National Highway 6 (India, old numbering)
National Highway 6 | ||||
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GE Road (Great Eastern Road) | ||||
Route information | ||||
Part of AH45 AH46 | ||||
Length | 1,949 km (1,211 mi) Phase III: 358 km (222 mi) | |||
Major junctions | ||||
West end | Hajira, Gujarat | |||
East end | Kolkata, West Bengal | |||
Location | ||||
Country | India | |||
States | Gujarat: 177 km (110 mi) Maharashtra: 813 km (505 mi) Chhattisgarh: 314 km (195 mi) Odisha: 412 km (256 mi) Jharkhand: 22 km (14 mi) West Bengal: 161 km (100 mi) | |||
Primary destinations | Surat - Dhule - Jalgaon - Bhusawal -Khamgaon- Akola - Amravati - Nagpur - Bhandara - Durg - Raipur - Mahasamund - Bargarh-Sambalpur - Baharagora - Kolkata | |||
Highway system | ||||
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National Highway 6 & Economic Corridor 1 (EC1) (commonly referred to as NH6), was a
National Highway in India that has been separately designated under the new national highway numbering system. It was officially listed as running over 1,949 km (1,211 mi) from Surat to Kolkata. The route was also known as Asian Highway 46 (AH46) & Mumbai - Kolkata Highway [1][2] and Great Eastern Highway.[3]
NH6 ran through
Bhusaval, Khamgaon, Akola, Amravati, Nagpur, Bhandara, Rajnandgaon, Durg, Raipur, Mahasamund, Sambalpur, Kharagpur, Kolkata
.
New numbering
As of 2010 notification from Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, old NH 6 has been renumbered as follows.[4]
- Hajira - Deogarh section is part of new National Highway No. 53
- Deogarh - Kharagpur section is part of new National Highway No. 49
- Kharagpur - Kolaghat - Kolkata section is part of new National Highway No. 16
Ghat Sections
This route is One of the incomplete Highways of India due to presence of numerous ghat sections between Bangriposi & Sambalpur, crossing mountain & hill ranges of Odisha.
- Bamanghati between Bangriposi - Jashpur.
- Keonjharghati between Keonjhar& Kanjipani.
- Kanjipani Ghats between Kanjipani & Deogarh
- Ushakoti Ghats between Deogarh & Sambalpur
Junctions
- At
- At Dhule with NH 3 connecting Agra - Indore - Mumbai
- At Aurangabad - Dhule
- At
- At Akola with NH 161A connecting Akot - Akola - Digras - Mudkhed - Nanded -
- At Kanyakumari
- At
- At NH 5
- At Chandikhol
- At Gopalpur
- At
- At NH 5
- Near NH 5
- Near NH 42
- At NH 42
- At
- At
- At
- At
- At Kolaghat with NH 41 connecting Tamluk - Haldia
- At Bally 15 km from Kolkata with NH 2 connecting Bally - Varanasi - Kanpur - Delhi
- At Kona 8 km from Kolkata with National Highway 117 connecting Kona - Vidyasagar Setu - Kolkata - Diamond Harbour - Bakkhali
Asian Highway
This highway crossed the AH47 at Dhule and Asian Highway 43 at Nagpur.
States, districts, cities, towns and villages connected
Many cities and towns in various districts in the States of Gujarat, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Jharkhand and West Bengal were connected by National Highway 6.
Gujarat
- Surat district
- Palsana - Bardoli
- Tapi district
Maharashtra
- Nandurbar District
- Dhule District
- Jalgaon District
- Parola - - Erandol - Paldhi - Varad - Jalgaon- Nashirabad - Bhusawal - Varangaon - Muktainagar
- Buldhana District
- Chikhali -
- Akola District
- BorgaonManju - Kurankhed - Murtajapur
- Amravati District
- Tiwsa
- Wardha District
- Talegaon Shyamji Pant - Karanja
- Nagpur District
- Mouda
- Bhandara District
- Gondia District
Chhattisgarh
- Rajnandgaon District
- Durg District
- Raipur District
- Mahasamund District
Odisha
- Bargarh District
- Attabiragodhbhaga
- Sambalpur District
- Ushakothi - Jamankira
- Debagarh District
- Angul District
- Pal Lahara
- Kendujhargarh District
- Kendujhargarh
- Mayurbhanj District
- Jashipur - Manda - Bangriposi - Jharpokharia
Jharkhand
- East SinghbhumDistrict
West Bengal
- Paschim MedinipurDistrict
- Purba MedinipurDistrict
- Howrah District
- Kolkata District
Widening & Shortening
To shorten distance of National Highway 6, 4 lane wide
distance to 631 kilometres (392 mi), but will reduce 1 hour 15 minute travel time.Trivia
- The stretch between ]
- NH 200 crossed NH6 at two locations: one at its starting point at Raipur and second at Deogarh[citation needed]
See also
- List of National Highways in India (by Highway Number)
References
- ^ Highways in India
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 10 April 2009. Retrieved 20 July 2011.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Details of National Highways in India-Source-Govt. of India - ^ "6 Asian highways in India you probably don't know about".
- ^ "Rationalisation of Numbering Systems of National Highways" (PDF). Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. Retrieved 28 April 2018.