National Highway 2 (India)

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National Highway 2 or NH 2, commonly referred as Delhi-Kolkatta Road is a busy freeway that runs through Delhi, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, and West Bengal states in India.

It constitute a major portion of historical Grand Trunk Road along with NH 91 and NH 1 in India.

The freeway touches the cities of Faridabad in Haryana, Mathura, Agra, Etawah, Bhoganipur, Kanpur, Allahabad, Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh, Mohania on Bihar, Barhi in Jharkhand and Asansol, Durgapur, Baidyabati, Kolkatta in West Bengal.

The km in each states are Delhi (12), Haryana (74), Uttar Pradesh (752), Bihar (202), Jharkhand (190), West Bengal (235).

The road is the part of National Highway network of India, and it is officially listed as running over 1465 km from Delhi to Kolkatta.

[edit] See also

• List of National Highways in India (by Highway Number)
• National Highways Development Project