National Highway 19 (India)
| National Highway 19 | ||||
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Durgapur Expressway - NH 19, West Bengal | ||||
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| Part of AH1 AH20 | ||||
| Length | 1,323 km (822 mi) | |||
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| West end | Agra, Uttar Pradesh | |||
| East end | Dankuni, West Bengal | |||
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| Country | India | |||
| States | Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal | |||
| Primary destinations | Etawah, Kanpur, Fatehpur, Prayagraj, Varanasi, Mughalsarai, Sasaram, Aurangabad, Dhanbad, Asansol, Durgapur | |||
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National Highway 19 (NH 19) is a national highway in India. It was previously referred to as Delhi–Kolkata Road and is one of the busiest national highways in India. After renumbering of national highways, Delhi to Agra route is now national highway 44 and Agra to Kolkata route is numbered national highway 19. It constitutes a major portion of the historical Grand Trunk Road. It is also part of AH1 of Asian Highway Network, that traverses from Japan to Turkey.
It was earlier known as NH 2 (Old) before renumbering of all national highways by Ministry of Road Transport and Highways in 2010.