Question

What is the approximate total length of the Golden Quadrilateral (GQ) highway network?

• A. 1,235 km
• B. 1,700 km
• C. 5,846 km
• D. 7,300 km

Answer 1

Answer:

C. 5,846 km

In 1999, then prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee laid the foundation stone for the Golden Quadrilateral (GQ) Highway project. The Golden Quadrilateral is the longest road project in India and the fifth-longest highway in the world. It connects four major cities: Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata. The GQ project is managed by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) under the Ministry of Road, Transport and Highways. The Golden Quadrilateral constitutes only the national highways of the country and not state highways and rural-urban roadways. The approximate total length of the Golden Quadrilateral (GQ) highway network is 5,846 km (3,633 miles)