National Highway 217 commonly referred to as NH 217, is a
national highway in
India
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.
This route was earlier part of old national highways 51 and 62. It is a
secondary
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route of
National Highway 17
Route 17, or Highway 17 can refer to the following roads:
For the roads named "A17", see list of A17 roads.
International
* European route E17
* European route E017
Australia
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* D'Aguilar Highway, Queensla ...
. NH-217 runs through the states of
Assam
Assam (; ) is a state in northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . The state is bordered by Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh to the north; Nagaland and Manipur ...
and
Meghalaya
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in India.
Route
NH217 connects
Paikan,
Tura,
Dalu,
Baghmara, Rongjeng, Damra and
Dudhnoi in the states of Assam and Meghalaya in India.
Junctions
: Terminal near Paikan.
: near Tura.
: near Lower Nengkhra.
: Terminal near Dudhnoi.
History
In 2021, a new species of
gecko
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Geckos ar ...
was found on the highway,
Cyrtodactylus karsticolus.
See also
*
List of National Highways in India
On 28 April 2010, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways officially published a new numbering system for the National Highway network in the Gazette of the Government of India. It is a systematic numbering scheme based on the orientatio ...
*
References
External links
NH 217 on OpenStreetMap
National highways in India
National Highways in Assam
National Highways in Meghalaya
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