National Highway 31 (India)(old numbering)

National Highway 31 marker

National Highway 31

Road map of India with National Highway 31 highlighted in blue
Route information
Length: 1,125 km (699 mi)
EW: 398 km (247 mi) (Purnea - Galgalia)
Major junctions
From: Junction with NH 2–NH 33 at Barhi
To: Junction with NH 37 near Guwahati
Location
States: Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Assam
Primary
destinations:		 Bakhtiarpur - Mokameh - Purnea - Dalkhola - Siliguri - Sevok - Cooch Behar- Gauripur - Barpeta Road - Nalbari - Guwahati
Highway system
← NH 30ANH 31A →
National Highway 31 near Lataguri, West Bengal.

National Highway 31 is an important National Highway in India. It provides a gateway to the states of North-East India. The highway is 1,125 km (699 mi) long.[1] It starts in Barhi, Jharkhand at the NH 2 and generally trends to the northeast, passing through Jhumri Tilaiya, Koderma, Nawada, Bihar Sharif, Harnaut, Bakhtiarpur, Mokameh, Begusarai, Purnea, Dalkhola, Kishanganj, Bagdogra, Siliguri, Malbazar, Mainaguri, Dhupguri, Cooch Behar, Tufanganj, Kokrajhar, and Nalbari before ending at Jalukbari, Guwahati.

Junctions

  1. At Bihar Sharif – NH 82 to Gaya and Mokamah and NH 110 to Jehanabad and Arwal
  2. At Harnaut – NH 30A to Barh and Fatuha
  3. At Bakhtiarpur – NH 30 to Patna and Mohania
  4. At Mokamah – NH 80 to Farrakka.
  5. Near Barauni – NH 28 to Lucknow
  6. At Kora – NH 81 to Ingraj Bazar/Malda
  7. At Purnea – NH 57 to Muzaffarpur
  8. At Dalkhola – NH 34 to Dum Dum in north Kolkata
  9. At Mainaguri – National Highway 31 (A)-(D) to Jalpaiguri City
  10. At Matigara – NH 55 to Darjeeling
  11. At Sevoke –NH 31A to Gangtok

National Highway Development Project

A stretch of NH 31 approximately 398 km (247 mi) in length has been selected as a part of the East-West Corridor by the National Highways Development Project.[2]

See also

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to NH 31 (India).

References

  1. ↑ Details of National Highways in India-Source-Govt. of India
  2. ↑ National Highways Authority of India (NHAI)
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