Rationalization of Highway Numbers
On 28 April 2010, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways officially notified the rationalized number system of the national highway network in the Gazette of the Government of India. It is a systematic numbering scheme based on the orientation and the geographic location of the highway. This was adopted to ensure more flexibility and consistency in the numbering of existing and new national highways. According to the system all north-south oriented highway will have even numbers increasing from the east to the west. Similarly all east-west oriented highways will be odd numbered increasing from the north to the south of the country."The Ministry has therefore requested to renumber the National Highway numbers in place of the existing number of National Highway for its proper location. Accordingly, a revised (Renumbered) map of National Highways in India is shown in this article. As per the new scheme, the single longest national highway will be NH 44 which will run from Srinagar to Kaniyakumari. The shortest Highway is NH-36. The distance is 3.0 km only.
The new numbering system has caused too much confusion and the ministry has decided to stick to the old numbers.
Read more about this topic: List Of National Highways In India
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