ROADWAYS :

EXPRESSWAY: High speed traffic, few intersections, limited access points, divider, 6-8 lanes

State Highways: Constructed and maintained by the State Govt. They link NH, tourist spots, minor ports, towns etc.

NATIONAL HIGHWAYS: Constructed and maintained by Central Govt.
Connect major cities.
1.7% of total network length but 40% road traffic
Longest- NH7 (7,770 km)

Bundelkhand- Gonda to Kudrail village

Purvanchal Expressway (India's Longest- 341 km)- Ghazipur to Lucknow

Agra-Lucknow

Yamuna Expressway- Greater Noida to Agra

Ahmedabad- Vadodara Expressway

Delhi-Gurgaon

Mumbai- Pune

Noida-Greater Noida

Delhi-Noida Direct Flyway

Panipat Expressway

Bengaluru-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor

Other Roads

DISTRICT ROADS: Within a district- connect production area to market or small towns with one another

RURAL ROADS: 80% of total road length used for moving agriculture produce and products from cottage industries.

BORDER ROADS (BRO) was set up in 1960 to strenghthen roads along the north and north-eastern border

Advantages:

Disadvantages

Every village can be reached

Lower construction cost that railways

Helps move perishable items

Construction on rocky terrain is easier that railways

Safer movement of goods

Supplements other modes of transport

Roads aren't maintained properly

Toll tax, check points- waste time, irritating

Weak pavement, inadequate capacity, safety risk

High traffic- congestion, pollution