National Highway 3

3 National Highway 3
Road map of India with National Highway 3 highlighted in blue
Route information
Length:	1,161 km (721 mi) NS: 95 km (Agra - Gwalior) Phase III: 375 km
Major junctions
North end:	Agra, Uttar Pradesh
	List NH 2 in Agra NH 11 in Agra NH 93 in Agra NH 11B in Dholpur NH 75 in Gwalior NH 92 in Gwalior NH 25 in Shivpuri NH 76 in Shivpuri NH 12 in Biaora NH 86 in Dewas NH 59 in Indore NH 59A in Indore NH 6 in Dhule NH 211 in Dhule NH 50 in Nashik NH 222 in Kalyan NH 4 near Thane NH 8 in Mumbai
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
Indian Road Network National • Expressways • State ← NH 2A NH 4 →

National Highway 3 (NH 3), commonly referred to as the Mumbai-Agra Highway, is a major Indian National Highway that runs through the states of Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra states in India.^[1]

Photograph of Four-lane National Highway 3, near Dhule, Maharashtra.

The highway originates in Agra in Uttar Pradesh, generally travels South-West through Dhaulpur in Rajasthan, Gwalior, Shivpuri, Guna, Biaora, Maksi, Dewas and Indore in Madhya Pradesh, and Dhule, Nashik, Thane and terminates at Mumbai in Maharashtra. NH 3 runs for a distance of 1,190 km (740 mi)

The stretch between Agra and Gwalior is marked as the North-South corridor by the National Highways Authority of India. In greater Mumbai area, the highway is also known as Eastern Express Highway which continues as mumbai - nashik expressway(newly built).

Currently, stretch between Agra to Gwalior is Four Lane and construction of over bridge on dhoulpur city is being progress. strech from gwalior via Shivpuri,Guna, maksi up to dewas road not four lane, condition between strech shivpuri to maski is not good only patch work is done by NHAI. Now the tender for four lane between same strech is also done and work is going to start amd may be completed up 2014.

See also

• List of National Highways in India (by Highway Number)
• National Highways Development Project

References

External links

• NH 3 on MapsofIndia

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: NH 3 (India)

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