State highways in India


In India, this is the network of roads maintained by the state governments. These roads are constructed and managed by the states' Public Works Department. The state highways are usually roads that link important cities, towns and district headquarters within the state and connect them with National Highways or state highways of neighbouring states.
As of 31 March 2016, the total length of state highways was 176,166 km. As of 31 March 2016, Maharashtra had the largest share in the total length of SH roads, followed by Karnataka, Gujarat, Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu.

History

Independent of the National Highways [Development Project#:~:text=The National Highways Development Project,India to a higher standard.&text=The NHDP represents 49,260 km,economic development of the country.|NHDP] program, state governments have been implementing a number of state highway projects since 2000. By 2010, state highway projects worth $1.7 billion had been completed, and an additional $11.4 billion worth of projects were under implementation.
Bharatmala, a centrally-sponsored and funded road and highways project of the Government of India with a target of constructing of new highways, has been started in 2018. Phase I of the Bharatmala project involves the construction of 34,800 km of highways at an estimated cost of by 2021–22.
State/Union TerritorySingle lane Intermediate lane Double lane Multi-lane Total
Andhra Pradesh2,0921,0016,90223610,518
Arunachal Pradesh0
Assam3,134
Bihar3,766
Chhattisgarh3,419
Delhi
Goa279
Gujarat19,761
Haryana2,523
Himachal Pradesh1,824
Jammu and Kashmir67
Jharkhand1,886
Karnataka20,738
Kerala4,341
Madhya Pradesh8,728
Maharashtra33,705
Manipur1,137
Meghalaya1,134
Mizoram259
Nagaland404
Odisha3,806
Punjab1,393
Puducherry637
Rajasthan11,716
Sikkim179
Tamil Nadu1,7436,58615,2673,38926,985
Telangana3,260
Tripura689
List of state highways in [Uttar Pradesh|Uttar Pradesh]8,432
Uttarakhand1,576
West Bengal2,991