National Highway 16 (India)

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National Highway 16 marker

National Highway 16
Route information
Part of
Length: 1,448 km (900 mi)
GQ: 1448 km (ChennaiBalasore)
Major junctions
North end: Kharagpur, West Bengal
 
South end: Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Location
States: Odisha: 488 km
Andhra Pradesh: 1,024 km
Tamil Nadu: 45 km
Primary
destinations:
Kolkata (Junction of NH 6) – BalasoreBhubaneswarVisakhapatnamVijayawadaNelloreChennai
Highway system

National Highway 16 (NH 16), (previously National Highway 5), is a major National Highway in India, that runs along east coast of Odisha, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. It is renumbered as NH 16. The northern terminal is at National Highway 19 near Kolkata and the southern terminal is at Chennai in Tamil Nadu. It is a part of the Golden Quadrilateral project undertaken by National Highways Development Project.[1][2]

Route

It passes through Berhampur, Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Jajpur, Bhadrak, Balasore, Baripada and ends at Jharpokharia, where it meets NH 6 in Odisha. In Andhra Pradesh, it passes through most of the coastal towns in nine coastal districts and covers the cities of Srikakulam, Visakhapatnam, Rajahmundry, Tadepalligudem, Eluru, Vijayawada, Guntur, Chilakaluripet, Ongole and Nellore. In Tamil Nadu, it passes through Gummidipundi in Tiruvallur district and enters Chennai.

NH 16 has a total length of 1,533 km (953 mi) and passes through the states of West Bengal, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.

Route length in states:

See also

References

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