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National Highway 163 (India)

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From:
  
Hyderabad, Telangana

Length
  
334 km

National Highway 163 (India)

To:
  
Bhopalpatnam, Chhattisgarh

States:
  
Telangana: 244 km Chhattisgarh: 36 km

Primary destinations:
  
Warangal - Venkatapuram

National Highway 163 (previously NH 202) is a National Highway in India that links Hyderabad in Telangana and Bhopalpatnam in Chhattisgarh. The road till Warangal was already a state highway. It was extended and upgraded to a NH as the shortest route to connect Chhattisgarh to an important city. Earlier it was NH202. The new bridge across the Godavari is open now.An excellent road, which passes through the Tadvai wildlife sanctuary, right up to the Telangana-Chhattisgarh border at Lottipittagandi. Beyond this the road is unpaved.The Bogatha falls lie 1 km to the right, c.24 km from Eturunagaram, and are visible from the road.

Contents

Map of NH163

Route

  • In Hyderabad city, the highway passes through Golnaka, Amberpet, Ramanthapur, Uppal Kalan and Ghatkesar areas along the northern banks of River Musi.It is also connected to Hyderabad's Nehuru Outer Ring Road
  • The highway passes through Ghatkesar, Bhongir, Aleru, Jangaon, Raghunathpalle, Station Ghanpur, Warangal, Atmakur, Mallampalli, Mulug, Eturu Nagaram, Chandrupatla and Bhadrakali.
  • It passes through the second largest city in Telangana that is warangal.For long distance there is a one way road.In middle the road becomes double from HP Avinash Petrol Pump to alankar circle in warangal.There are prominent schools like DPSWarangal and Hyderabad Public School.
  • It is arbitrarily calculated about 280 kilometers, in which the stretch in Telangana is about 244 kilometers and in Chhattisgarh 36 kilometers.
  • The highway joins National Highway 63 (India) at Bhopalpatnam, but there is no bridge across River Godavari at Nagaram village so travelers have to go all the way to Bhadrachalam to get into Chhattisgarh.As on 16 Jan 2016, the 1.8 Kilometeres road bridge across the Godavari, connecting Bhopalpatnam in Chhattisgarh and Eturunagaram in Telangana has been made available for the traveling public.
  • The highway joins National Highway 44 (India) at Hyderabad.
  • This road connects medaram,which is famous for sammaka-sarakka jathara.During this jathara(Fest) it becomes easier for the public to travel

    • References

    National Highway 163 (India) Wikipedia
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