National Highway 19 (NH 19) is a six lane national highway in India. It was previously referred to as Delhi–Kolkata Road and is one of the busiest national highways in India. After renumbering of national highways, the Delhi–Agra route is now national highway 44 and the Agra–Kolkata route is numbered national highway 19. It constitutes a major portion of the Indian section of the historical Grand Trunk Road. It is also part of AH1 of Asian Highway Network, that traverses from Japan to Turkey.
It was earlier known as NH 2 (Old) before renumbering of all national highways by Ministry of Road Transport and Highways in 2010.
Length The highway has a length of and runs through the states of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, and West Bengal.
The lengths of the highway in each state are: Uttar Pradesh: Bihar: Jharkhand: West Bengal:
National Highways Development Project
Almost all of the stretch of NH 19 has been selected as a part of the Golden Quadrilateral by the National Highways Development Project. National Highways-Source-National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) Approximately stretch of NH 19 between Barah and Kanpur has been selected as a part of the East-West Corridor by the National Highways Development Project.
Route
National Highway 19 connects Agra to Kolkata and transits four states of India, namely Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and west Bengal.
NH 19 starts at Agra from its junction with NH-44 connecting Kanpur, Allahabad, Varanasi in the State of Uttar Pradesh, Mohania, Sasaram, Dehri On Sone, Aurangabad, Dobhi(Gaya) in the State of Bihar, Barhi(Hazaribagh), Bagodar(Giridih), Gobindpur(Dhanbad) in the State of Jharkhand, Asansol, Durgapur, and terminating at its junction with NH-16 near Kolkata in the State of West Bengal.
Toll plazas From Agra to Kolkata the toll plazas are as follows: Uttar Pradesh Tundla, Gurau Semra Atikabad, Anantram, Barajod, Badauri, Katoghan, Prayagraj Bypass (Khokhraj), Lalanagar, Daffi, Varanasi Bihar Mohania, Sasaram, Saukala Jharkhand Rasoiya Dhamna, Ghangri, Beliyad West Bengal Durgapur, Palsit and Dankuni.
Major cities on/off NH 19
Uttar Pradesh Mathura Agra Firozabad Etawah Babarpur Ajitmal Auraiya Akbarpur Kanpur Fatehpur Prayagraj Bhadohi Mirzapur Varanasi Mughalsarai Chandauli
Bihar Mohania Kudra Sasaram Dehri on sone Aurangabad Sherghati
Jharkhand Barhi Barkatha Bagodar Isri Gobindpur Dhanbad
West Bengal Asansol Durgapur Burdwan Dankuni
Junctions
Uttar Pradesh Terminal near Agra. Interchange with Agra Lucknow Expressway near village Kathphori near Etawah near Etawah near Sikandara near Akbarpur, Kanpur Dehat near Kanpur near Fatehpur near Muratganj near Allahabad near Soraon near Prayagraj near Aura near Varanasi near Chandauli near Saiyad Raja Bihar near Mohania near Mohania near Dehri near Aurangabad near Dobhi Jharkhand near Barhi near Bagodar near Dumri near Gobindpur near Gobindpur
West Bengal near Kulti near Raniganj near Bardhaman near Bardhaman Terminal near Kolkata.
See also List of national highways in India List of national highways in India by state Howrah-Gaya-Delhi line railway track connecting Delhi and Kolkata National Highway 2 (India, old numbering) Grand Trunk Road
References
External links NH 19 on OpenStreetMap