National Highway 19 (India)
National Highway 19 is a 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 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.
- 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
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 in the State of Bihar, Barhi, Bagodar, Gobindpur 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
;Bihar
;Jharkhand
;West Bengal
Major cities on/off NH 19
;Uttar Pradesh- Mathura
- Agra
- Firozabad
- Etawah
- Babarpur Ajitmal
- Auraiya
- Akbarpur
- Kanpur
- Fatehpur
- Prayagraj
- Bhadohi
- Mirzapur
- Varanasi
- Mughalsarai
- Chandauli
- Mohania
- Kudra
- Sasaram
- Dehri on sone
- Aurangabad
- Sherghati
;West Bengal
;Uttar Pradesh
;Bihar
;Jharkhand
;West Bengal