National Highway 3 (India, old numbering)

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National Highway 3

Old NH 3 (Agra-Bombay Highway) highlighted in blue
Route information
Part of
Length: 1,161 km (721 mi)
NS: 95 km (Agra–Gwalior)
Phase III: 375 km
Major junctions
North end: Agra, Uttar Pradesh
 
South end: Mumbai, Maharashtra
Location
States: Uttar Pradesh: 26 km
Rajasthan: 32 km
Madhya Pradesh: 712 km
Maharashtra: 391 km
Primary
destinations:		 Agra–Gwalior–Indore–Dhule–Nashik–Mumbai
Highway system
← NH 2ANH 4 →

National Highway 3 (old number), or NH 3, commonly referred to as the Agra–Bombay Highway, was a major Indian National Highway that ran through the states of Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra in India.[1]

National Highway 3A is a branch highway between Bharatpur and terminates at Dholpur, Rajasthan.

Route

The highway originated in Agra in Uttar Pradesh, generally travelled southwest through Dholpur in Rajasthan, Morena, Gwalior, Shivpuri, Guna, Biaora, Maksi, Dewas, Indore and Julwania in Madhya Pradesh, and Dhule, Nashik, Thane and terminated at Bombay. Length of the old NH 3 was 1,190 km (740 mi).

The stretch between Agra and Gwalior was marked as the North–South corridor by the National Highways Authority of India. After it entered Bombay, the highway was known as Eastern Express Highway. The stretch from Bombay to Nashik became Mumbai Nashik Expressway.

Currently, the stretch between Agra and Gwalior is four-lane. The stretch from Gwalior via Shivpuri, Guna, Maksi up to Dewas road is not four-lane. The condition between Shivpuri and Maksi is not good. Only patch work is done by NHAI. Now the tender for four-lane along the same stretch is also done and work is going to start and may be completed up 2014. Even the stretch between Gwalior and Shivpuri is not good. However it can be done relatively easily.

The road from Dewas to Indore is currently being converted to six lanes. The road from Indore to Mumbai is completely 4-lane but only problem was at Nasik city where the highway went within the city and hence an elevated expressway of 25 km has been built to solve the problem of traffic. Stretch from Nashik to Mumbai is 4-lane Mumbai Nashik Expressway.

New NH numbers of Agra-Bombay road

After renumbering of all national highways by National Highway Authority of India in 2010 , the former NH 3 has been broken into several new national highway numbers and the old NH 3 number has ceased to exist.

Old NH 3 through Maharashtra
Agra-Bombay Highway near Dhule, Maharashtra

See also

References

  1. ↑ Details of National Highways in India-Source-Govt. of India

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