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Roadways in Sonbhadra

Road Map of SonbhadraRoadways are very strong in Sonbhadra district since through the district many national highways, state highways and major district roadways run and it links the district with its neighboring districts and states.

National Highway in Sonbhadra

NH 75 runs through the district connecting major cities, towns and major localities within the district like Dudhinagar, Renukoot, Kuldomari, Anpara, Parasi, Bina and Shakti Nagar. The NH 75 is of 1,175 km length and it connects four major states of India namely Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand and Odisha.

In Uttar Pradesh alone the national highway covers a length of 110 km and the highway enters the state through Sonbhadra district. The NH 75 connects Sonbhadra with its neighboring localities of Nagar Untari, Garhwa, Daltonganj, Poplpol, Satbarwa, Latehar, Kuru, Vindhyanagar, Semuaar, Sidhi, Churhat, Rampur Naikin and Govindgarh. National highway 2C also runs a short distance along the district border of Sonbhadra. It enters the district though Robertganj where it merges with NH 75. This national highway 2C connects the district with its neighboring state Bihar. NH 7 also runs very close to Sonbhadra.

State Highways in Sonbhadra

The state highways UP SH 5, UP SH 5A and UP SH 2 run through the district. The UP SH 5 or Lumbini to Duddhi Marg road enters the district through the district headquarters Robertsganj where it gets merged with UP SH 5A or Varanasi to Shanti Nagar road which also enters the district through Robertsganj. Very close to the district border the UP SH 5A joins with UP SH 97. The UP SH 5 connects the district with its neighboring districts of Mirzapur, Sant Ravidas Nagar, Jaunpur, Ambedakar Nagar, Basti and Siddartha Nagar. This highway actually ends its journey in Sonbhadra and covers a total length of about 351. 34 km. The UP SH 5A runs a longer distance in Sonbhadra covering Madhupur, Robertsganj, Churk, Chopan, Vilemar Kundi, Tilgudwa, Renukoot and Dudhi Nagar. Close to Renukoot UP SH 5A divides into two separate routes and both get merged with NH 75 in Renukoot and Dudhi Nagar. The UP SH 5A connects two districts in Uttar Pradesh namely Sonbhadra and Mirzapur with a total lengh of 135. 47 km. The UP SH 2 enters the district in Dudhi locality and it gets merged with NH 75 in Renukoot.

Major district roadways MDR 160E also runs through the district. It runs through Robertsganj, Lashra, Deori, Chhaura, Kasary, Ramgarh and many other localities. The MDR 160E also gets linked with UP SH 5A in Robertsganj city. The other major roads in the district are Kone road, Kota – Kone road, Billi road, Plant 1 road, 1 type road and many more. The one other major road that runs through the district is the Varanasi to Waidhan road which covers some major commercial towns in the district namely Renukoot, Shakti Nagar and Anpara. Sonbhadra district has a huge reservoir of coal in India so along the coal mines many roads are built to support coal transportation to thermal power plants in different parts of the district. It is said around 1000 trucks run daily along the coal mine roads in Sonbhadra. Few other highways running close to Sonbhadra are highway 3, 97, 80, 74 and 12.

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