National Highway 3 | ||||
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Old NH 3 (Agra-Bombay Highway) highlighted in blue
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Route information | ||||
Part of | ||||
Length: | 1,161 km (721 mi) NS: 95 km (Agra–Gwalior) Phase III: 375 km |
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Major junctions | ||||
North end: | Agra, Uttar Pradesh | |||
South end: | Mumbai, Maharashtra | |||
Location | ||||
States: |
Uttar Pradesh: 26 km Rajasthan: 32 km Madhya Pradesh: 712 km Maharashtra: 391 km |
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Primary destinations: |
Agra–Gwalior–Indore–Dhule–Nashik–Mumbai | |||
Highway system | ||||
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National Highway 3 (old number), or NH 3, commonly referred to as the Agra–Bombay Highway, was a major Indian National Highway that ran through the states of Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra in India.
National Highway 3A is a branch highway between Bharatpur and terminates at Dholpur, Rajasthan.
The highway originated in Agra in Uttar Pradesh, generally travelled southwest through Dholpur in Rajasthan, Morena, Gwalior, Shivpuri, Guna, Biaora, Maksi, Dewas, Indore and Julwania in Madhya Pradesh, and Dhule, Nashik, Thane and terminated at Bombay. Old NH 3's length was 1,190 km (740 mi).
The stretch between Agra and Gwalior was marked as the North–South corridor by the National Highways Authority of India. After it entered Bombay, the highway was known as Eastern Express Highway. The stretch from Bombay to Nashik became Mumbai Nashik Expressway.