National Highway 4 (India)

{{Short description|National highway in India}} {{For|the National Highway earlier numbered 4|National Highway 4 (India, old numbering)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2017}} {{Use Indian English|date=February 2017}}

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'''National Highway 4''', or NH 4,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://morth.nic.in/sites/default/files/State_wise_Length_of_National_Highways_in_India.pdf|title=State-wise length of National Highways in India |date=30 November 2018|publisher=Ministry of Road Transport and Highways|access-date=9 May 2019| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200929205249/https://morth.nic.in/sites/default/files/State_wise_Length_of_National_Highways_in_India.pdf| archive-date=29 September 2020}}</ref> is the major highway in the Indian union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. It is 230.7 km in length. This road running from the capital city of Port Blair to Diglipur connects all the major towns of Ferrargunj, Baratang, Kadamtala, Rangat, Billiground, Nimbudera and Mayabunder. This highway is known as the '''Great Andaman Trunk Road'''.

Prior 1970s to early 1990s transportation of men and goods used to take several days by sea route now can be completed in a matter of 10–12 hours. NH-4 facilitates movement of essential commodities, access to health care facilities, etc. year-round.

ATR passes through the buffer zone of the Jarwa Reserve between Jirkatang to the Middle Strait where laws are in place to minimize traveler contact with the native tribe of Jarawa. Only vehicle convoys with armed escorts are allowed.

This highway is currently undergoing a major upgrade and construction of two major bridges under NHIDCL<ref>{{Cite web |title=Wayback Machine |url=http://nhidcl.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Andaman-Nicobar.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221007234330/https://nhidcl.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Andaman-Nicobar.pdf |archive-date=7 October 2022 |access-date=2025-03-11 |website=nhidcl.com |url-status=live }}</ref> of ₹ 1511.22 crores.

Earlier this stretch of highway was numbered as NH-223.<ref>[http://www.nhai.org/NH4_Mumbai_Chennai_main.htm] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180324152803/http://www.nhai.org/NH4_Mumbai_Chennai_main.htm|date=24 March 2018}} Details of National Highways in India-Source-National Highways Authority of India (NHAI)</ref>

A stretch of national highway from Mumbai to Pune to Belgaum to Bangalore to Chennai was earlier called NH 4 before renumbering of national highways in 2010. The former NH 4 is now renumbered as NH 48.

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==External links== {{commons category|NH 4 (India)}} {{maplink|text=Route map|type=line|display=inline,title}} *[http://openstreetmap.org/browse/relation/3210218 NH 4 on OpenStreetMap] {{Indian Highways Network}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:National Highway 4}} Category:National highways of India Category:Transport in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands