National Highway 53 (India)

National Highway 53
National Highway 53
	Map of National Highway 53 in red
	NH 53 in Chhattisgarh
Route information
	Part of AH46
Length	1,849 km (1,149 mi) Bharatmala: 1,300 km (810 mi) (Dhule - Barkote)
Major junctions
West end	Hajira
East end	Paradeep Port
Location
Country	India
States	Gujarat, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Odisha
Highway system
	Roads in India; Expressways; National; State; Asian;

National Highway 53, combination of old (NH6 Surat-Kolkata), (NH200 Bilaspur-Chandikhole) & (NH5A Chandikhole-Paradeep) is a national highway in India.^[1] It connects Hajira in Gujarat and Paradeep port in Odisha. NH-53 traverses the states of Gujarat, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh and Odisha in India.^[2] 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.^[3]

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.^[1]^[2]

Gujarat

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

Maharashtra

Gujarat border Navapur Nandubar Dhule, Jalgaon bhusawal, Malkapur, Khamgaon,Akola, murtizapur,Amravati,Karanja(Wardha), 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.^[4]

Junctions list

Gujarat

Aerial view of ONGC bridge across Tapi river, Gujarat

Terminal point at Hazira port.; NH 64 near surat; NH 48 near Palsana; NH 56 near Vyara; NH 953 near Songadh
Maharashtra

NH 53 at Dhule, Maharashtra

NH 752G near Visarwadi; NH 753B near Shewali; NH 160H near Kusumbe; NH 52 near Dhule; NH 60 near Dhule; NH 753J near Jalgaon; NH 753F near Jalgaon; NH 753L near Muktainagar; NH 753A near Malkapur; NH 161H near Nandura; NH 753E near Khamgaon; NH 548C near Khamgaon; NH 548CC near Khamgaon; NH 161G near Balapur; NH 161 near Akola; NH 161A near Akola; NH 361C near Murtizapur; NH 161E near Hiwra Budruk; NH 353K near Nandgaon Peth; NH 347A near Talegaon; NH 547E near Gondkheri; NH 353I near Nagpur; NH 353J near Nagpur; NH 353D near Nagpur; NH 44 near Nagpur; NH 247 near Gumthala; NH 247 near Bhandara; NH 353C near Sakoli; NH 753 near Kohmara; NH 543 near Deori
Chhattisgarh

NH 53 in Chhattisgarh

NH 30 near Raipur; NH 353 near Ghorai Mahasamund; NH 153 near Saraipali
Odisha: NH 126 near Sohela; NH 26 near Bargarh; NH 55 near Sambalpur; NH 53 near Pallahara; NH 49 near Pravasuni; NH 153B near Sarapal; NH 149 near Deogarh; NH 720 near Duburi; NH 16 near Chandikhole; Terminal point at Paradip Port