--- title: "Which is the longest highway in India?" description: "Which is the longest highway in India?" author: "Gurmeet Kaur" published: 2019-03-26 canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/51926/which-is-the-longest-highway-in-india category: "general knowledge" tags: ["india", "road distance"] reading_time: 2 minutes --- # Which is the longest highway in India? Which is the longest highway in [India](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/336618/top-10-electric-bicycles-in-india-in-2024-to-improve-your-health)? ## Answers ### Answer by UTKARSHA SINGHROUL **National Highway 44 (NH 44)** is the longest highway in India. Its **total length is 3,745 Km**. running **from Srinagar in North to Kanyakumari in the South.** ![Which is the longest highway in India?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/1f1ebb9c-28a9-4bb2-8898-ce2a7bee65db/images/b6f827b3-2a61-45e9-9e4b-e4654cf942a8.png)\ **NH 44 connects 11 States** of the Country and about **30 important cities** with each other. NH 44 is constructed and is maintained by the Central Public Works Department (CPWD). The National Highway c**ame into existence after merging fully or partially with previously constructed seven Highways**. The seven Highways are, NH 1A connects from Srinagar in [Jammu and Kashmir](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/32057/which-is-the-article-that-provide-special-status-to-the-state-jammu-and-kashmir), NH 1 which starts from [Punjab](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/45322/who-was-the-first-governor-of-punjab) and Haryana, and ends at [Delhi](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/45279/which-punjabi-person-served-as-the-3rd-chief-minister-of-delhi), then connected with parts of NH 2 which starts from Delhi and end at Agra, after this, NH 3 which starts from Agra and end at Gwalior, former NH 75 and former NH 26 to Jhansi, and lastly connects to NH 7 through Nagpur, and Adilabad, Nirmal, Kamareddy, Hyderabad, Kurnool, Mahbubnagar, Anantapur, Bengaluru, Dharmapuri, Salem, Karur, Madurai, Kovilpatti, and Tirunelveli, and finally NH 44 ends at Kanyakumari. The 11 Indian States connected through National Highway 44 are Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, [Uttar Pradesh](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/32068/with-which-country-uttar-pradesh-government-signed-a-mou-to-enhance-cooperation-in-the-field-of-tourism-skill-development-culture-and-farming), Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, and Tamil Nadu. The **major infrastructural addition of National Highway 44 is ‘Chenani-Nashri Tunnel’**. The tunnel was **inaugurated by [Prime Minister](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/254/poor-outcomes-of-skill-india) of India, Narendra Modi, on April 2, 2017**. It is the most significant addition to this highway. A part of about 82 Km. of NH 44 between Bengaluru and Krishnagiri is **selected as the part of ‘Golden Quadrilateral’** and was headed under National Highways Development Project. --- Original Source: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/51926/which-is-the-longest-highway-in-india Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.