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Road Network in Bihar till2017

Contribution sector tothe GSDP G 41

Contribution oftransport
of communications sector to the GSDP 3 20

Density ofroadnetworkper100sqkm ofgeographicalareaofBihar 218 8km thirdhighest

1 Kerala Sol 5km

2 WB 333.5 km

3 Bihar 218 8 am

Length of NH per sqkm ofarea inBihar

100 5.0 km second heighest

L HaryanaG2km

2 Bihar 5 own

TheOtherPWD PWD andsusalroadtogether constitute about90 ofthe roadnetwork

Roads 0

in Bihar

In terms of totalroadlength

1 Patna s 8

2 Gaya 4 a

3 Supaul Lu3

Sheahan o 7 t is the poorestregions in terms of roadnetwork

There are 4 categories of roads according to widthio

1 single lane 3vsm

2 Intermediate lane G som

3 DoubleLane ft oom

4 Multiplelanes 7oom

The majorproportion

of NH 71.3 and SH 66.4 belong to the category of double or multiplelane

iN

Total NH 41

Length 4917 Kms

A majorshare 71.3 of NHS is ofdouble andmultiplelane

Golden Quadrilateral I o 206 km

East West Corridor II 487 km

Ministry of Road TransportandHighways of Centralgovt has notified the conversionof

3 SH roads in Bihar into NH

i NH 727 A Gutnini More in Siwan to Mairwa near RampurBuzurgof4.5km

ii NH227A Mehrauna in Siwan to Chakiya nearNH 27 Junction in Motihariof147Kms

iii NH120 H 22 in Gaya to Dumraon near NH 922 of145Kms

StateHighwa ysts
Total Length 4006Kms
Around 658
of SH are doublelane