Nawab Yusuf Road

Nawab Yusuf Road is situated in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, it connects Jaunpur to Ayodhya via Shahganj and Akbarpur.
Previously this road was known as Lumbini - Dudhi Marg.
A section of Nawab Yusuf Road is now declared National Highway. It's now National Highway 135A.
NH 135A will provide faster connectivity between two very important Holy cities - Ayodhya and Varanasi. NH 135A intersects Purvanchal Expressway in Bhelara village situated in border of Sultanpur and Azamgarh district. NH 135A will go through Ayodhya, Akbarpur - Ambedkar Nagar, Khajuri, Malipur, Shahganj, Jaunpur, Bhadohi, Aura - Mirzapur.

Namesake

Barrister Nawab Sir Muhammad Yusuf, minister in the government of the United Provinces from 1926 to 1937. Nawab Sir Muhammad Yusuf was a descendant of the wazir of Shah Ibrahim, Sharqi sultan of Jaunpur in the 15th century.