Himachal Transportation Medium Roads and Aviation

Himachal Pradesh has three medium for transportation viz. Road, Railway or Airways. As we know the number of railway lines are less in stat...

Himachal Pradesh has three medium for transportation viz. Road, Railway or Airways. As we know the number of railway lines are less in state and only three airports were established. So the transportation occurs through roads only.

Read Himachal Railways System and History

There are 11 National Highways which pass through the state covering a total length of 1552.7 Kms. The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways vide notification dated - March 5,2010 has substituted new National Highways number to the existing old number and its name. The NH-5 (Hindustan-Tibet Road) is the oldest and longest National Highway in the state. The construction of this highway was started in the year 1851 AD. While NH-907 covers the shortest distance in the state.

NATIONAL HIGHWAYS
S.No.	Old NH No.	New NH No.	Terminals	Distance (kms)
1	88 and 20A	303	Nagrota-Ranital-Nadaun	70.2
2	88 and 20A	503	Matour-Ranital-Bharwain-Mubarkpur	72.9
3	20	154	Pathankot-Palampur-Mandi-Bilaspur-Nauni	267.8
4	21 and 88	205	Ropar-Swarghat-Darlaghat-Shimla	123
5	21A	105	Pinjore-Nalagarh-Swarghat	48.9
6	22	5	Parwano-Shimla-Wangtoo(Kinnaur)	495.4
7	70	3	Jalandhar-Hamirpur-Dharampur-Mandi-Manali	318
8	72	7	Ambala-Kala Amb-Nahan-Paunta Sahib	57
9	88	103	Hamirpur-Ghumarwin-Brahampukhar	76.6
10	72B	707	Paunta-Shillai-Hatkoti	119.5
11	73A	907	Lal-Dhank-Bata Chowk Road	7.4
12		305	Sainj-Ani-Banjar-Aut Road	94.78

There are 18 State Highways in the state covering a total length of 1529.7 Km.

STATE HIGHWAYS
S.No.	SH No.	Terminals	Distance (kms)
1	1	Lal Dhank-Paonta-Ranjban-Hatkoti	26
2	2	Kumarhatti-Sarahan-Nahan	78
3	5	Chail-Neripul-Yashwant Nagar-Oachghat-Kumarhatti	86
4	8	Sainj-Chopal-Cerwa-Shallu	90
5	9	Shalaghat-Arki-Kunjhar-Brotiwala	80.4
6	10	Theog-Kotkhai-Hatkoti-Rohru	80
7	13	Shamka-Tatapani-Mandi	185
8	16	Shimla-Kunihar-Ramsehar-Nalagarh-Ghanoli	1123.3
9	17	Dharamshala-Dadh-Palampur-Holta-Chadiar-Sandhol	90
10	19	Jogindernagar-Sarkaghat-Ghumarwin	83
11	22	Jawalamukhi-Dehra-Jawali-Raja Ka Talab	79.6
12	25	Mehatpur-Una-Mubarikpur-Daulatpur	67
13	27	Pong Dam-Fatehpur-Jassur	53
14	28	Nurpur-Lahru-Tunuhatti	42.2
15	32	Una-Barsar-Jahu-Bhambla-Nerchowk	126.3
16	33	Pathankot-Chamba-Tissa	139
17	39	Hamirpur-Sujanpur-Thural-Maranda	59
18	43	Shahpur-Sihunta-Chowari	52

LIST OF AIRPORTS IN HIMACHAL PRADESH

The state has three domestic airports. The Gaggal Airport at kangra is the newest and largest airport in the state. It is being developed by Airport Authority of India (AAI) in collaboration with Government of Himachal Pradesh .

S.No	Airport	District	Became Operational on
1	Bhuntar Airport	Kullu
2	Gaggal Airport	Kangra	20 Dec,1989
3	Jubbar Hatti Airport	Shimla	May,1987