National Highway 70 (India, old numbering)

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National Highway 70 (NH 70) was a National Highway in Northern India linking Jalandhar in Punjab to Mandi in Himachal Pradesh. After renumbering of all national highways by National Highway Authority of India in 2010, the old NH 70 has now been subsumed in new National Highway 3 (India) or NH 3 and there is no NH 70 now.

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The highway was 170 km (110 mi) long, of which 50 km (31 mi) was in Punjab and 120 km (75 mi) was in Himachal Pradesh. [1]

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References

  1. "National Highways Starting and Terminal Stations". Ministry of Road Transport & Highways. Retrieved 2 December 2012.