National Highway 163 (India)

National Highway 163
Route information
Length:	334 km (208 mi)
Major junctions
From:	Hyderabad, Telangana
	National Highway 44 in Hyderabad National Highway 65 in Hyderabad National Highway 63 at Bhopalpatnam
To:	Bhopalpatnam, Chhattisgarh
Location
States:	Telangana: 244 km Chhattisgarh: 36 km
Primary destinations:	Warangal - Venkatapuram
Highway system
Indian road network National Expressways State ← NH 155 NH 200 →

National Highway 163 (previously NH 202) is a National Highway in India that links Hyderabad in Telangana and Bhopalpatnam in Chhattisgarh. The road till Warangal was already a state highway. It was extended and upgraded to a NH as the shortest route to connect Chhattisgarh to an important city. Earlier it was NH202. The new bridge across the Godavari is open now.An excellent road, which passes through the Tadvai wildlife sanctuary, right upto the Telangana-Chattisgarh border at Lottipittagandi. Beyond this the road is unpaved.The Bogatha falls lie 1 km to the right, c.24 km from Eturunagaram, and are visible from the road.

Route

NH 163 at Aler town

National Highway 163 (India) on the outskirts of Uppal Kalan

• In Hyderabad city, the highway passes through Golnaka, Amberpet, Ramanthapur, Uppal Kalan and Ghatkesar areas along the northern banks of River Musi.It is also connected to Hyderabad's Nehuru Outer Ring Road
• The highway passes through Ghatkesar, Bhongir, Aleru, Jangaon, Raghunathpalle, Station Ghanpur, Warangal, Atmakur, Mallampalli, Mulug, Eturu Nagaram, Chandrupatla and Bhadrakali.^[1]
• It passes through the second largest city in Telangana that is warangal.For long distance there is a one way road.In middle the road becomes double from HP Avinash Petrol Pump to alankar circle in warangal.There are prominent schools like DPSWarangal and Hyderabad Public School.
• It is arbitrarily calculated about 280 kilometers, in which the stretch in Telangana is about 244 kilometers and in Chhattisgarh 36 kilometers.
• The highway joins National Highway 63 (India) at Bhopalpatnam, but there is no bridge across River Godavari at Nagaram village so travelers have to go all the way to Bhadrachalam to get into Chhattisgarh.As on 16 Jan 2016, the 1.8 Kilometeres road bridge across the Godavari, connecting Bhopalpatnam in Chhattisgarh and Eturunagaram in Telangana has been made available for the traveling public.
• The highway joins National Highway 44 (India) at Hyderabad.
• This road connects medaram,which is famous for sammaka-sarakka jathara.During this jathara(Fest) it becomes easier for the public to travel

Connecting

Name [2]	Relation	Status	Length	route	Remarks
NH163	3249370		334 km	N 63 near Bhopalpatnam, Venkatapuram, Warangal, NH 44 near Hyderabad

References

1. Openstreetmap NH 163
2. "Rationalisation of Numbering Systems of National Highways" (PDF). New Delhi: Department of Road Transport and Highways. Retrieved 2 September 2012.

• "Rationalisation of Numbering Systems of National Highways" (PDF). New Delhi: Department of Road Transport and Highways. Retrieved 3 April 2012.