National Highway 43 (India)

National Highway 43 (NH 43) is a primary National Highway in India. It traverses from Gulluganj in Madhya Pradesh, through Chhattisgarh and terminates at Chaibasa in Jharkhand. This national highway is 1,062.5 km (660.2 mi) long. Before renumbering of national highways NH-6 was variously numbered as old national highways 78, 23 & 33.

Route

Madhya Pradesh

Gulluganj, Rajpua Amanganj, Pawai, Katni, Umaria, Shahdol, Anuppur, Kotma.

Chhattisgarh

Manendragarh, Baikunthpur, Surajpur, Ambikapur, Pathalgaon, Jashpurnagar.

Jharkhand

Gumla,Sisai, Bero, Nagri, Ranchi, Bundu, Tamar, Chandil, Seraikela, Chaibasa.

As per recent developement, the Shahdol-Rewa Road is renumbered as National Highway 243 (India)|NH243' which runs for 170 kilometres (110 mi) via Jaisinghnagar, Beohari, Bansagar & Govindgarh.

Junctions

NH 34 Terminal near Gulluganj.

NH 943 near Pawai.

NH 30 near Katni.

NH 135BG near Umaria.

NH243(Shahdol-Rewa Road) near Shahdol.

NH 543 near Shahdol.

NH 343 near Ambikapur.

NH 130 near Ambikapur.

NH 143 near Gumla.

NH 143A near Gumla.

NH 143AG near Tamar.

NH 18 near Chandil.

NH 20 near Chaibasa.

Route conditions

NH43 is sadly one of the worst Highways of India. The highway is 4 laned in Tamar - Ranchi - Patra near Gumla stretch only covering just 142 kilometres (88 mi) of the total route. Rest 819 kilometres (509 mi) stretch is 2 laned with 4 lane is now being constructed in 300 kilometres (190 mi) more distance. The stretch between Ambikapur to Jashpurnagar is very seriously in bad conditions. The stretch between Gulluganj to Katni is also in serious bad conditions.