to be Awarded	Percent Completed(%)	As of (date)
North–South & East–West Corridor	7,300 km (4,500 mi)	5,945 km (3,694 mi)	777 km (483 mi)	420 km (260 mi)	81.44	January 31, 2012[1]

• Chainage Chart of Corridor North-South
• Chainage Chart of Corridor East – West

See also

• List of National Highways in India by highway number
• List of National Highways in India
• National Highways Development Project
• Golden Quadrilateral
• Transport in India

External links

• NHDP Map with completion status