^^ Very nice....

Delhi-Gurgaon-expressway

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6186/6061374423_3f3c285532_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/66013737@N04/6061374423/

NH22 - Chandigarh to Kasauli (HP)

NH22 - Chandigarh to Kasauli (HP)
Copyright hrishikesh shriva (https://picasaweb.google.com/116293111817034122386/TripHome)

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Some less posted highways:

Entrance ramp
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Some less posted highways:

NH 1 - Delhi-Ambala section
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NH 22 - Ambala-Chandigarh section
Copyright Prasanna kumar
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Copyright NA.dir
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NH 11C - North of Jaipur
Copyright geek_rohit
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NH3 - Dhule-Indore section
Copyright rajkumar1220
http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/84/6079423867ee0a912b4eb.jpg

http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/6181/607942657380a8a8af95b.jpg

nh 7

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6141/5916909907_b4a4e40f6c_b.jpg

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6127/5916909513_bc731b6139_b.jpg

CR: http://www.flickr.com/photos/nevillel/5916909513/sizes/l/in/photostream/

recently upgraded highways around the country

Not the best of pictures but gives an update of some of the recently upgraded highways around the country


NH3 - somewhere in Maharashtra
Copyright Kiran Raja Bahadur SRK
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NH25 - Lucknow-Kanpur section in UP
Copyright Sunway
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NH31 - somewhere in Bihar
Copyright Alam Shaikh
http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/8361/54226302.jpg


NH57 - Muzzafarpur to Purnea in Bihar
Copyright Ved_Nilay
http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/2963/51286105.jpg


NH76 - Shivpuri-Jhansi section in MP
Copyright Anil Gulati
http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/8067/onethewaytopichore.jpg


NH86 - Bhopal-Dewas toll plaza in MP
Copyright Anannya Deb
http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/9075/sam6665.jpg


NH87 - close to Rudrapur in Uttarakhand
Copyrigth Gautam Dhar
http://img641.imageshack.us/img641/3386/gautamdharnh87.jpg

http://indolinkenglish.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/nh4-part-of-golden-quadrilateral-may-2009-106.jpg

http://imageshack.us/f/231/up2os.jpg/

The greatest news I heard these days was not about Apple and Steve Jobs, but about Aakash, the cheapest tablet that will end the era of expensive gadgets.

This comes after cheapest car in the world - Tata Nano.

Thank you, India!

not exactly what one would expect from a highway(turns and bends) and also such narrow meridians.But I have to say that is definitively better than Romania with no highways at all

The greatest news I heard these days was not about Apple and Steve Jobs, but about Aakash, the cheapest tablet that will end the era of expensive gadgets.

This comes after cheapest car in the world - Tata Nano.

Thank you, India!

hows the durability? this is not belong to this thread

Looks good! With India's economy growing 6 to 7% (or more), road projects and other road network improvements would be very feasible as well as possible! :)

I noticed that indian city is lack city expressway. Mumbai n delhi traffic jam is just madness but chennai slightly better.

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Amazing, can you point the exact location of this on the map?

Amazing, can you point the exact location of this on the map?
I am not sure about the exact location but the route is this. (http://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=drass+india&daddr=srinagar&hl=en&sll=34.083658,74.797368&sspn=0.253069,0.398254&geocode=FcxSDQIdBeGDBCnDlzFiqQHjODGyR8uWeFbbsA%3BFUoTCAIdOFF1BCnvxeOGVoXhODHGBePBfEskZg&vpsrc=0&mra=ls&t=m&z=9)
Drass is close to LOC the line that divides Indian and Pakistani Kashmir

Few pictures I made during my holiday.

Grand Trunk Road (NH2 in the old numbering, NH19 in the new one), in the Varanasi region
http://static.panoramio.com/photos/medium/62697568.jpg

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/medium/62697592.jpg

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/medium/62697586.jpg

Between Jaipur and Ajmer (NH8 and NH79a in the old numbering, NH48 in the new one)
http://static.panoramio.com/photos/medium/62698268.jpg

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/medium/62698274.jpg

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/medium/62698275.jpg

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/medium/62698540.jpg

Which route to Allahabad?
http://static.panoramio.com/photos/medium/62698545.jpg

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/medium/62698550.jpg

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/medium/62698554.jpg

Around Udaipur (NH76 in the old numbering, NH48 in the new)

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/medium/62698797.jpg

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/medium/62698804.jpg

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/medium/62698817.jpg

NH 37
Final lot of pictures on this 4 laned section of NH37.

http://img836.imageshack.us/img836/9891/img00861201111211133.jpg



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NH 44
NH-44 (Old NH-7) near Panagudi,Tamilnadu

http://img695.imageshack.us/img695/6458/img7313x.jpg

http://img810.imageshack.us/img810/6905/img7318x.jpg

Shot Using Canon PowerShot S5 IS (http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/2572/s5is02.jpg) on 20.11.2011

NH 2
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http://img545.imageshack.us/img545/1791/img0455a.jpg


http://img818.imageshack.us/img818/5738/img0454k.jpg

http://si.wsj.net/public/resources/images/OB-OA877_iroad0_G_20110525005723.jpg

NH 38


Trichy-Madurai (End of Thuvarankurichi Bypass)

http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/3046/img6896v.jpg

Shot Using Canon PowerShot S5 IS (http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/2572/s5is02.jpg) on 12.11.2011

NH 38

Trichy-Madurai

http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/2952/img6898jm.jpg

Shot Using Canon PowerShot S5 IS (http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/2572/s5is02.jpg) on 12.11.2011

India should develope a standard in directional signs.

Signposting is now largely a competence of the individual states. That in itself isn't really bad, the problem is that the standard used by the individual states (at least those states that I visited) is not anywhere near what one could call "international standards". Road numbers are not signposted in a manner that allows the driver to follow them, focal points that are on one sign will often not appear on subsequent signs, important junctions in town are often not signposted, on the expressways advance directional signage is often missing, etc. Some states use Hindi only as the language for their signposting, which is not only tricky for foreigners but also for Indians from regions more to the South.

All that requires a thorough rethinking of signposting. And I would expect that the national highway agencies are better placed to develop this than individual state highway agencies are.

By the way, I only posted photos of expressways in India. If you are interested in signs from non-expressways (which include even more horrific signage), have a look at my Panoramio page (http://www.panoramio.com/user/1480171/tags/India).

Cool album. That is what I mean by saying they don't have national standards.

In India nothing happens overnight. Here everything happens at a crawl. Give another 20 years to arrive at a proper standard.

But implementing a national standard on road signs os not that hard. Even poor countries like Kyrgyzstan and Cameroun have a nationwide standard. But we'll wait. We're patient :D

Hyderabad Outer Ring Road.

Wikipedia:

Patancheru to Shamirpet (38 kilometers) - November 2011 (expected
date of completion)

Is it completed? When will it be opened to traffic?

^^ It is not completed but nearing completion quickly. Some parts are opened to traffic.

NH 544

NH 544 [Old 47] at Chittode Junction.
CC ME.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/47/Looking-down-National-Highway-Chittode-Junction.JPG

http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/9831/img5711z.jpg
By VinTN (http://profile.imageshack.us/user/VinTN) at 2011-12-08

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Freeway_%28Mumbai%29

Work on this freeway already started on Jan 2008 and scheduled to complete December 2011.

Did it open?

I think it is still under construction.

Yamuna Expressway

from oriental india's website (http://www.orientalindia.com/yamuna-expressway-page58.html):
http://img861.imageshack.us/img861/226/4ed08746543ae0000layer1.jpg

from automark-india's website (http://www.automark-india.com/projects/view_details/34#):
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http://img857.imageshack.us/img857/8952/620x3351322467620yep1.jpg

http://img838.imageshack.us/img838/3328/620x3351322467651yep2.jpg


Copyright Rajesh Kumar - Click on it to view super-large
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Copyright keshoraiya
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http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7150/6806782931_4fd2ec77d9_b.jpg

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7035/6806902077_ce2fc762c6_b.jpg

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http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-03-18/noida/31206888_1_toll-plazas-toll-road-jaypee-group

The Yamuna Expressway will finally open to traffic in April, nearly a year later than originally planned when construction commenced. It connects the Delhi area with Agra and is so far the longest expressway in India built on an entirely new alignment. It's 166 kilometers long.

^^ and probably on of the best/finest seen so far here...

cross posting from SSCI
Yamuna Expresway
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http://www.lntidpl.com/images/gallery/Krishnagiri%20%20Thopurghat%20Road%20Project.jpg
http://www.lntidpl.com/images/gallery/Dharmapuri%20Bypass.JPG
http://www.lntidpl.com/images/gallery/Kaveripattinam%20(Krishnagiri).JPG
http://www.lntidpl.com/images/gallery/Periayampatti%20(Dharmapuri).JPG

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http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MKMSs15L8EY/Tfz-U_VvRvI/AAAAAAAAAjk/gbIMod5y8Ng/s1600/nh+46+2.jpg
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http://prajwalpai.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/nh-7-pic.jpg
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Nice updates :cheers:

I have question thought, what are those things in de backround on the 6th picture. Are those two bladed windturbines or something?

They have 3 blades. But I guess when the photo was taken the sun might have played around a bit. Which is why it looks like those wind mills have two blades.

Some comments:

There seems to be confusion in the use of fonts for signage. Older routes seem to be using some sort of helevetica-style font whilst the images above show the use of UK-style transport font.

Lane markings are a bit strange, closely spaced together as if the route only had a 50kph speed limit. The same lane making style to separate main running lanes is also used to mark the entrances and exits onto slip roads/ramps which is again confusing.

Some comments:

There seems to be confusion in the use of fonts for signage. Older routes seem to be using some sort of helevetica-style font whilst the images above show the use of UK-style transport font.

Lane markings are a bit strange, closely spaced together as if the route only had a 50kph speed limit. The same lane making style to separate main running lanes is also used to mark the entrances and exits onto slip roads/ramps which is again confusing.

Brother you are right but the thing with India is that no one gives a damn to all these laws.These sign boards are meaningless in India.Only one word comes to my mind when I think of driving in India,it's "controlled chaos" out here.You got to learn driving from the begining to drive safely here.:nuts::nuts::nuts:

The thing is that every state in India has it's own type of signage. There is no uniformity. Don't know why, but its more to do with the contractors not bothering about proper signages.

They have 3 blades. But I guess when the photo was taken the sun might have played around a bit. Which is why it looks like those wind mills have two blades.

Ok thanx :okay:

Are india government working for national highway signs and lane marks standard ??

thanks :)

Are india government working for national highway signs and lane marks standard ??

thanks :)

Well, according to this wikipedia page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_signs_in_India, the road signs in India follow the British system of road signages, albeit bilingual. So every state will havetheir road signs in English and in their regional language. To be honest though, a lot of the road signs don't follow the British system at all!

Pune-Sattara highway

http://farm2.staticflickr.com/1321/1125073844_9663473d61_z.jpg?zz=1 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/kanad_sanyal/1125073844/)
Romancing the Monsoon. Pune - Satara Highway, Maharashtra, India. (http://www.flickr.com/photos/kanad_sanyal/1125073844/) by Kanad Sanyal (http://www.flickr.com/people/kanad_sanyal/), on Flickr

Manali-Rohtang Pass highway

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2711/5722075032_cd76e328fb_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rambonp_npsingh/5722075032/)
View at Highway,From Manali, to Rohtang Pass,Himachal Pradesh,India (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rambonp_npsingh/5722075032/) by Rambonp ! loves all creature made by God in (http://www.flickr.com/people/rambonp_npsingh/), on Flickr

another amazing pic from SSCI
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3550/5840781120_2a52be1f1a_b.jpg

We have an opening date for the Yamuna Expressway: June 15!

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/noida/Yamuna-Expressway-set-to-open-by-June-15/articleshow/13329357.cms

We have an opening date for the Yamuna Expressway: June 15!

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/noida/Yamuna-Expressway-set-to-open-by-June-15/articleshow/13329357.cms

But Yamuna are opened for traffic ??? :nuts: I saw some photos on indian SSC.

It's been finished for a while now. They didn't actually open it to all traffic yet, there were still some issues to resolve.

Well, according to this wikipedia page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_signs_in_India, the road signs in India follow the British system of road signages, albeit bilingual. So every state will havetheir road signs in English and in their regional language. To be honest though, a lot of the road signs don't follow the British system at all!
Warning and restriction signs are based on the British system to a reasonable degree. Directional signage bears hardly any similarity at all. Except that I saw some signage in Madhya Pradesh that reminded me of the British signage of the pre-Warboys days.

I am not aware of any attempts to unify the directional signs of the various states and territories. Getting the route numbers changed throughout the nation is already turning into a major challenge. I don't want to know where a change in directional signs would bring us.

Warning and restriction signs are based on the British system to a reasonable degree. Directional signage bears hardly any similarity at all. Except that I saw some signage in Madhya Pradesh that reminded me of the British signage of the pre-Warboys days.

I am not aware of any attempts to unify the directional signs of the various states and territories. Getting the route numbers changed throughout the nation is already turning into a major challenge. I don't want to know where a change in directional signs would bring us.

It's basically a massive issue that seems to not be getting the importance it requires. Private contractors like the "Jaypee group" who built the Yamuna expressway seem to have done a good job with regards to the signages. It just differs from contractor to contractor and how lax they are at signages. Anyway, no one seems to follow or even bother to look at these signages in the first place! :)

^^ The signs at the Yamuna Expressway look very reasonable indeed. But from my own travels through India, I also recall instances where national highways intersected without any signposting or only with signposting that was pretty much useless. I might say that, where a route is concessioned to a contractor, there is at least directional signage. It may not always look good, but you'll eventually get the message. Where roads are maintained by a state, it already becomes more of a guess. And where roads are maintained by a city, you're often pretty much left to your own devices.

On my own travels from Varanasi to the West, I do not recollect any signage of the intersection between NHs 7 and 76 to bring us onto the route to Khajuraho. And travelling West from Khajuraho, I mostly recall entering Chattarpur, where a huge gantry pointed to the intersection with NH75. But it came kilometers down the line, and the driver was pretty much left to his own devices in working out which crossing to take.

^^ The signs at the Yamuna Expressway look very reasonable indeed. But from my own travels through India, I also recall instances where national highways intersected without any signposting or only with signposting that was pretty much useless. I might say that, where a route is concessioned to a contractor, there is at least directional signage. It may not always look good, but you'll eventually get the message. Where roads are maintained by a state, it already becomes more of a guess. And where roads are maintained by a city, you're often pretty much left to your own devices.

On my own travels from Varanasi to the West, I do not recollect any signage of the intersection between NHs 7 and 76 to bring us onto the route to Khajuraho. And travelling West from Khajuraho, I mostly recall entering Chattarpur, where a huge gantry pointed to the intersection with NH75. But it came kilometers down the line, and the driver was pretty much left to his own devices in working out which crossing to take.

I know what you mean! I had similar instances with regards to my travels in the South of India. The thing is that signages vary widely across the country, from North to South and similarly from East to West.