National Highways play a huge role in the connectivity of the country. They work to connect different parts of the country. Through these one can easily travel from one part of the country to another. National Highways have an important contribution in accelerating the economic activities of the country. The National Highway Authority of India develops, manages, and maintains the national highways of the country. It was formed in 1988 under an Act of Parliament. Every National Highway has a name like National Highway 23, or National Highway 02. Have you ever thought about how the names of national highways are decided? If you do not know about this, then through this news we are going to tell you about it today.
In our country, odd numbers are issued for the highways running from east to west. These numbers are in ascending order based on their location from north to south.
That is, the national highway running from east to west will be as far north as India. He will be given an equally small subject number. For example, National Highway 01 connects Ladakh in the east of northern India to Jammu and Kashmir in the west.
National Highway 85 connects Kochi in Kerala to Thondi in Tamil Nadu. At the same time, all the national highways going from north to south are given even numbers.
Here the national highway is as far east. An equally small even number is given to it. For example, National Highway 2 connects Dibrugarh in Assam with Tulpang in Mizoram in eastern India. Whereas in western India, National Highway 62 connects Abohar in Punjab with Pindwara in Rajasthan.
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