National Highway 1 (India, old numbering)

For the current numbered road in India, see National Highway 1 (India).

National Highway 1 or NH 1 was a National Highway in Northern India that linked the national capital New Delhi to the town of Attari in Punjab near the India–Pakistan border.^[1] Old National Highway 1 in its entirety, was part of historic Grand Trunk Road or simply known as GT Road.

National Highway 1
Map of Old National Highway 1 in red
Road map of India with National Highway 1 highlighted in solid blue colour
Route information
Part of AH1 AH2
Length	456 km (283 mi) NS: 380 km (240 mi) (New Delhi - Jalandhar) Phase III: 49 km (30 mi)
Major junctions
South end	Delhi
Major intersections	NH 2 in Delhi NH 8 in Delhi NH 21 to Manali/Leh in Ambala NH 22 to Shimla in Ambala NH 10 in burari NH 71 in Jalandhar NH 15 in Amritsar
North end	Attari, Punjab
Location
Country	India
States	Delhi: 22 km (14 mi) Haryana: 180 km (110 mi) Punjab: 254 km (158 mi)
Primary destinations	Delhi - Panipat- Kurukshetra - Ambala - Jalandhar - Ludhiana - Phagwara - Amritsar - Indo-Pak Border
Highway system
Roads in India Expressways National State Asian
← NH 234 → NH 1A

New numbering

As of 2010 notification from Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, NH 1 has been renumbered as follows.^[2]

• Attari - Amritsar - Jalandhar section is part of new National Highway No. 3
• Jalandhar - Ludhiana - Ambala - Panipat - Delhi section is part of new National Highway No. 44

National Highways Development Project

Approximately 380 km (240 mi) stretch of the old NH 1 from Jalandhar to Delhi is a part of the North-South Corridor.^[3]

See also

• List of National Highways in India (by Highway Number)
• National Highways Development Project

References

1. "NHAI". Archived from the original on 11 June 2016. Retrieved 30 November 2008.
2. "Rationalisation of Numbering Systems of National Highways" (PDF). Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
3. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 February 2009. Retrieved 27 March 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

External links

• Old NH 1 on OpenStreetMap