Highways and expressways in Delhi

Delhi, a major metropolitan region of India, is connected to various parts of country through several national highways and expressways.

Vehicle users have to pay a toll for using the expressway, which is collected at three points, near the Indira Gandhi International Airport, the Delhi-Gurgaon Border and the 42nd milestone.

There are only two over-bridges along the entire stretch to cater to the communities living on either side of heavily populated areas through which the expressway runs.

The present day NH 1 passes through Amritsar, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Ambala, Kurukshetra, Karnal, Panipat, Sonipat and Delhi.

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

The highway touches the cities of Faridabad & Palwal in Haryana, Mathura, Agra, Etawah, Kanpur, Allahabad, Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh, Mohania & Sasaram in Bihar, Barhi, Dhanbad in Jharkhand and Asansol, Durgapur, Kolkata in West Bengal.

Almost all of the 1465 km stretch of NH 2 has been selected as a part of the Golden Quadrilateral by the National Highways Development Project.

[5] Approximately 253 km stretch of NH 2 between Delhi and Agra has been selected as a part of the North-South Corridor by the National Highways Development Project.

Approximately 35 km stretch of NH 2 between Barah and Kanpur has been selected as a part of the East-West Corridor by the National Highways Development Project.

The highway passes through the State capitals of Gandhinagar and Jaipur, as well as important cities like Ahmedabad, Surat and Vadodara.