National Highway 19 (India) Explained
| Country: | IND |
| Type: | NH |
| Route: | 19 |
| Length Km: | 1323 |
| Image Notes: | Durgapur Expressway - NH 19, West Bengal |
| Map Custom: | yes |
| Direction A: | West |
| Destinations: | Etawah, Kanpur, Fatehpur, Prayagraj, Varanasi, Mughalsarai, Sasaram, Aurangabad, Dhanbad, Asansol, Durgapur |
| Direction B: | East |
| Terminus B: | Dankuni, West Bengal |
| States: | Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal |
| Previous Type: | NH |
| Next Type: | NH |
| Previous Route: | 44 |
| Next Route: | 16 |
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National Highway 19 (NH 19) is a national highway in India.[1] It was previously referred to as Delhi–Kolkata Road and is one of the busiest national highways in India. After renumbering of national highways, Delhi to Agra route is now national highway 44 and Agra to Kolkata route is numbered national highway 19.[2] [3] It constitutes a major portion of the historical Grand Trunk Road. It is also part of AH1 of Asian Highway Network, that traverses from Japan to Turkey.
It was earlier known as NH 2 (Old) before renumbering of all national highways by Ministry of Road Transport and Highways in 2010.
Length
The highway has a length of 1269.7km (789miles) and runs through the states of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, and West Bengal.[4]
The lengths of the highway in each state are:
National Highways Development Project
Route
National Highway 19 connects Agra to Kolkata and transits four states of India, namely Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and west Bengal.
NH 19 starts at Agra from its junction with NH-44 connecting Kanpur, Allahabad, Varanasi in the State of Uttar Pradesh, Mohania, Sasaram, Dehri On Sone, Aurangabad in the State of Bihar, Barhi, Bagodar, Gobindpur in the State of Jharkhand, Asansol, Palsit and terminating at its junction with NH-16 near Kolkata in the State of West Bengal.
Toll plazas
From Agra to Kolkata the toll plazas are as follows:
- Uttar Pradesh
Tundla, Gurau Semra Atikabad, Anantram, Barajod, Badauri, Katoghan, Prayagraj Bypass (Khokhraj), Lalanagar, Daffi, Varanasi
- Bihar
Mohania, Sasaram, Saukala
- Jharkhand
Rasoiya Dhamna, Ghangri, Beliyad
- West Bengal
Durgapur, Palsit and Dankuni.[6] Major cities on/off NH 19
- Uttar Pradesh
- Bihar
- Jharkhand
- West Bengal
Junctions
- Uttar Pradesh
Terminal near Agra.
Interchange with Agra Lucknow Expressway near village Kathphori
near Etawah
near Etawah
near Sikandara
near Akbarpur, Kanpur Dehat
near Kanpur
near Fatehpur
near Muratganj
near Allahabad
near Soraon
near Prayagraj
near Aura
near Varanasi
near Chandauli
near Saiyad Raja
- Bihar
near Mohania
near Mohania
near Dehri
near Aurangabad
near Dobhi
- Jharkhand
near Barhi
near Bagodar
near Dumri
near Gobindpur
near Gobindpur
- West Bengal
near Kulti
near Raniganj
near Bardhaman
near Bardhaman
Terminal near Kolkata.See also
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Rationalisation of Numbering Systems of National Highways. Department of Road Transport and Highways. 3 April 2012. New Delhi. https://web.archive.org/web/20160201124738/http://dorth.gov.in/writereaddata/sublinkimages/finaldoc6143316640.pdf. 1 February 2016. dead.
- Web site: Route substitution (amendment) for national highways 9, 19, 44 and 48 dated February 2017. The Gazette of India. 6 Dec 2018.
- Web site: New Numbering of National Highways notification - Government of India. The Gazette of India. 18 April 2019.
- Web site: State-wise length of National Highways (NH) in India. Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. 18 April 2019.
- http://www.nhai.org/Doc/project-offer/Highways.pdf
- Web site: Toll Calculator . Toll between . 25 January 2017.
