I.R.C
CLASSIFICATION OF ROADS
IRC (Indian Road Congress) has
classified the roads in the India in the following 5 categories:
(a)
National Highway
(b) State Highway
(c) Major District Roads
(d) Other District Roads
(e) Village Roads
National Highways(NH):
National
highways are the major arterial roads spanning in the length and breadth of the
country and connects the Capital to the various state capitals of the country
or with the neighboring countries. They also connect the famous tourism places
of the country. National highways are numbered and written as NH-1, NH-2 etc.
They have the highest design specifications.
Example: NH – 1 (Delhi – Ambala –
Amritsar), NH – 21 (Chandigarh – Mandi – Manali)
State Highways(SH): State highways are the
roads which connect the state capital to other states and to the district
headquarters in the state. They have design specifications similar to
those of the National Highways because they carry enough traffic.
Major District
Roads(MDR): These
roads connect the district headquarters to the main town centers in the district
and to the headquarters of the other districts also. They also connect these
major town centers to the other state highways of importance. They have lower
design specifications as compared to the NH and SH.
Other district
roads(ODR): These
roads connect the rural areas town centers to the major district roads of
higher importance.They provide the facilities for the transportation of the raw
materials or the goods mainly of agricultural products from the rural towns to
the higher markets and vice-versa.
Village Roads(VR): These roads connect the
rural villages with one another and to the nearest higher level road or to the
nearest town center. They have lower design specifications and many of them are
not even metaled.