National Highway 3 (India, old numbering)
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 Interactive Map of Old National Highway 3 in red | ||||
 Old NH 3 Nashik - Mumbai, Maharashtra | ||||
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Part of  AH43 AH47 | ||||
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| North end | Agra, Uttar Pradesh | |||
| South end | Mumbai, Maharashtra | |||
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| 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 | |||
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National Highway 3 (old number), or Old national NH 3, commonly referred to as the
National Highway that ran through the states of Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra in India.[1]
The national highway still exists but its various segments have been assigned new numbers as stated in the following section.
National Highway 3A was a branch highway between Bharatpur and terminated at Dholpur, Rajasthan.
Route
The highway originated in Agra in Uttar Pradesh, generally travelled southwest through Dholpur in Rajasthan, Morena, Gwalior, Shivpuri, Guna, Biaora, Maksi, Dewas, Indore, Julwania & Sendhwa in Madhya Pradesh, and Amalner, Nardana, Dhule, Malegaon, Nashik, Thane and terminated at Mumbai. The length of the old NH-3 was 1,260.25 kilometres (783.08 mi).
The stretch between Agra and Gwalior was marked as the
Mumbai Nashik Expressway. After it entered Bombay, the highway was known as Eastern Express Highway
.
Currently, the stretch between Agra and Gwalior is four-lane. The stretch from Gwalior via Shivpuri, Guna, Maksi up to Dewas road is now four-lane. The condition between Shivpuri and Maksi is newly constructed and good. Now the Condition of the road from Dewas to Mumbai Nashik Expressway
. The stretch from Pimpalgaon Bsawant - Nashik - Gondhe is 6 Lane expressway. The stretch from Padgha to Thane 8 lane is in progress.
New NH numbers of Agra-Bombay road
After
National Highway Authority of India
in 2010, the former NH 3 has been broken into several new national highway numbers and the old NH 3 number has ceased to exist.
- Agra - Gwalior is NH 44.
- Gwalior - Biaora is NH 46.
- Biaora - Dhule is NH 52.
- Dhule - Nashik is NH 60.
- Nashik - Mumbra is NH 160.
- Mumbra (Reti Bunder) - Thane / Navi Mumbai is NH 48.
See also
- List of National Highways in India by highway number
- National Highways Development Project
References
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 10 April 2009. Retrieved 20 July 2011.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Details of National Highways in India-Source-Govt. of India
External links
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