Photographs: Fayaz Kabli/Reuters.
India has the second largest road network in the world, stretching across a distance of 33 lakh kilometres.
While National Highways cover a distance of 71,772 kilometres, state highways stretch across a distance of 1,31,899 kilometres.
Take a look at the states with the largest stretch of highways, according to the National Highway Authority of India.
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Indian states with the largest highway network
Photographs: Courtesy, UP tourism website.
1. Uttar Pradesh
Total highway length: 6,788 kilometres
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Indian states with the largest highway network
Photographs: Courtesy, Rajasthan Tourism website.
2. Rajasthan
Total highway length: 6,373 kilometres
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Indian states with the largest highway network
Photographs: Courtesy, Madhya Pradesh Tourism website.
3. Madhya Pradesh
Total highway length: 5,027 kilometres
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Indian states with the largest highway network
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4. Tamil Nadu
Total highway length: 4,832 kilometres
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Indian states with the largest highway network
Photographs: Courtesy, AP tourism.
5. Andhra Pradesh
Total highway length: 4,537 kilometres
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Indian states with the largest highway network
Photographs: Dipti Desai/Reuters.
6. Karnataka
Total highway length: 4,396 kilometres
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Indian states with the largest highway network
Photographs: Punit Paranjpe/Reuters.
7. Maharashtra
Total highway length: 4,191 kilometres
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Indian states with the largest highway network
Photographs: Reuters.
8. Orissa
Total highway length: 3,704 kilometres
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Indian states with the largest highway network
Photographs: Bihar Tourism website.
9. Bihar
Total highway length: 3,642 kilometres
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Indian states with the largest highway network
Photographs: Courtesy, Wikimedia Commons.
10. Gujarat
Total highway length: 3,281 kilometres
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Indian states with the largest highway network
Photographs: Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters.
11. Assam
Total highway length: 2,836 kilometres.
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Indian states with the largest highway network
Photographs: Reuters.
12. West Bengal
Total highway length: 2,578 kilometres.
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Indian states with the largest highway network
Photographs: Courtesy, Chhatisgarh Tourism.
13. Chhatisgarh
Total highway length: 2,184 kilometres
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Indian states with the largest highway network
14. Uttarakhand
Total highway length: 2,042 kilometres.
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Indian states with the largest highway network
Photographs: Courtesy, Arunachal Pradesh Tourism website.
15. Arunachal Pradesh
Total highway length: 1,992 kilometres
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Indian states with the largest highway network
16. Jharkhand
Total highway length: 1,805 kilometres
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Indian states with the largest highway network
Photographs: Reuters.
17. Punjab
Total highway length: 1,557 kilometres
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Indian states with the largest highway network
Photographs: Ajay Verma/Reuters.
18. Haryana
Total highway length: 1,518 kilometres
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Indian states with the largest highway network
19. Kerala
Total highway length: 1,457 kilometres
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Indian states with the largest highway network
Photographs: Adnan Abidi/Reuters.
20. Himachal Pradesh
Total highway length: 1,409 kilometres
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Indian states with the largest highway network
Photographs: Reuters.
21. Jammu & Kashmir
Total highway length: 1,245 kilometres
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Indian states with the largest highway network
Photographs: Wikimedia Commons.
22. Manipur
Total highway length: 959 kilometres
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Indian states with the largest highway network
Photographs: Jayanta Dey/Reuters.
23. Mizoram
Total highway length: 927 kilometres
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Indian states with the largest highway network
24. Meghalaya
Total highway length: 810 kilometres
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Indian states with the largest highway network
25. Nagaland
Total highway length: 494 kilometres
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