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| GE Road (Great Eastern Road) | ||||
 Map of Old National Highway 6 in red | ||||
&sq=&lang=&file=File:National_Highway_6_(India).png) Road map of Old National Highway 6 highlighted in solid blue color | ||||
| Route information | ||||
Part of  AH45 AH46 | ||||
| Length | 1,949 km (1,211 mi) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end | Hajira, Gujarat | |||
| East end | Kolkata, West Bengal | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | India | |||
| States | Gujarat: 177 km (110 mi) Maharashtra: 813 km (505 mi) Chhattisgarh: 314 km (195 mi) Odisha: 412 km (256 mi) Jharkhand: 22 km (14 mi) West Bengal: 161 km (100 mi) | |||
| Primary destinations | Surat - Dhule - Jalgaon - Bhusawal -Khamgaon- Akola - Amravati - Nagpur - Bhandara - Durg - Raipur - Mahasamund - Bargarh-Sambalpur - Baharagora - Kolkata | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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National Highway 6 & Economic Corridor 1 (EC1) (commonly referred to as NH6), was a National Highway in India that has been separately designated under the new national highway numbering system. It was officially listed as running over 1,949 km (1,211 mi) from Surat to Kolkata. The route was also known as Asian Highway 46 (AH46) & Mumbai - Kolkata Highway [1][2] and Great Eastern Highway.[3]
NH6 ran through Gujarat, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Jharkhand and West Bengal state in India. The highway passed through the cities of Surat, Dhule, Jalgaon, Bhusaval, Khamgaon, Akola, Amravati, Nagpur, Bhandara, Rajnandgaon, Durg, Raipur, Mahasamund, Bargarh, Sambalpur, Kharagpur, Kolkata.
- ^ Highways in India
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 10 April 2009. Retrieved 20 July 2011.
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