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NH44 near Jammu. The Jammu–Srinagar National Highway is the northernmost segment of NH 44 (formerly NH 1A before the renumbering of all national highways). It runs from Srinagar in the Kashmir Valley southward to the city of Jammu. It is one of the two road links (the other being the Mughal Road) that connects the Kashmir Valley with the rest ...
The tunnel reduces the distance between the cities of Srinagar and Jammu by 16 km. [1] It also reduces the travel time between these cities from 6 hours to 5.5 hours. [2] The tunnel consists of two parallel tunnels, one for each direction of travel. Each tunnel is 7 m (23 ft) wide, and each has two lanes of road.
Delhi–Amritsar–Katra Expressway is an approved 670 km (420 mi) long, 4-lane (expandable to 8 lanes) wide controlled-access expressway, which will connect Bahadurgarh border near Delhi with Katra in Jammu and Kashmir via Haryana and Punjab.
It is India's longest road tunnel with a length of 9.28 km (5.8 mi), [4] and the country's first tunnel with a fully integrated tunnel control system. [5] It reduces the distance between Jammu and Srinagar by 30 km and travel time by two hours.
A need was felt to construct another tunnel at a lower elevation. The new 8.5 km long tunnel with two tubes of two-lane road in each direction at elevation of 1,790 m (5,870 ft), 400 m lower than Jawahar Tunnel, was constructed in 2011-2019 and opened in 2021. It reduced the distance from Jammu to Srinagar by 16 km.
The tunnel facilitates transportation during winter (when inclement weather closes the Srinagar-Jammu highway), and halves the distance between Quazigund and Banihal (35 km by road and 17.5 km by train). [54] The Banihal railway station is 1,702 m (5,584 ft) above mean sea level, and trains run from Banihal to Qazigund through the tunnel.
The Udhampur Jammu highway is a four lane road in Jammu and Kashmir that connects the municipal committee of Udhampur with Jammu City. The highway is 64 kilometres (40 mi) long, passing through mountain terrain. [1] The highway provides a road link that connects Katra with the rest of India.
Katra is located 24 km (15 mi) from the town of Reasi, 42 km (26 mi) from the city of Jammu and around 685 km (426 mi) north of the national capital New Delhi and is the base for pilgrims visiting the Mata Vaishno Devi Temple.