National Highway 52 (NH 52), is a fourth longest National Highway in India.[1] it connects Sangrur, Punjab to Ankola, Karnataka. The national highway 52 was numbered after amalgamating many existing national highways of India. The old highway numbered NH-63 was from Ankola in Karnataka state to Gooty in Andhra pradesh state.[2] The highway 52 starts at the junction of National Highway 66 (old number NH-17) at Ankola and moves up to Arebail ghat of Western ghats and then to Yellapura and further to Hubballi (Hubli) city.[3] Some stretch of old national highway 13 from Vijayapura ( old name Bijapur) to Solapur was joined with NH-52. Lorries coming Hubballi city to Karwar sea port and New Mangalore sea port (NMPT) use this highway.The road stretch from Ankola to Yellapura is through forests of Western ghats of India. Biaora - Dhule section of this highway is part of the Legendary Agra-Bombay Road, also known as AB Road
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 National Highway 52 in Red on India map | |
.jpg) Schematic map of National Highways in India | |
| Route information | |
Part of  AH47 | |
| Length | 2,317 km (1,440 mi) |
| Major junctions | |
| From | Sangrur, Punjab |
| To | Ankola, Karnataka |
| Location | |
| Country | India |
| States | Punjab - Haryana - Rajasthan - Madhya Pradesh - Maharashtra - Karnataka |
| Highway system | |
Major cities
editPunjab
editHaryana
editRajasthan
edit- Sadulpur/Rajgarh, Churu, Ramgarh, Fatehpur, Laxmangarh, Sikar, Palsana, Ringas, Chomu, Jaipur, Tonk, Bundi, Kota, Jhalawar, Aklera
Madhya Pradesh
editMaharashtra
editKarnataka
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Rationalisation of Numbering Systems of National Highways" (PDF). New Delhi: Department of Road Transport and Highways. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 March 2012. Retrieved 3 April 2012.
- ^ "National Highway 63". Maps of India. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
- ^ "Arebail Ghat". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 30 April 2019.