Ambala Jagadhri road is the national highway and the road in Haryana, India. The road not only connects Dual city ("Dual city" is used in
Ambala
Ambala () is a city and a municipal corporation in Ambala district in the state of Haryana, India, located on the border with the Indian state of Punjab (India), Punjab and in proximity to both states capital Chandigarh. Politically, Ambala ...
) – (Ambala city and Ambala cant) with
Jagadhri
Jagadhri is a city and a municipal council in the Yamunanagar district of the Indian state of Haryana. The town is adjacent to the city of Yamunanagar, around 90 km from Chandigarh
Chandigarh is a city and union territory in northern ...
. The condition of road is not like a national highway due to local politics of Haryana and is considered slow moving and accident prone.
Geography
The total length of road is
and runs through
Ambala district
Ambala district is one of the 22 districts of Haryana state in the country of India with Ambala town serving as the administrative headquarters of the district. District Ambala lies on the North-Eastern edge of Haryana and borders Punjab and Hima ...
and
Yamuna Nagar district
Yamunanagar district is one of the 22 districts of the Indian state of Haryana. The district came into existence on 1November 1989 and occupies an area of . Yamunanagar town is the district headquarters.
Yamunanagar's average rainfall in Monso ...
. The road is maintained by
Government of Haryana
Government of Haryana, also known as the State Government of Haryana, or locally as the Haryana Government, is the supreme governing authority of the Indian state of Haryana and its 22 districts. It consists of an executive, ceremonially led ...
as it lies entirely in it. The major towns from where the highway passes are Mahesh Nagar,
Saha, Kalpi, Mullana, do Sarka etc.
Saha-Ambala highway is small section of this road and its length is . The road runs on almost same reduced level across its length with minimum number of
road curve
A road is a thoroughfare used primarily for movement of traffic. Roads differ from streets, whose primary use is local access. They also differ from stroads, which combine the features of streets and roads. Most modern roads are paved.
The ...
s.
Education
There are many engineering and medical colleges situated on the highway. These include Ambala College of Engineering & Applied Research, Kalpi Institute of Technology,
Maharishi Markandeshwar University.
Sanatan Dharma College, which was established around 1916 in Lahore in undivided India, is also situated on the highway near
Ambala Cantonment
Ambala Cantonment is a cantonment town in Ambala district in the state of Haryana, India. It is 200 km north of Delhi and 55 km southwest of Chandigarh. This cantonment was established in the year 1843 and is an important centre for m ...
(the college was uprooted during the partition of India and was reestablished in 1948 near Ambala Cant).
Transport
The transport services on the highway is controlled by Haryana State Road Transport Corporation. Buses run on the road at regular intervals every day.
See also
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Grand Trunk road
Grand Trunk Road (formerly known as Uttarapath, Sadak-e-Azam, Shah Rah-e-Azam, Badshahi Sadak, and Long Walk) is one of Asia's oldest and longest major roads. For at least 2,500 years it has linked Central Asia to the Indian subcontinent. It r ...
References
National highways in Haryana
Transport in Ambala
Yamunanagar district
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