Golden Quadrilateral Highway Project
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Highway project in India
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Connects the four metro cities in
India (Chennai – Kolkata – Delhi – Mumbai – Chennai)
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Managed by NHAI (National Highways
Authority of India), under the Ministry of Road, Transport and Highways.
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Project was launched in 2001 by A. B.
Vajpayee
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Completed in 2012 (by Manmohan Singh)
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Golden Quadrilateral (GQ) is the
largest highway project in India (5846 km) and said to be the fifth longest in
the world
The projected economic benefits of the
GQ project are -
Ø Establishing
faster transport networks between major cities and ports.
Ø Providing
an impetus to smoother movement of products and people within India.
Ø Enabling
industrial and job development in smaller towns through access to markets.
Ø Providing
opportunities for farmers, through better transportation of produce from the
agricultural hinterland to major cities and ports for export, through lesser
wastage and spoils.
Ø Driving
economic growth directly, through construction as well as through indirect
demand for cement, steel and other construction materials.
Ø Giving
an impetus to Truck transport throughout India.
Golden
Quadrilateral Highway – Route details
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GQ
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Length
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NHs
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NH Routes
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Chennai – Kolkata
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1684 km
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NH – 6
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Kolkata – Kharagpur
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NH – 60
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Kharagpur – Balasore
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NH – 5
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Balasore – Chennai
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Kolkata – Delhi
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1453 km
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NH – 2
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Delhi – Kolkata
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Delhi – Mumbai
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1419 km
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NH – 8
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Delhi – Krishangarh
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NH – 79A
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Ajmer bypass
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NH – 79
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Nasirabad – Chittaurgarh
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NH – 76
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Chittaurgarh – Udaipur
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NH – 8
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Udaipur – Mumbai
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Mumbai – Chennai
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1290 km
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NH – 4
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Mumbai – Bengaluru
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NH – 7
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Bengaluru – Krishnagiri
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NH – 46
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Krishnagiri – Walajapet
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NH – 4
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Walajapet – Chennai
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GQ and States:
GQ
highway passes through 13 states
GQ and States
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States
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Length (in km)
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1
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Andhra Pradesh
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1014
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2
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Uttar Pradesh
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756
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3
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Rajasthan
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725
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4
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Karnataka
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623
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5
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Maharashtra
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487
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6
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Gujarat
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485
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7
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Odisha
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440
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8
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West Bengal
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406
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9
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Tamil Nadu
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342
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10
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Bihar
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204
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11
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Jharkhand
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192
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12
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Haryana
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152
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13
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Delhi
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25
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Total
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5851
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Important cities connected by GQ:
Chennai
– Kolkata
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Chennai – Gummidipoondi – Gudur –
Nellore – Kavali – Ongole – Guntur – Vijayawada – Eluru – Tadepalligudem –
Rajahmundry – Tuni – Visakhapatnam – Vizianagaram – Srikakulam – Berhampur –
Bhubaneswar – Cuttack – Jajpur –
Bhadrak – Balasore – Kharagpur – Kolkata
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Kolkata
– Delhi
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Kolkata – Bardhaman – Durgapur –
Asansol – Dhanbad – Aurangabad – Dehri – Sasaram – Kudra – Mohania – Chandauli –
Varanasi – Allahabad - Fatehpur district – Kanpur – Etawah – Firozabad – Agra – Mathura – Faridabad – Delhi
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Delhi
– Mumbai
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Delhi – Gurgaon – Jaipur – Ajmer –
Chittaurgarh – Udaipur – Gandhinagar – Ahmedabad – Vadodara - Bharuch – Surat – Navsari – Valsad – Vapi – Silvassa –
Mumbai
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Mumbai
– Chennai
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Mumbai – Panvel – Pune – Satara –
Karad - Sangli-Miraj – Kolhapur – Belagavi - Hubballi-Dharwad – Ranebennur – Davangere – Chitradurga – Sira – Tumakuru – Bengaluru – Hosur – Krishnagiri –
Vaniyambadi – Ambur – Pallikonda – Vellore – Ranipet – Walajapet – Kanchipuram – Sriperumbudur – Chennai
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