National Highway 44 (India)

National Highway 44
National Highway 44
	Entrance of National Highway 44 in Jammu and Kashmir.
Route information
	Part of AH1 AH2 AH43
Length	4,113 km (2,556 mi) GQ: 94 km (58 mi) (Bengaluru – Krishnagiri); NS: 1,828 km (Lakhnadon – Kanyakumari)
Major junctions
North end	Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir
	List NH 54 in Pathankot ; NH 3 in Jalandhar ; NH 5 in Ludhiana ; NH 7 in Rajpura ; NH 709A in Karnal ; NH 9 / NH 19 / NH 48 in New Delhi ; NH 21 in Agra ; NH 23 in Dholpur ; NH 27 / NH 39 in Jhansi ; NH 146 / NH 934 in Sagar ; NH 34 in Lakhnadon ; NH 53 in Nagpur ; NH 61 in Nirmal ; NH 63 in Nizamabad ; NH 65 in Hyderabad ; NH 40 in Kurnool ; NH 67 in Gooty ; NH 42 in Anantpur ; NH 69 in Chikkaballapur ; NH 48 in Bangalore ; NH 77 in Krishnagiri ; NH 79 / NH 544 in Salem ; NH 81 in Karur ; NH 83 in Dindigul ; NH 85 in Madurai ; NH 66 in Kanyakumari ;
South end	Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu
Location
Country	India
States	Jammu and Kashmir: 304 km (189 mi); Himachal Pradesh: 11 km (6.8 mi); Punjab: 279 km (173 mi); Haryana: 257 km (160 mi); Uttar Pradesh: 287 km (178 mi); Madhya Pradesh: 547 km (340 mi); Maharashtra: 260 km (160 mi); Telangana: 533 km (331 mi); Andhra Pradesh: 260 km (160 mi); Karnataka: 135 km (84 mi); Tamil Nadu: 630 km (390 mi)
Highway system
	Roads in India; Expressways; National; State; Asian;

National Highway 44 (NH 44) is a major north–south National Highway in India and is the longest in the country.

It passes through the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, in addition to the states of Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, and Tamil Nadu.

It came into being by merging seven national highways, in full or part, starting with the Jammu–Srinagar National Highway (former NH 1A) from Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir, former NH 1 in Punjab and Haryana ending at Delhi, part of former NH 2 starting from Delhi and ending at Agra, former NH 3 (popularly known as Agra-Bombay National Highway) from Agra to Gwalior, former NH 75 and former NH 26 to Jhansi, and former NH 7 via Lakhnadon, Seoni, Nagpur, Adilabad, Nirmal, Hyderabad, Kurnool, Anantapur,Chikkaballapur, Devanahalli, Bangalore, Hosur, Krishnagiri, Dharmapuri, Salem, Namakkal, Karur, Dindigul, Madurai, Virudhunagar, Kovilpatti and Tirunelveli terminating at Kanyakumari.

The 70 km Delhi-to-Panipat section, also known as Delhi-Panipat Expressway, is being upgraded, at a cost of ₹2,178.82 crores, to an elevated tolled expressway with 8 (4+4) main lanes and 4 (2+2) service lanes, which was completed in July 2023. The NH-44 road between Salem and Thoppur in Tamil Nadu is prone to fatal accidents due to the hilly slopes. Agra-Gwalior section of this highway is part of the legendary AB Road(Agra-Bombay Road).