National Highway 19 (India)

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.

Length
The highway has a length of 1269.7 km and runs through the states of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, and West Bengal.

The lengths of the highway in each state are:
 * Uttar Pradesh: 655.2 km
 * Bihar: 206 km
 * Jharkhand: 199.8 km
 * West Bengal: 208.7 km

National Highways Development Project

 * Almost all of the 1269.7 km stretch of NH 19 has been selected as a part of the Golden Quadrilateral by the National Highways Development Project.
 * Approximately 35 km stretch of NH 19 between Barah and Kanpur has been selected as a part of the East-West Corridor by the National Highways Development Project.

Route
National Highway 19 connects Agra to Kolkata and transits four states of India, namely Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and west Bengal.

NH 19 starts at Agra from its junction with NH-44 connecting Kanpur, Allahabad, Varanasi in the State of Uttar Pradesh, Mohania, Sasaram, Dehri On Sone, Aurangabad in the State of Bihar, Barhi, Bagodar, Gobindpur in the State of Jharkhand, Asansol, Palsit and terminating at its junction with NH-16 near Kolkata in the State of West Bengal.

Toll plazas
From Agra to Kolkata the toll plazas are as follows:
 * Uttar Pradesh
 * Tundla, Gurau Semra Atikabad, Anantram, Barajod, Badauri, Katoghan, Prayagraj Bypass (Khokhraj), Lalanagar, Daffi, Varanasi


 * Bihar
 * Mohania, Sasaram, Saukala


 * Jharkhand
 * Rasoiya Dhamna, Ghangri, Beliyad


 * West Bengal
 * Durgapur, Palsit and Dankuni.

Major cities on/off NH 19

 * Uttar Pradesh
 * Mathura
 * Agra
 * Firozabad
 * Etawah
 * Babarpur Ajitmal
 * Auraiya
 * Akbarpur
 * Kanpur
 * Fatehpur
 * Prayagraj
 * Bhadohi
 * Mirzapur
 * Varanasi
 * Mughalsarai
 * Chandauli


 * Bihar
 * Mohania
 * Kudra
 * Sasaram
 * Dehri on sone
 * Aurangabad
 * Sherghati


 * Jharkhand
 * Barhi
 * Barkatha
 * Bagodar
 * Isri
 * Gobindpur
 * Dhanbad


 * West Bengal
 * Asansol
 * Durgapur
 * Burdwan
 * Dankuni

Junctions

 * Uttar Pradesh
 * Terminal near Agra.
 * Interchange with Agra Lucknow Expressway near village Kathphori
 * near Etawah
 * near Etawah
 * near Sikandara
 * near Akbarpur, Kanpur Dehat
 * near Kanpur
 * near Fatehpur
 * near Muratganj
 * near Allahabad
 * near Soraon
 * near Prayagraj
 * near Aura
 * near Varanasi
 * near Chandauli
 * near Saiyad Raja


 * Bihar
 * near Mohania
 * near Mohania
 * near Dehri
 * near Aurangabad
 * near Dobhi


 * Jharkhand
 * near Barhi
 * near Bagodar
 * near Dumri
 * near Gobindpur
 * near Gobindpur


 * West Bengal
 * near Kulti
 * near Raniganj
 * near Bardhaman
 * near Bardhaman
 * Terminal near Kolkata.