State highways in India

{{short description|Type of road in India, maintained by a state government}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2018}} {{Use Indian English|date=February 2017}} thumb|State Highway-12A, West Bengal 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 2020, 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 (22.14%), followed by Karnataka (11.11%), Gujarat (9.76%), Rajasthan (8.62%) and Tamil Nadu (6.67%). ==History== Independent of the 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.<ref name="MOSPI">{{cite web|url=http://www.mospi.nic.in/Mospi_New/upload/statistical_year_book_2011/SECTOR-4-SERVICE%20SECTOR/CH-21-ROADS/Table-21.2.xls|title=NH and SHs|publisher=MOSPI}}</ref>

Bharatmala, a centrally-sponsored and funded road and highways project of the Government of India<ref name="Ecotimes">{{citation|title=Bharat Mala: PM Narendra Modi's planned Rs 14,000 crore road from Gujarat to Mizoram|date=29 April 2015|url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2015-04-29/news/61652753_1_crore-road-road-connectivity-road-network|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150502054620/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2015-04-29/news/61652753_1_crore-road-road-connectivity-road-network|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 May 2015|work=The Economic Times|location=New Delhi}}</ref> with a target of constructing {{cvt|83677|km|mi}}<ref name="new1">{{citation|title=Ministry proposes construction of 20,000 km of roads under Bharat Mala project|date=9 January 2016|url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2016-01-09/news/69634613_1_draft-cabinet-note-finance-ministry-roads-ministry|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160325052218/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2016-01-09/news/69634613_1_draft-cabinet-note-finance-ministry-roads-ministry|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 March 2016|work=The Economic Times|location=New Delhi}}</ref> of new highways, has been started in 2018. Phase I of the Bharatmala project involves the construction of 34,800 km of highways (including the remaining projects under NHDP) at an estimated cost of {{INRConvert|5.35|lc|lk=lc}} by 2021–22.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.india.gov.in/spotlight/bharatmala-pariyojana-stepping-stone-towards-new-india|title=Bharatmala Pariyojana - A Stepping Stone towards New India {{!}} National Portal of India|website=www.india.gov.in|language=en|access-date=2018-01-18}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable" |+State Highways in India, by state and union territories !scope="col" | State/Union Territory !scope="col" | Single lane (km) !scope="col" | Intermediate lane (km) !scope="col" | Double lane (km) !scope="col" | Multi-lane (km) !scope="col" | Total (km) |- !scope="row" | Andhra Pradesh<ref name="aproads">{{cite web |url=http://www.aproads.com/html/road-netwrk.htm |title=State road network |publisher=AP Roads and Buildings Department |access-date=2012-03-27}}</ref> |align="right"| 2,092 |align="right"| 1,001 |align="right"| 6,902 |align="right"| 236 |align="right"| 10,518 |- !scope="row" | Arunachal Pradesh |align="right"| |align="right"| |align="right"| |align="right"| |align="right"| 0 |- !scope="row" | Assam |align="right"| |align="right"| |align="right"| |align="right"| |align="right"| 3,134 |- !scope="row" | Bihar |align="right"| |align="right"| |align="right"| |align="right"| |align="right"| 3,766 |- !scope="row" | Chhattisgarh |align="right"| |align="right"| |align="right"| |align="right"| |align="right"| 3,419 |- !scope="row" | Delhi |align="right"| |align="right"| |align="right"| |align="right"| |align="right"| |- !scope="row" | Goa |align="right"| |align="right"| |align="right"| |align="right"| |align="right"| 279 |- !scope="row" | Gujarat |align="right"| |align="right"| |align="right"| |align="right"| |align="right"| 19,761 |- !scope="row" | Haryana |align="right"| |align="right"| |align="right"| |align="right"| |align="right"| 2,523 |- !scope="row"| Himachal Pradesh |align="right"| |align="right"| |align="right"| |align="right"| |align="right"| 1,824 |- !scope="row"| Jammu and Kashmir |align="right"| |align="right"| |align="right"| |align="right"| |align="right"| 67 |- !scope="row"| Jharkhand |align="right"| |align="right"| |align="right"| |align="right"| |align="right"| 1,886 |- !scope="row"| Karnataka<ref name="karoadlength">{{cite web|title=State Highways, District wise: Surface Feature and Carriageway Width|url=http://www.kpwd.gov.in/roads.asp#DWSH|publisher=Public Works Department, Karnataka|access-date=2012-03-27|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721160233/http://kpwd.gov.in/roads.asp#DWSH|archive-date=2011-07-21}}</ref> |align="right"| |align="right"| |align="right"| |align="right"| |align="right"| 20,738 |- !scope="row"| Kerala |align="right"| |align="right"| |align="right"| |align="right"| |align="right"| 4,341 |- !scope="row"| Madhya Pradesh |align="right"| |align="right"| |align="right"| |align="right"| |align="right"| 8,728 |- !scope="row"| Maharashtra |align="right"| |align="right"| |align="right"| |align="right"| |align="right"| 33,705 |- !scope="row"| Manipur |align="right"| |align="right"| |align="right"| |align="right"| |align="right"| 1,137 |- !scope="row"| Meghalaya |align="right"| |align="right"| |align="right"| |align="right"| |align="right"| 1,134 |- !scope="row"| Mizoram |align="right"| |align="right"| |align="right"| |align="right"| |align="right"| 259 |- !scope="row"| Nagaland |align="right"| |align="right"| |align="right"| |align="right"| |align="right"| 404 |- !scope="row"| Odisha |align="right"| |align="right"| |align="right"| |align="right"| |align="right"| 3,806 |- !scope="row"| Punjab |align="right"| |align="right"| |align="right"| |align="right"| |align="right"| 1,393 |- !scope="row"| Puducherry |align="right"| |align="right"| |align="right"| |align="right"| |align="right"| 637 |- !scope="row"| Rajasthan |align="right"| |align="right"| |align="right"| |align="right"| |align="right"| 11,716 |- !scope="row"| Sikkim |align="right"| |align="right"| |align="right"| |align="right"| |align="right"| 179 |- !scope="row" | Tamil Nadu<ref name="sdfgbmqwe">{{cite web |url= http://cms.tn.gov.in/sites/default/files/documents/PB_highways_3.pdf |title= Table 4: Lanewise Details of Government Roads in Tamilnadu |work= Performance Budget (2013–14) |author= Highways and Minor Ports Department |year= 2013 |publisher= Government of Tamilnadu |page= 3 |access-date=30 September 2013}}</ref> |align="right"| 1,743 |align="right"| 6,586 |align="right"| 15,267 |align="right"| 3,389 |align="right"| 26,985 |- !scope="row"| Telangana |align="right"| |align="right"| |align="right"| |align="right"| |align="right"| 3,260 |- !scope="row"| Tripura<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pwd.tripura.gov.in/index.php/citizen/road-statistics|access-date=8 Dec 2021|archive-date=8 Dec 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211208112847/https://pwd.tripura.gov.in/index.php/citizen/road-statistics|title=Road Statistics}}</ref> |align="right"| |align="right"| |align="right"| |align="right"| |align="right"| 689 |- !scope="row"| Uttar Pradesh |align="right"| |align="right"| |align="right"| |align="right"| |align="right"| 8,432 |- !scope="row"| Uttarakhand |align="right"| |align="right"| |align="right"| |align="right"| |align="right"| 1,576 |- !scope="row"| West Bengal |align="right"| |align="right"| |align="right"| |align="right"| |align="right"| 2,991 |}

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==External links== {{commons}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20120425145038/http://infrastructure.gov.in/pdf/Compendium_State_Highways.pdf 2010 list of state highways under implementation - Published by the Government of India]

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