National Highway 3 (India, old numbering)

National Highway 3
Road map of India with A.B. Road highlighted in blue
Route information
Part of AH43 AH47
Length	1,161 km (721 mi) NS: 95 km (Agra–Gwalior) Phase III: 375 km
Major junctions
North end	Agra, Uttar Pradesh
Major intersections	List NH 2 in Agra NH 11 in Agra NH 93 in Agra NH 11B in Dholpur NH 75 in Gwalior NH 92 in Gwalior NH 25 in Shivpuri NH 76 in Shivpuri NH 12 in Biaora NH 86 in Dewas NH 59 in Indore NH 59A in Indore NH 6 in Dhule NH 211 in Dhule NH 50 in Nashik NH 222 in Kalyan NH 4 near Thane NH 8 in Mumbai
South end	Mumbai, Maharashtra
Location
Country	India
States	Uttar Pradesh: 26 km Rajasthan: 32 km Madhya Pradesh: 712 km Maharashtra: 391 km
Primary destinations	Agra–Gwalior–Indore–Dhule–Nashik–Mumbai
Highway system
Roads in India Expressways National State Asian
← NH 2A → NH 4

National Highway 3, or NH 3, commonly referred to as the Agra–Bombay Highway or AB Road, is a major Indian National Highway that runs through the states of Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra in India.

Photograph of Four-lane National Highway 3, near Dhule, Maharashtra.

National Highway 3A is a branch highway between Bharatpur and terminates at Dholpur, Rajasthan.

NH3 through Maharashtra

The highway originates in Agra in Uttar Pradesh, generally travels southwest through Dholpur in Rajasthan, Morena, Gwalior, Shivpuri, Guna, Biaora, Maksi, Dewas, Indore & Julwania in Madhya Pradesh, and Dhule, Nashik, Thane and terminates at Mumbai in Maharashtra. NH 3 runs for a distance of 1,190 km (740 mi)

The stretch between Agra and Gwalior is marked as the North–South corridor by the National Highways Authority of India. In greater Mumbai area, the highway is also known as Eastern Express Highway which continues as Mumbai Nashik Expressway.

Currently, the stretch between Agra to Gwalior is four lane. The stretch from Gwalior via Shivpuri, Guna, Maksi up to Dewas road is not four lane. The condition between Shivpuri and Maksi is not good. Only patch work is done by NHAI. Now the tender for four lane along the same stretch is also done and work is going to start and may be completed up 2014. Even the stretch between Gwalior and Shivpuri is not great. However it can be done relatively easily.

Road from Dewas to Indore is currently being converted to six lane. It is known as AB Road (Agra-Bombay Road) in Indore. Road from Indore to Mumbai is completely 4 lane but only problem was at Nasik city where the highway went within the city and hence an elevated expressway of 25km has been built to solve the problem of traffic. Stretch from Nashik to Mumbai is 4 lane Mumbai Nashik Expressway.

See also

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

External links

• NH 3 on MapsofIndia