North–South and East–West Corridor

This article is about the highways in India. For the upcoming railway lines in Hong Kong, see North South Corridor and East West Corridor. For other uses, see North South Line (disambiguation) and East West Line (disambiguation).

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 (2,500 mi)
North end	Srinagar
Major intersections	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 intersections	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
Location
Country	India
Highway system
Roads in India Expressways National State Asian

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

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 31 March 2015, 6375 of 7142 kilometers project has been completed.

In combination with the Golden Quadrilateral network, and port connectivity highways, the NS-EW Corridor forms a key part of the Indian highway network, connecting many of its important manufacturing, commerce and cultural centers. As of May 2012, India has completed and placed in use some 15,800 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

This is a 4,000 kilometres (2,500 mi) corridor via NH 1A (Srinagar–Jalandhar), NH 1 (Jalandhar – Delhi), NH 2 (Delhi–Agra), NH 3 (Agra–Gwalior), NH 75 (Gwalior–Jhansi), NH 26 (Jhansi– Narsinghpur -Lakhnadon), NH 7 (Lakhnadon–Nagpur-Hyderabad-Bengaluru-Madurai-Kanyakumari), NH 544 (Salem–Coimbatore–Palakkad-Kochi)

East-West Corridor

This is a 3,300 kilometres (2,100 mi) corridor via NH 8B (Porbandar–Rajkot), NH 8A (Rajkot–Samakhiali), NH 15 (Samakhiali–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 is an interchange section
  • Jhansi is the junction of North–South and East–West Corridors.
• The following stretches are common between the Golden Quadrilateral and the NS-EW Corridors.
  • Delhi–Agra: Golden Quadrilateral & North–South Corridor
  • Bengaluru–Krishnagiri: Golden Quadrilateral & North–South Corridor
  • Akbarpur–Kanpur: Golden Quadrilateral & East–West Corridor
  • Udaipur–Chittorgarh: Golden Quadrilateral & East West Corridor
• The following is a Spur Highway of the North–South Corridor
  • Kochi–Coimbatore–Salem(NH 544): North–South Corridor & North–South Corridor Extension

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 Narsinghpur Lakhnadon Seoni Maharashtra Nagpur Hinganghat Telangana Adilabad Kamareddy Hyderabad Mahbubnagar Andhra Pradesh Kurnool Anantapur Karnataka Chikballapur Bengaluru Tamil Nadu Hosur Krishnagiri Dharmapuri Salem Namakkal Erode Tiruppur Coimbatore Karur Dindigul Madurai Virudhunagar Tirunelveli Kanyakumari Kerala Palakkad Thrissur** Kochi

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

Possible extensions

There is popular demand for the extension of the East West Corridor from Silchar to Moreh via Jiribam and Imphal, and from Nagaon to Stilwell Road via Jorhat, Dibrugarh, Tinsukia and Ledo. These two extensions may increase the cross border trade with South East Asia.

Current status

Segment	Total Length	Length Completed	Under Implementation	Length to be Awarded	Percent Completed(%)	As of (date)
North–South & East–West Corridor	7,142 km (4,438 mi)	6,455 km (4,011 mi)	430 km (270 mi)	257 km (160 mi)	90.38	March 31, 2016

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

Gallery

• 
  NH 8 - a section near Rajasthan, in western India, of NSEW Corridor highway
• 
  NH 57 - a section near Darbhanga, Bihar, in eastern India, of NSEW Corridor highway
• 
  A section of NH-47 along the Erode Bypass of NSEW Corridor highway in Tamil Nadu
• 
  Kochi is part of the North-South Corridor via the NH 47

See also

• List of National Highways in India by highway number
• List of National Highways in India
• Transport in India

External links

• NHDP Map with completion status