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
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NH-47 Coimbatore-Salem stretch of North-South Corridor

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 September 2010^[update], 5258 of 7300 km project has been completed.^[1]

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 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 Kanpur Jhansi Sikandra 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)	5,831 km (3,623 mi)	891 km (554 mi)	420 km (260 mi)	79.87	September 30, 2011[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

References

1. ^ NHDP website

External links

• NHDP Map with completion status