India has about 54.82 lakh kilometers of road network, which is the second largest in the world.
The length of various categories of roads is as under:
- National Highways 1,15,530 km
- State Highways 1,60,235 km
- Other Roads 52,07,044 km
- The plan wise increase in National Highway (NH) length has been as follows: –
| Period | Total Length (km) |
| As on 01.04.1947 |
21,378 |
| First Plan (1951-1956) |
22,193 |
| Second Plan(1956-1961) |
23,707 |
| Third Plan(1961-1966) |
23,886 |
| Interregnum period(Rolling Plan)(1966-1969) |
23,938 |
| Fourth Plan(1969-1974) |
28,757 |
| Fifth Plan(1974-1979) |
28,977 |
| Interregnum period(Rolling Plan)(1979-80) |
29,023 |
| Sixth Plan(1980-1984) |
31,980 |
| Seventh Plan(1985-1990) |
33,612 |
| Interregnum period(Rolling Plan)(1990-1992) |
33,689 |
| Eight Plan(1992-1997) |
34,298 |
| Ninth Plan(1997-2002) |
58,112 |
| Tenth Plan(2002-2007) |
66,590 |
| Eleventh Plan(2007-2012) |
76,818 |
| Twelfth Plan(2012-2017) |
1,14,158 |
| As on Date |
1,15,530 |
Scheme wise distribution of NH and State Road works:-
| Sl. No. | Item | Length (km)
As on 31.10.2017 |
| (i) | Total length of NH Network | 1,15,530 |
| (ii) | Length of NH under various phases of NHDP | 48,372 |
| (iii) | Length of NH under Special Accelerated Road Development Programme for North-East Region including Arunachal Pradesh Package | 7,429 |
| (iv) | Development of road (NH) in Left Wing Extremism affected areas | 1,177 |
| (vi) | NHIIP (Externally aided projects) | 1,120 |
| (vii) | VGF / EPC Scheme under NH(O) | 1,750 |
| (viii) | Vijayawada Ranchi Corridor | 592 |
| Total from (ii) to (viii) | 60,440 | |
| Balance length of NHs covered under NH(O) | 55,090 |