National Highway 2 or
NH 2, commonly referred as Delhi–Kolkata Road, is a busy
National Highway in
India that runs through the states of
Delhi,
Haryana,
Uttar Pradesh,
Bihar,
Jharkhand, and
West Bengal. It constitutes a major portion of the historical
Grand Trunk Road along with
NH 91 and
NH 1 in India. The highway connects national capital
Delhi with
Kolkata as well as important cities
Faridabad,
Mathura,
Agra,
Kanpur,
Allahabad,
Varanasi and
Durgapur. The road is the part of National Highway network of India, and it is officially listed as running over 1,465 km from Delhi to Kolkata. The kilometer counts in each of the states are Delhi (12), Haryana (74), Uttar Pradesh (752), Bihar (202), Jharkhand (190), West Bengal (235).