Ambala–Jagadhri Highway

Ambala-Jagadhri highway near Kalpi, Ambala
Ambala-Jagadhri highway
Route information
Maintained by National Highways Authority of India
Length: 50 km (30 mi)
Major junctions
From: Ambala Cantonment, Ambala district
To: Jagadhri, Yamuna Nagar district
Location
Major cities: Ambala Cantonment, Saha, Mullana, Jagadhri
Highway system

Ambala Jagadhri road is the national highway and the road in Haryana, India. The road not only connects Dual city[1] (Ambala city and Ambala cant) with Jagadhri but also connects Indian state of Uttar Pradesh with Haryana.The condition of road is not like a national highway due to local politics of haryana and is considered slow moving and accident prone.[2]

Geography

The total length of road is 50 kilometres (31 mi)[3] and runs through Ambala district and Yamuna Nagar district. The road is maintained by Government of Haryana as it lies entirely in it. The major towns from where the highway passes are Mahesh Nagar, Saha, Kalpi, Mullana, do Sarka etc.[2] Saha-Ambala highway is small section of this road and its length is 15.14 kilometres (9.41 mi). The road runs on almost same reduced level across its length with minimum number of road curves.

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 (the college was uprooted during the partition of India and was reestablished in 1948 near Ambala Cant).[4]

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

References

  1. ↑ "dual city" is used in Ambala
  2. 1 2 http://www.wikimapia.org (Map). WikiMapia. Retrieved 2014-08-04. External link in |title= (help)
  3. ↑ "distancebetween.com: The Leading Distance Between Site on the Net". distancebetween.com. Retrieved 2014-08-04.
  4. ↑ "www.PunjabColleges.com". punjabcolleges.com. Retrieved 2014-08-04.


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