[IND] India | Highways & Expressways

[centralized pandemonium]

[khoojyh]

Indian highway need any payment when using?

[gronier]

What a crappy highway!!

[centralized pandemonium]

Originally Posted by khoojyh

Indian highway need any payment when using?

Yea I think all of the new sections are tolled.

Toll plaza

Pic by sudipta_rc



Indicating it is a toll road



Toll plazas

[centralized pandemonium]

Originally Posted by gronier

What a crappy highway!!

That is during the monsoon season. Water on the road, that's why it looks bad. Same highway, during the dry season



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Still it was India's first expressway, and I wouldn't say its the best in India, altho its certainly not crappy.

[gronier]

Originally Posted by HariR

That is during the monsoon season. Water on the road, that's why it looks bad. Same highway, during the dry season

Still it was India's first expressway, and I wouldn't say its the best in India, altho its certainly not crappy.

All right, thank you for the information. BTW: Great Highways!!

[Jai]

The monsoons are heavy when they fall, but the heat evaporates the water rather quickly, giving those blotchy puddles on the highway

[centralized pandemonium]

^ That's a better explanation I think.

[gronier]

Originally Posted by HariR

^ That's a better explanation I think.

And does the monsoon's heavy rains have any impact in the pavement??? How is the maintenance of this highways??

[Effer]

There fairly new ,so the maintenance should be pretty good.

[rzj2000]

in china these roads all are not highway!!!only is village road~~~~

[rzj2000]

all chinese roads are better than them!

[juan_en_el_valle]

Generally speaking, the Indian national highways equal to countryside road level (non-highway) in the US or China, much inferior to the countryside roads in Germany or France. I hardly saw any so-called highways in India when I traveled there. Another intersting thing is their autos are so bad.......

[YelloPerilo]

Originally Posted by rzj2000

all chinese roads are better than them!

Ther is no reason to brag and to ridicule others, even if you are better. The roads are maybe better in China, but the driving skills (is there any?) are one of the worst in the world. Everytime I take a bus or a taxi, I am more than reliefed to get off again.

[centralized pandemonium]

Originally Posted by juan_en_el_valle

Generally speaking, the Indian national highways equal to countryside road level (non-highway) in the US or China, much inferior to the countryside roads in Germany or France. I hardly saw any so-called highways in India when I traveled there. Another intersting thing is their autos are so bad.......

When did you go to India? And more importantly, where did you go in India?

If you went to Pahargnj in Delhi, or went to Bihar and UP and then say its the whole of India, then this thread cannot be much of a help to you.

[centralized pandemonium]

AND KEEP CHINA OUT OF THIS.

Nobody talks of US or German highways in the Chinese thread. Why do you want to talk about China in this. I think there is another thread for your tom tomming.

[centralized pandemonium]

To bring the thread back on track.

[cncity]

Originally Posted by juan_en_el_valle

Generally speaking, the Indian national highways equal to countryside road level (non-highway) in the US or China, much inferior to the countryside roads in Germany or France. I hardly saw any so-called highways in India when I traveled there. Another intersting thing is their autos are so bad.......

most of these highways are new 1-4 yrs old...so u probably didnt see these when u went to india...infact the construction in some parts is still going on..including a lot of new expressways...im sure the next time u visit india and take a ride on these highways, it'l be a better experience.

P.S the use of cars for long distance is still minimal in india compared to US or european countries, most indian people prefer the railways/buses and more recently the planes with the introduction of about a dozen new airlines in India.

[centralized pandemonium]

In one of the other threads, I was bitching abt google earth, it does have some useful uses.

[gronier]

Originally Posted by juan_en_el_valle

Generally speaking, the Indian national highways equal to countryside road level (non-highway) in the US or China, much inferior to the countryside roads in Germany or France. I hardly saw any so-called highways in India when I traveled there. Another intersting thing is their autos are so bad.......

What are you talking about???? The highways shown here are much better than american interstates, they are crap!! It's really a shame for the most powerful country in the world to have overall the crappiest highway system of any developed country. (I am american, but I think that the biggest problem of the US is it's old fashioned transport network, and I think that in this topic we have a lot to learn from Western European countries)