National Highway 19
Map of National Highway 19 in red
Durgapur Expressway - NH 19
Route information
Part of AH1 AH20
Length	1,323 km (822 mi)
Major junctions
West end	Agra
East end	Dankuni, Kolkata
Location
Country	India
States	Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal
Primary destinations	Etawah, Kanpur, Fatehpur, Prayagraj, Varanasi, Mughalsarai, Sasaram, Aurangabad, Dhanbad, Asansol, Durgapur
Highway system
Roads in India Expressways National State Asian
← NH 44 → NH 16

National Highway 19 (NH 19) is a national highway in India.^[1] It was previously referred to as Delhi–Kolkata Road and is one of the busiest national highways in India. After renumbering of national highways, Delhi to Agra route is now national highway 44 and Agra to Kolkata route is numbered national highway 19.^[2][3] It constitutes a major portion of the historical Grand Trunk Road. It is also part of AH1 of Asian Highway Network, that traverses from Japan to Turkey.

It was earlier known as NH 2 (Old) before renumbering of all national highways by Ministry of Road Transport and Highways in 2010.

Length

The highway has a length of 1,269.7 km (789.0 mi) and runs through the states of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, and West Bengal.^[4][2]

The lengths of the highway in each state are:

• Uttar Pradesh: 655.2 km (407.1 mi)
• Bihar: 206 km (128 mi)
• Jharkhand: 199.8 km (124.1 mi)
• West Bengal: 208.7 km (129.7 mi)

National Highways Development Project

• Almost all of the 1,269.7 km (789.0 mi) stretch of NH 19 has been selected as a part of the Golden Quadrilateral by the National Highways Development Project.^[5]
• Approximately 35 km (22 mi) stretch of NH 19 between Barah and Kanpur has been selected as a part of the East-West Corridor by the National Highways Development Project.^[5]

Route

National Highway 19 connects Agra to Kolkata and transits four states of India, namely Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and west Bengal.^[2][4]

NH 19 starts at Agra from its junction with NH-44 connecting Kanpur, Allahabad, Varanasi in the State of Uttar Pradesh, Mohania, Sasaram, Dehri On Sone, Aurangabad in the State of Bihar, Barhi, Bagodar, Gobindpur in the State of Jharkhand, Asansol, Palsit and terminating at its junction with NH-16 near Kolkata in the State of West Bengal.

Toll plazas

From Agra to Kolkata the toll plazas are as follows:

Uttar Pradesh

Tundla, Gurau Semra Atikabad, Anantram, Barajod, Badauri, Katoghan, Prayagraj Bypass (Khokhraj), Lalanagar, Daffi,Varanasi

Bihar

Mohania, Sasaram, Saukala

Jharkhand

Rasoiya Dhamna, Ghangri, Beliyad

West Bengal

Durgapur, Palsit and Dankuni.^[6]

Major cities on/off NH 19

Uttar Pradesh

• Agra
• Firozabad
• Etawah
• Babarpur Ajitmal
• Auraiya
• Akbarpur
• Kanpur
• Fatehpur
• Prayagraj
• Bhadohi
• Mirzapur
• Varanasi
• Mughalsarai

Bihar

• Mohania
• Kudra
• Sasaram
• Dehri on sone
• Aurangabad
• Sherghati

Jharkhand

• Barhi
• Barkatha
• Bagodar
• Isri
• Gobindpur
• Dhanbad

West Bengal

• Asansol
• Durgapur
• Burdwan
• Dankuni

Junctions

Uttar Pradesh

NH 48 Terminal near Agra.^[2]

Interchange with Agra Lucknow Expressway near village Kathphori

NH 234 near Etawah

NH 719 near Etawah

NH 519 near Sikandara

NH 27 near Akbarpur, Kanpur Dehat

NH 34 near Kanpur

NH 335 near Fatehpur

NH 731A near Muratganj

NH 30 near Allahabad

NH 330 near Soraon

NH 319D near Prayagraj

NH 135A near Aura

NH 35 near Varanasi

NH 219 near Chandauli

NH 24 near Saiyad Raja

Bihar

NH 219 near Mohania

NH 319 near Mohania

NH 119 near Dehri

NH 139 near Aurangabad

NH 22 near Dobhi

Jharkhand

NH 20 near Barhi

NH 522 near Bagodar

NH 114A near Dumri

NH 18 near Gobindpur

NH 419 near Gobindpur

West Bengal

NH 419 near Kulti

NH 14 near Raniganj

NH 114 near Bardhaman

NH 116A near Bardhaman

NH 16 Terminal near Kolkata.^[2]