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Highways: The main roads which are constructed and maintained by the Central Government are known as National Highways. Five characteristics of National Highways of India are: (i) National Highways constitute only about 1.7% of the total road network but carry about 40% of the total volume of road traffic. These highways are well connected. (ii) These highways connect states. (iii) These highways are meant for inter-state transport and movement of defence material in strategic areas. (iv) National highway constitute only 20% of me road length, they carry nearly one-third of the traffic and the world Bank decided to provide loans worth crores. US dollars for the development of National highways m six scares namely Gujarat, Haryana. Punjab, Tamilnadu Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal. (v) For example: The golden quadrilateral super highway project covers a distance of 5,846 kms connecting a number of major cities and towns all over India. It connects Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata.
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