Golden Quadrangle Road Network
| Golden Quadrilateral स्वर्णिम चतुर्भुज |
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Highway map of India with the Golden Quadrilateral highlighted in solid blue colour
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| Route information | |
| Maintained by NHAI | |
| Length: | 5,846 km (3,633 mi) |
| Delhi – Kolkata | |
| Length: | 1,453 km (903 mi) |
| Major junctions: |
NH 2 |
| Delhi – Mumbai | |
| Length: | 1,419 km (882 mi) |
| Major junctions: |
NH 8, NH 79A, NH 79, NH 76 |
| Mumbai – Chennai | |
| Length: | 1,290 km (800 mi) |
| Major junctions: |
NH 44, NH 48 |
| Chennai – Kolkata | |
| Length: | 1,684 km (1,046 mi) |
| Major junctions: |
NH 6, NH 60, NH 5 |
| Highway system | |
The Golden Quadrilateral is a highway network connecting many of the major industrial, agricultural and cultural centres of India. A quadrilateral of sorts is formed by connecting Chennai, Kolkata, Delhi and Mumbai, and hence its name. Other metropolises also connected by the network are Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Bhubaneswar, Jaipur, Kanpur, Pune, Surat, Nellore, Vijayawada and Vishakapatnam.
The largest highway project in India and the fifth longest in the world, started by NDA Government led by Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee it is the first phase of the National Highways Development Project (NHDP), and consists of building 5,846 km (3,633 mi) four/six lane express highways at a cost of ₹600 billion (US$9.3 billion). The project was launched in 2001 by Atal Bihari Vajpayee under the NDA government, and was completed in 2012.
The vast majority of the Golden Quadrilateral (GQ) is not access controlled, although safety features such as guardrails, shoulders, and high-visibility signs are in use.
The GQ project is managed by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) under the Ministry of Road, Transport and Highways. The Mumbai-Pune Expressway, the first controlled-access toll road to be built in India is a part of the GQ Project as it was not funded by NHAI, and separate from the main highway. Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services (IL&FS) has been one of the major contributors to the infrastructural development activity in the GQ project. It is a project that came in 1999 and initiated in 2001 by Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. It was projected to connect four metropolitan cities of India: Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata. The project consisted of constructing four and six-lane express highways. The project was planned to be completed by 2006 but due to delays (like land acquisition, awarding contracts, zoning challenges, and funding problems) it got completed in 2012.
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