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In India

About 65% of freight and 80% passenger traffic is carried by the roads.

• National Highways constitute only about 1.7% of the road network but carry about 40% of the total road traffic.
• Number of vehicles has been growing at an average pace of 10.16% per annum over the last five years. About 65% of freight and 80% passenger traffic is carried by the roads.
• National Highways constitute only about 1.7% of the road network but carry about 40% of the total road traffic.
• Number of vehicles has been growing at an average pace of 10.16% per annum over the last five years.

India has the second largest road network in the world, with over 3.314 million kms of roadways spread across the length and breadth of the country. The roads are primarily made of bitumen, with some Indian National Highways having concrete roads. The concept of expressway roads is also catching up in India, and the Mumbai – Pune expressway and Delhi Gurgaon expressway are the finest examples. Yamuna-expressway which connects Delhi to Agra is also good.

The history of roads in India takes you back to the Indus Valley Civilization, where street pavings were made for the first time in India. Around the 1st centuy, the Silk route was made which tremendously aided in trade across India. The medieval India saw the emergence of the Grand Trunk Road. The GT Road, as it is famously called, starts in Sonargaon near Dhaka in Bangladesh and ends at Peshawar in Pakistan and links some of the major cities in india from Kolkata to Amritsar.

The Indian roadways network ranks as the second biggest roadways network in the world. The road network of the country covers more than 2.059 million miles or 4.42 million kilometers. For every sq km of land, there is 0.66 km of highways in the country.

The density of the highway network of India is somewhat more as compared to the United States (0.65) and substantially higher as compared to Brazil (0.20) and China (0.16).!!!!

Previously, India did not had funds fori ts road network. However, the scenario has changed in the past decades. The Government of India in collaboration with a number of private players is taking groundbreaking endeavours for the road transportation system of the nation.

Till date, some of the important plans that have been put into operation include names like the Yamuna Expressway, National Highways Development Project, and the Mumbai-Pune Expressway.

According to the data furnished in 2002, just 47.3% of the Indian roadways network comprised paved roads.

Links,Inspitrations and Sources:

http://www.travelindia-guide.com/maps/highway-road-map.php

http://www.nhai.org

http://www.mapsofindia.com/roads/

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