National Highway 4 (NH 4) is a major National Highway in Western and Southern India. NH 4 links four of the 10 most populous Indian cities - Mumbai, Pune, Bangalore and Chennai. NH 4 is 1,235 km (767 mi) in length and passes through the states of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.
NH 4 constitutes roughly 90% of the Golden Quadrilateral's Mumbai-Chennai segment. As a part of this project NH 4 has been widened from two lane single carriageway to four lane dual carriageway. The highway is known as Pune-Bangalore ( PB ) Road in some parts of Karnataka. The Mumbai-Pune section of the highway was supplemented by the Mumbai-Pune Expressway in 2000.The highway passes through populated towns and cities of Maharashtra and Karnataka namely Satara, Karad, Sangli, Kolhapur, Gokak, Belgaum, Dharwad, Hubli, Davangere and Tumkur. The Bangalore-Chennai section of the highway is supplemented by the triangle of National Highways NH7, NH46, and returns to NH4 at Ranipet.
The NH4 by-passes Pune city from Dehu Road to Katraj. The Pune bypass is 4 lane with 2 lane service roads on each side. NH4 now also bypasses the busy Katraj ghat in Pune by a Tunnel which saves almost one hour of travel on NH4.
NH4 bypasses Sangli at about 40 km (25 mi). There are two exits for Sangli-Miraj twin cities on NH4. Both exits form a triangle with NH4 and Sangli is about 40 km (25 mi) from each exit.
Avtar Singh Construction Co. Pvt. Ltd. (VCTY) Builds Section of India's Golden Quadrilateral Highway
HENDERSON, NEVADA--(Marketwire - Nov. 3, 2010) - Videolocity International, Inc. (PINK SHEETS:VCTY) (www.videointernationalcorp.com) subsidiary Avtar Singh Construction Co. Pvt. Ltd. (ASCC) has nearly completed the Haveri Hubli highway construction project, part of the massive Golden Quadrilateral project.
ASCC is building a four-lane 64.5 km section of National Highway No. 4 between Haveri and Hubli, in Karnataka. National Highway No. 4 connects Mumbai and Chennai. The project is 80% complete, and the company expects to be fully complete by the end of the year. The total value of this project is $8.7 million USD.
ASCC is one of many companies involved in building the Golden Quadrilateral, India's most important highway construction project in years. The Haveri-Hubli section is part of the final 1% of work to be done on this 5846 km (3,633 miles) superhighway connecting India's most important economic centers: Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai and Mumbai. The highway is expected to significantly boost trade, transportation, and economic development in these cities, plus the many towns and ports that now have access to central markets and main shipping harbors.
ASCC has deployed ultramodern, high performance machinery for this project, including five heavy duty excavators, seven concrete mixers, and over $1.3 million USD worth of sophisticated equipment needed to complete the specialized operations.