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{{for|the current numbered road in India|National Highway 6 (India)}}
{{for|other roads named NH 6|NH6 (disambiguation){{!}}NH6}}
{{for|roads numbered 6 in other countries|List of highways numbered 6}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2017}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2017}}
{{infobox road
|country=IND
|type=NH
|route= 6
| map = {{Maplink|frame=yes|frame-width=300|frame-height=300|frame-align=center|type=line|stroke-width=3
| id= Q222928|title= Old National Highway 6|zoom = 4 |frame-lat=21.66|frame-long=80.468 |text= Map of Old National Highway '''6''' in red }}
| map_custom = yes
|image=National Highway 6 (India).png
|image_notes=Road map of Old National Highway 6 highlighted in solid blue color
|length_km= 1949
|direction_a= West
|alternate_name= GE Road (Great Eastern Road)
|terminus_a= [[Hazira|Hajira]], [[Gujarat]]
|destinations= [[Surat]] - [[Dhule]] - [[Jalgaon]] - [[Bhusawal]] - [[Akola]] - [[Amravati]] - [[Nagpur]] - [[Bhandara]] - [[Durg]] - [[Raipur]] - [[Mahasamund]] - [[Sambalpur]] - [[Baharagora]] - [[Kolkata]]
|direction_b=East
|terminus_b= [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]]
|junction=
|length_notes= [[Golden Quadrilateral|GQ]]: {{convert|117|km|mi|abbr=on}} (Kolkata - Kharagpur) [[National Highway Development Project|Phase III]]: {{convert|358|km|mi|abbr=on}}
|states=[[Gujarat]]: {{convert|177|km|mi|abbr=on}} [[Maharashtra]]: {{convert|813|km|mi|abbr=on}} [[Chhattisgarh]]: {{convert|314|km|mi|abbr=on}} [[Odisha]]: {{convert|412|km|mi|abbr=on}} [[Jharkhand]]: {{convert|22|km|mi|abbr=on}} [[West Bengal]]: {{convert|161|km|mi|abbr=on}}
|previous_type=NH
|previous_route=5A
|next_type=NH
|next_route= 7
|ahn={{Jct|country=IND|AH|45}}{{Jct|country=IND|AH|46}}
}}
'''National Highway 6''' & '''Economic Corridor 1 (EC1)''' (commonly referred to as '''NH6'''), was a [[National Highway (India)|National Highway]] in [[India]] that has been separately designated under the new national highway numbering system. It was officially listed as running over {{convert|1949|km|mi|abbr=on}}from [[Surat]] to [[Kolkata]]. The route was also known as '''[[AH46|Asian Highway 46 (AH46)]]''' & '''Mumbai - Kolkata Highway''' <ref>[http://morth.nic.in/showfile.asp?lid=365 Highways in India]</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://morth.nic.in/writereaddata/sublink2images/NH_StartEnding_Station8634854396.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=2011-07-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20090410062034/http%3A//morth%2Enic%2Ein/writereaddata/sublink2images/NH_StartEnding_Station8634854396%2Ehtm |archive-date=10 April 2009 |df=dmy-all }} Details of National Highways in India-Source-Govt. of India</ref> and Great Eastern Highway.<ref>[https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/gk-current-affairs/story/asian-highways-261044-2015-09-03]</ref>

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]], [[Akola]], [[Amravati]], [[Nagpur]], [[Bhandara]], [[Rajnandgaon]], [[Durg]], [[Raipur]], [[Mahasamund]], [[Sambalpur]], [[Kharagpur]], [[Kolkata]].

== New numbering ==
As of 2010 notification from [[Ministry of Road Transport and Highways]], old NH 6 has been renumbered as follows.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://morth.nic.in/writereaddata/linkimages/9-6774713323.pdf|title=Rationalisation of Numbering Systems of National Highways|website=[[Ministry of Road Transport and Highways]]|access-date=28 Apr 2018}}</ref>

* [[Hazira|Hajira]] - [[Debagarh|Deogarh]] section is part of new [[National Highway 53 (India)|National Highway No. 53]]

* Deogarh - [[Kharagpur]] section is part of new [[National Highway 49 (India)|National Highway No. 49]]

* Kharagpur - [[Kolaghat]] - [[Kolkata]] section is part of new [[National Highway 16 (India)|National Highway No. 16]]

==Junctions==
* At [[Palsana, Gujarat]] Near [[Surat]] with [[NH 8]] connecting [[Delhi]] - [[Jaipur]] - [[Ahmedabad]] - [[Mumbai]]
* At [[Dhule]] with [[National Highway 3 (India)|NH 3]] connecting [[Agra]] - [[Indore]] - [[Mumbai]]
* At [[Dhule]] with [[NH 211]] connecting [[Solapur]] - [[Aurangabad, Maharashtra|Aurangabad]] - [[Dhule]]
* At [[Akola]] with [[NH 161]] connecting [[Akola]] - [[Nanded]] - [[Sangareddy]] - [[Hyderabad]]
* At [[Akola]] with [[National Highway 161A (India)|NH 161A]] connecting [[Akot]] - [[Akola]] - [[Digras]] - [[Mudkhed]] - [[Nanded]] -
* At [[Nagpur]] with [[National Highway 7 (India)(old numbering)]] connecting [[Varanasi]] - [[Jabalpur]] - [[Nagpur]] - [[Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh|Hyderabad]] - [[Bangalore]] - [[Kanyakumari (town)|Kanyakumari]]
* At [[Nagpur]] with [[NH 69]] connecting [[Nagpur]] - [[Betul, Madhya Pradesh|Betul]] - [[Obedullaganj]] near [[Bhopal]]
* At [[Raipur]] with [[National Highway 43 (India)|NH 43]] connecting [[Raipur]] - [[Jagdalpur]] - [[Borigumma]] - [[Koraput]] - [[Salur]] - [[Vizianagaram]] on [[National Highway 5 (India)(old numbering)|NH 5]]
* At [[Raipur]] with [[National Highway 200 (India)|NH 200]] connecting [[Raipur]] - [[Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh|Bilaspur]] - [[Raigarh]] - [[Debagarh|Deogarh]]- [[Talcher]] - [[Chandikhol]]
* At [[Raipur]] with [[NH 217]] connecting [[Raipur]] - [[Titlagarh]] - [[Asika]] - [[Gopalpur-on-Sea|Gopalpur]]
* At [[Bargarh]] with [[National Highway 201 (India)|NH 201]] connecting [[Borigumma]] on [[National Highway 43 (India)|NH 43]] - [[Bhawanipatna]] - [[Balangir]] - [[Bargarh]]
* At [[Sambalpur]] with [[NH 42]] connecting [[Sambalpur]] - [[Angul]] - [[Dhenkanal, Odisha|Dhenkanal]] - [[Cuttack]] on [[National Highway 5 (India)(old numbering)|NH 5]]
* Near [[Debagarh|Deogarh]] with [[National Highway 200 (India)|NH 200]] ( for Second time ) connecting [[Raipur]] - [[Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh|Bilaspur]] - [[Raigarh]] - [[Debagarh|Deogarh]] - [[Talcher]] - [[Chandikhol]] on [[National Highway 5 (India)(old numbering)|NH 5]]
* Near [[Barkote]] with [[National Highway 23 (India)|NH 23]] connecting [[Chas]] on [[National Highway 32 (India)|NH 32]] - [[Ranchi]] - [[Raurkela]] - [[Barkote]] - [[Pal Lahara]] - [[Talcher]] - [[Nauhata]] on [[NH 42]]
* At [[Pal Lahara]] with [[National Highway 23 (India)|NH 23]] connecting [[Chas]] on [[National Highway 32 (India)|NH 32]] - [[Ranchi]] - [[Raurkela]] - [[Barkote]] - [[Pal Lahara]] - [[Talcher]] - [[Nauhata]] on [[NH 42]]
* At [[Kendujhargarh]] with [[NH 215]] connecting [[Panikoili]] - [[Anandapur]] - [[Kendujhargarh]] - [[Rajamunda]] on [[National Highway 23 (India)|NH 23]]
* At [[Jharpokharia]] with [[National Highway 5 (India)(old numbering)|NH 5]] connectioning [[Jharpokharia]] - [[Cuttack]] - [[Vijayawada]] - [[Chennai]]
* At [[Baharagora]] with [[National Highway 33 (India)|NH 33]] connecting [[Baharagora]] - [[Jamshedpur]] - [[Ranchi]] - [[Hazaribag]] - [[Barhi, Hazaribagh|Barhi]] on [[National Highway 2 (India)|NH 2]]
* At [[Kharagpur]] with [[NH 60]] connecting [[Balasore]] on [[National Highway 5 (India)(old numbering)|NH 5]] - [[Jaleswar]] - [[Kharagpur]] - [[Bankura]] - [[Raniganj]] - junction with [[National Highway 2 (India)|NH 2]]
* At [[Kolaghat]] with [[National Highway 41 (India)|NH 41]] connecting [[Tamluk]] - [[Haldia]]
* At [[Bally, Howrah|Bally]] 15 km from [[Kolkata]] with [[National Highway 2 (India)|NH 2]] connecting [[Bally, Howrah|Bally]] - [[Varanasi]] - [[Kanpur]] - [[Delhi]]
* At [[Kona, Kolkata|Kona]] 8 km from [[Kolkata]] with [[National Highway 117 (India)|National Highway 117]] connecting [[Kona, Kolkata|Kona]] - [[Vidyasagar Setu]] - [[Kolkata]] - [[Diamond Harbour]] - [[Bakkhali]]

===Asian Highway===
This highway crossed the [[AH47]] at Dhule and [[AH43|Asian Highway 43]] at [[Nagpur]].

==States, districts, cities, towns and villages connected==
[[File:Nh6.jpg|thumb|NH 6]]
Many cities and towns in various districts in the States of [[Gujarat]], [[Maharashtra]], [[Chhattisgarh]], [[Odisha]], [[Jharkhand]] and [[West Bengal]] were connected by National Highway 6.

===[[Gujarat]]===
*[[Surat district]]
**[[Hazira]] - [[Surat]] - [[Sachin, Gujarat]] - [[Palsana]] - [[Bardoli]]
*[[Tapi district]]
**[[Bajipura]] - [[Vyara]] - [[Songadh]]

===[[Maharashtra]]===
*[[Nandurbar District]]
**[[Navapur]] - [[Visarwadi]] - [[Kondaibari]]
*[[Dhule District]]
**[[Dahivel]] - [[Sakri]] - [[Shevali]] - [[Ner Dhule]] - [[Kusumba]] - [[Dhule]] - [[Phagne]] - [[Mukati]]
*[[Jalgaon District]]
**[[Parola]] - Mhasva - [[Erandol]] - Paldhi - Varad - [[Jalgaon]]- [[Nashirabad]] - [[Bhusawal]] - [[Varangaon]] - [[Muktainagar]]
*[[Buldhana District]]
**Chikhali - [[Malkapur, Buldhana|Malkapur]] - Wadner - [[Nandura]] - [[Khamgaon]]
*[[Akola District]]
**[[Balapur, Akola district|Balapur]] - [[Akola city|Akola]] - [[BorgaonManju]] - [[Kurankhed]] - [[Murtajapur]]
*[[Amravati District]]
**[[Loni, India|Loni]] - [[Badnera]] - [[Amravati]] - [[Kholapur]] - [[Nandgaon Peth]] - [[Mozri]] - [[Tiwsa]]
*[[Wardha District]]
**[[Talegaon Shyamji Pant]] - Karanja
*[[Nagpur District]]
**[[Kondhali]] - [[Bazargaon]] - [[Nagpur]] - [[Itwari]] - [[Mouda]]
*[[Bhandara District]]
**[[Bhandara]] - [[Kardha]] - [[Lakhani, Maharashtra|Lakhani]] - [[Sakoli]]
*[[Gondia District]]
**Kohmara - [[Duggipar]] - [[Deori,Gondia|Deori]]

===[[Chhattisgarh]]===
*[[Rajnandgaon District]]
** [[Baghnadi]] - [[Chichola]] - [[Rajnandgaon]]
*[[Durg District]]
**[[Durg]] - [[Bhilai]]
*[[Raipur District]]
**[[Raipur]] - [[Arang]]
*[[Mahasamund District]]
**[[Mahasamund]] - [[Pithora, Chhattisgarh|Pithora]] - [[Sankra, Chhattisgarh|Sankra]] - [[Basna]] - [[Saraipali]] - [[Singhora]]

===[[Odisha]]===
*[[Bargarh District]]
** [[Loharachatti]] - [[Sohela]] - [[Bargarh]] - [[Attabira]]
*[[Sambalpur District]]
**[[Burla, India|Burla]] - [[Sambalpur]] - [[Ushakothi]] - [[Jamankira]]
*[[Debagarh District]]
[[Debagarh|Deogarh]] - [[Balam, Odisha|Balam]] - [[Barkote]]
*[[Angul District]]
**[[Pal Lahara]]
*[[Kendujhargarh District]]
** [[Govindpur, Odisha|Govindpur]] - [[Kuanr]] - [[Kendujhargarh]]
*[[Mayurbhanj District]]
**[[Jashipur]] - [[Manda, Odisha|Manda]] - [[Bangriposi]] - [[Jharpokharia]]

===[[Jharkhand]]===
*[[East Singhbhum]] District
**[[Baharagora]]

===[[West Bengal]]===
*[[Paschim Medinipur]] District
**[[Jhargram]]([[Chichira]] - [[Feko]] - [[Lodhashuli]] - [[Manikpara]]) - [[Kharagpur]] - [[Debra (community development block)|Debra]]
*[[Purba Medinipur]] District
**[[Panskura]] - [[Kolaghat]]
*[[Howrah District]]
**[[Samta (India)|Samta]] - [[Bagnan]] - [[Uluberia]] - [[Panchla]] - [[Mahiari]] - [[Jagacha]] - [[Howrah]]
*[[Kolkata District]]
**[[Kolkata]]

==Trivia==
* The stretch between [[Barkote]] and [[Pal Lahara]] was [[Concurrency (road)|common]] between NH6 and [[National Highway 23 (India)|NH 23]]{{citation needed|date=July 2014}}
* [[National Highway 200 (India)|NH 200]] crossed NH6 at two locations: one at its starting point at [[Raipur]] and second at [[Debagarh|Deogarh]]{{citation needed|date=July 2014}}

==See also==
* [[List of National Highways in India (by Highway Number)]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://openstreetmap.org/browse/relation/970785 Old NH 6 on OpenStreetMap]
* [https://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=National+Highway+6&daddr=NH6+to:NH+6+to:NH+6+to:22.656156,88.309135&geocode=FTjaQQEdwDVUBA%3BFQTfPgEdmod1BA%3BFdDjQAEdbiSlBA%3BFRiGQgEdDDG0BA%3B&hl=en&mra=dme&mrcr=0&mrsp=4&sz=12&via=1,2,3&sll=22.662809,88.333855&sspn=0.291152,0.528374&ie=UTF8&ll=21.238182,80.419922&spn=9.401415,16.907959&z=7 NH 6 on Google Maps]
* [http://www.mapsofindia.com/driving-directions-maps/nh6-driving-directions-map.html NH 6 on MapsofIndia]

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[[Category:National Highways in Gujarat|6]]
[[Category:National Highways in Maharashtra|6]]
[[Category:National Highways in Chhattisgarh|6]]
[[Category:National Highways in Odisha|6]]
[[Category:National Highways in Jharkhand|6]]
[[Category:National Highways in West Bengal|6]]
[[Category:Golden Quadrilateral|6]]
[[Category:National highways in India (old numbering)]]
[[Category:Transport in Sambalpur]]
[[Category:Transport in Surat]]
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National Highway 6 (India, old numbering) - Revision history

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