National Highway 7 (NH 7) is a highway connecting Fazilka (Punjab) to Mana (Uttarakhand) in India. It passes through the Indian states of Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, and Uttarakhand.
The NH-7 (old NH-58) connects Hindu pilgrim centres of Rishikesh, Devprayag, Rudraprayag, Karnaprayag, Chamoli, Joshimath and Badrinath with Dehradun and Chandigarh. Pilgrims travelling to Sri Hemkunt Sahib take a diversion from Govindghat which lies on NH-7 between Joshimath and Badrinath.
The road is generally closed during the winter months of December, January, February and March in the upper reaches of the Himalayas through which National Highway 7 passes. This road goes to Mana Pass near the India-Tibetan border.
Route
The route of national highway 7 transits through the states of Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, and Uttarakhand in India. This national highway is about 845 km (525 mi) long.
Punjab
NH7 starts from India-Pakistan Border, connecting Fazilka, Abohar, Malout, Bathinda, Rampura Phul, Barnala, Sangrur, Patiala, Rajpura, Banur , Zirakpur, and up to Haryana border in the state of Punjab.
Haryana
NH7 links Panchkula near Zirakpur with Shahzadpur and Naraingarh in the state of Haryana.
There is a village on the national highway named Tabar. The cremation ground of the village is in front of Ghat Road Highway. When the vehicles pass through the cremation ground, there is a scary sound of a woman. And the sounds were heard only by car and other heavy vehicles.
Himachal Pradesh
NH7 links Kala Amb with Paonta Sahib in the state of Himachal Pradesh.
Uttarakhand
NH 7 connects Dehradun, Rishikesh, Devaprayag, Rudraprayag, Karnaprayag, Chamoli, Badrinath, Mana at Indo/Tibet border in the state of Uttarakhand.
Junctions
This article contains a bulleted list or table of intersections which should be presented in a properly formatted junction table.(November 2021)
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- Punjab
- NH 62 near Abohar.
- NH 9 near Malout
- NH 354 near Malout
- NH 754 near Bathinda
- NH 54 near Bathinda
- NH 254 near Rampura Phul
- NH 703 near Barnala
- NH 52 near Sangrur
- NH 44 near Rajpura
- NH 205A near Banur
- NH 152 near Zirakpur
- Haryana
- NH 5 near Panchkula
- NH 344 near Shahzadpur
- Himachal Pradesh
- NH 907A near Nahan
- NH 907 near Paonta Sahib
- NH 707 near Paonta Sahib
- Uttarakhand
- NH 507 near Herbertpur
- NH 307 near Dehradun
- NH 34 near Rishikesh
- NH 707A near Maletha
- NH 309 near Srinagar
- NH 107 near Rudraprayag
- NH 109 near Karnaprayag
- NH 107A near Chamoli.
Termination point is near Mana village at an elevation of about 3200 m.