• Source: National Highway 3 (India)

3/info/national" target="_blank">National 3/info/highway" target="_blank">Highway 3, or NH 3, is a 3/info/national" target="_blank">national 3/info/highway" target="_blank">highway in India. It starts from Atari adjacent to India-Pakistan border and near Amritsar and terminates at Leh in Ladakh, via Manali in Himachal Pradesh.




History


After renumbering of all 3/info/national" target="_blank">national highways by 3/info/national" target="_blank">National 3/info/highway" target="_blank">Highway Authority of India in 2010, parts of the former NH 1 and NH 70 have been combined with parts of former NH 21 to create the new NH 3.

Attari - Jalandhar section of old NH 1.
Jalandhar - Mandi section of old NH 70.
Mandi - Manali section of old NH 21.




Mountain passes


Part of 3/info/national" target="_blank">national 3/info/highway" target="_blank">Highway 3 runs through the upper reaches of Himachal Pradesh and Ladakh, crossing some high elevation mountain passes. First major pass comes after Manali, which is Rohtang pass at an elevation of 3,978 m. Rohtang pass provides connectivity between the Kullu valley and the Lahaul and Spiti valleys of Himachal Pradesh. Next major pass on NH3 is Baralacha La at an elevation of 4,890 m in Zanskar range. In Leh district, NH 3 crosses over Nakee La (4739 m, 15547 ft), Lachulung La (5064 m, 16616 ft) and Taglang La.




Route


3/info/national" target="_blank">National 3/info/highway" target="_blank">Highway 3 route runs through three states.

Punjab
Attari, Amritsar, Jalandhar, Hoshiarpur - H.P. border (178.44 km).

Himachal Pradesh
Punjab border - Gagret, Amb, Nadaun, Hamirpur, Tauni Devi, Awah Devi, Sarkaghat, Kotli, Mandi, Kullu, Manali, Gramphoo, Kyelong - J & K border (208 km).

Ladakh
H.P border - Leh (170 km).




Construction and upgradation


Process for upgrading of road from two to four lanes on Jalandhar to Hoshiarpur section was started by NHAI to improve connectivity. Traffic congestion is encountered at Adampur and Rama Mandi on this 58 km stretch. 39.4 km of this project is assigned to the public works department, Punjab.




Junctions list



Terminal at Wagah India/Pakistan border.
NH 54 near Amritsar
NH 354 near Amritsar
NH 503A near Amritsar
NH 44 near Jalandhar
NH 703 near Jalandhar
NH 703A near Jalandhar
NH 344B near Hoshiarpur
NH 503A near Hoshiarpur
NH 503 near Mubarakpur
NH 303 near Nadaun
NH 103 near Hamirpur
NH 305 near Aut
NH 505 near Gramphoo
NH 1 Terminal point near Leh




Interactive map






See also


Leh-Manali 3/info/highway" target="_blank">Highway
List of 3/info/national" target="_blank">National Highways in India by 3/info/highway" target="_blank">highway number
3/info/national" target="_blank">National Highways Development Project




References






External links


Route map

NH 3 on OpenStreetMap

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