National Highway 53 (India)



National Highway 53, combination of old (NH6 Surat-Kolkata), (NH200 Bilaspur-Chandikhole) & (NH5A Chandikhole-Paradeep) is a national highway in India. It connects Hajira in Gujarat and Paradeep port in Odisha. NH-53 traverses the states of Gujarat, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh and Odisha in India. The road is the part of AH46 network in India and it is officially listed as running over 1975 km (1227 mi) from Kolkata to Surat. it is also known as Surat - Kolkata Highway. It passes through Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh and Odisha states.

The National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) has created a Guinness World Record of constructing the longest highway stretch of 75 kilometres (km) between Amravati and Akola in the least time--105 hours and 33 minutes. The newly constructed road is part of National Highway 53.

Route
Route of primary national highway 53 passes through four states of India.

Gujarat
Hajira, Surat, Vyara, Songadh, Uchchhal - Maharashtra border.

Maharashtra
Gujarat border Navapur Nandubar Dhule, Jalgaon, Malkapur, Khamgaon,Akola, Amravati,Karanja(Wardha)Nagpur, Bhandara, Tirora,Gondia, Deori

Chhattisgarh
Maharashtra border - Rajnandgaon, Durg, Bhilai, Raipur, Arang, Ghorari, Pithora, Saraipali - Odisha border.

Odisha
Chhattisgarh border - Bargarh, Sambalpur, Tileibani, Deogarh, Barkote, Pallahara, Samal Barrage, Godibhanga, Talcher, Kamakhyanagar, Bhuban,Sukinda, Dubri, Chandhikhol, Haridaspur, Silipur, Bhutamundai, Paradip Port.

Asian Highways
The stretch of National Highway 53 from Dhule in Maharashtra to Pallahara in Odisha is part of Asian Highway 46.

Junctions list

 * Gujarat
 * Terminal point at Hazira port.
 * near surat
 * near Palsana
 * near Vyara
 * near Songadh


 * Maharashtra
 * near Visarwadi
 * near Shewali
 * near Kusumbe
 * near Dhule
 * near Dhule
 * near Jalgaon
 * near Jalgaon
 * near Muktainagar
 * near Malkapur
 * near Nandura
 * near Khamgaon
 * near Khamgaon
 * near Khamgaon
 * near Balapur
 * near Akola
 * near Akola
 * near Murtizapur
 * near Hiwra Budruk
 * near Nandgaon Peth
 * near Talegaon
 * near Gondkheri
 * near Nagpur
 * near Nagpur
 * near Nagpur
 * near Nagpur
 * near Gumthala
 * near Bhandara
 * near Sakoli
 * near Kohmara
 * near Deori


 * Chhattisgarh
 * near Raipur
 * near Ghorai Mahasamund
 * near Saraipali


 * Odisha
 * near Sohela
 * near Bargarh
 * near Sambalpur
 * near Pallahara
 * near Pravasuni
 * near Sarapal
 * near Deogarh
 * near Duburi
 * near Chandikhole
 * Terminal point at Paradip Port