National Highway 53
Map of National Highway 53 in red
NH 53 in Chhattisgarh
Route information
Part of AH46
Length	1,795 km (1,115 mi) Bharatmala: 1,210 km (750 mi) (Dhule - Deogarh)
Major junctions
West end	Hajira
East end	Paradeep Port
Location
Country	India
States	Gujarat, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Odisha
Highway system
Roads in India Expressways National State Asian
← NH 64 → NH 16

National Highway 53, combination of old (NH6 Surat-Kolkata), (NH200 Bilaspur-Chandikhole) & (NH5A Chandikhole-Paradeep) is a national highway in India.^[1] It connects Hajira in Gujarat and Paradeep port in Odisha. NH-53 traverses the states of Gujarat, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh and Odisha in India.^[2] The road is the part of AH46 network in India and it is officially listed as running over 1949 km (1211 mi) from Kolkata to Surat. it is also known as Surat - Kolkata Highway. It passes through Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh and Odisha states.^[3]

The National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) has created a Guinness World Record of constructing the longest highway stretch of 75 kilometres (km) between Amravati and Akola in the least time--105 hours and 33 minutes. The newly constructed road is part of National Highway 53.

Route

Route of primary national highway 53 passes through four states of India.^[1][2]

Gujarat

Hajira, Surat, Vyara, Songadh, Uchchhal - Maharashtra border.

Maharashtra

Gujarat border Navapur Nandubar Dhule, Jalgaon, Malkapur, Khamgaon,Akola, Amravati,Karanja(Wardha)Nagpur, Bhandara, Tirora,Gondia, Deori

Chhattisgarh

Maharashtra border - Rajnandgaon, Durg, Bhilai, Raipur, Arang, Ghorari, Pithora, Saraipali - Odisha border.

Odisha

Chhattisgarh border - Bargarh, Sambalpur, Deogarh, Kaniah, Talcher, Kamakhyanagar, Bhuban,Sukinda, Dubri, Chandhikhol, Haridaspur, Silipur, Bhutamundai, Paradip Port.

Asian Highways

The stretch of National Highway 53 from Dhule in Maharashtra to Deogarh in Odisha is part of Asian Highway 46.^[4]

Junctions list

Gujarat

Terminal point at Hazira port.

NH 64 near surat

NH 48 near Palsana

NH 56 near Vyara

NH 953 near Songadh

Maharashtra

NH 752G near Visarwadi

NH 753B near Shewali

NH 160H near Kusumbe

NH 52 near Dhule

NH 60 near Dhule

NH 753J near Jalgaon

NH 753F near Jalgaon

NH 753L near Muktainagar

NH 753A near Malkapur

NH 161H near Nandura

NH 753E near Khamgaon

NH 548C near Khamgaon

NH 548CC near Khamgaon

NH 161G near Balapur

NH 161 near Akola

NH 161A near Akola

NH 361C near Murtizapur

NH 161E near Hiwra Budruk

NH 353K near Nandgaon Peth

NH 347A near Talegaon

NH 547E near Gondkheri

NH 353I near Nagpur

NH 353J near Nagpur

NH 353D near Nagpur

NH 44 near Nagpur

NH 247 near Gumthala

NH 247 near Bhandara

NH 353C near Sakoli

NH 753 near Kohmara

NH 543 near Deori

Chhattisgarh

NH 30 near Raipur

NH 353 near Ghorai Mahasamund

NH 153 near Saraipali

Odisha

NH 126 near Sohela

NH 26 near Bargarh

NH 55 near Sambalpur

NH 49 near Pravasuni

NH 153B near Sarapal

NH 149 near Talcher

NH 720 near Duburi

NH 16 near Chandikhole

Terminal point at Paradip Port

Map with spur routes

Map of NH53 in red, spur routes in blue