Golden Quadrilateral
The Golden Quadrilateral ( GQ ) is a highway connecting the Indian cities of New Delhi , Chennai , Mumbai and Calcutta (Kolkata) . The GQ is the largest highway project in India, the cost of which is estimated at 12.317 billion US dollars. The 5,846 km long connection is currently four lanes and should be extended to six lanes by 2014 [obsolete] .
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Only the National Highways are used in the Golden Quadrilateral.
| route | National Highway | Route |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi - Kolkata | NH 2 | Delhi - Faridabad - Mathura - Agra - Firozabad - Etawah - Auraiya - Bhoganipur - Kanpur - Allahabad - Varanasi - Mohania - Barhi - Dhanbad - Asansol - Durgapur - Burdwan - Kolkata |
| Delhi - Mumbai |
NH 8 NH 79 NH 76 |
Delhi - Gurgaon - Jaipur - Ajmer - Chittaurgarh - Udaipur - Gandhinagar - Ahmedabad - Vadodara - Surat - Silvassa - Mumbai |
| Mumbai - Chennai |
NH 4 NH 7 NH 46 |
Mumbai - Panvel - Pune - Satara - Karad - Sangli-Miraj - Kolhapur - Belgaum - Hubli-Dharwad - Haveri - Ranebennur - Davangere - Chitradurga - Sira - Tumkur - Bangalore - Hosur - Krishnagiri - Bargur - Vaniyapet - Walajapet - Walajapet - Kanchipuram - Chennai |
| Kolkata - Chennai |
NH 6 NH 60 NH 5 |
Kolkata - Kharagpur - Baleshwar - Cuttack - Bhubaneshwar - Berhampur - Srikakulam - Vizianagaram - Visakhapatnam - Kakinada - Rajahmundry - Eluru - Vijayawada - Guntur - Ongole - Nellore - rubber dipoondi - Chennai |