National Highway 1 (India, old numbering) explained

Country:IND
Type:NH
Route:1
Map Custom:yes
Image Notes:Road map of India with National Highway 1 highlighted in solid blue colour
Length Km:456
Direction A:South
Destinations:Delhi - Panipat- Kurukshetra - Ambala - Jalandhar - Ludhiana - Phagwara - Amritsar - Indo-Pak Border
Direction B:North
Terminus B:Attari, Punjab
Junction:NH 2 in Delhi
NH 8 in Delhi
NH 21 to Manali/Leh in Ambala
NH 22 to Shimla in Ambala
NH 10 in burari
NH 71 in Jalandhar
NH 15 in Amritsar
Length Notes:NS

380km (240miles) (New Delhi - Jalandhar)
Phase III: 49km (30miles)

States:Delhi

22km (14miles)
Haryana: 180km (110miles)
Punjab: 254km (158miles)

Previous Type:NH
Previous Route:234
Next Type:NH
Next Route:1A

National Highway 1 or NH 1 was a National Highway in Northern India that linked the national capital New Delhi to the town of Attari in Punjab near the India–Pakistan border.[1] Old National Highway 1 in its entirety, was part of historic Grand Trunk Road or simply known as GT Road.

New numbering

As of 2010 notification from Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, NH 1 has been renumbered as follows.[2]

National Highways Development Project

Approximately 380km (240miles) stretch of the old NH 1 from Jalandhar to Delhi is a part of the North-South Corridor.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: NHAI . 30 November 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160611061444/http://www.nhai.org/ . 11 June 2016 . dead .
  2. Web site: Rationalisation of Numbering Systems of National Highways. Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. 28 Apr 2018.
  3. Web site: Archived copy . 27 March 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090225142615/http://www.nhai.org/Doc/project-offer/Highways.pdf . 25 February 2009 . dead .