page_title: Transport in Maharashtra
section_title: Road Transport
hierarchical_section_title: Transport in Maharashtra / Road Transport
caption_attribution_description: English: The graphic is about the major road network of Maharashtra state, India. It displays the National and State highways network in the State. Also, the districts and taluka/important towns are displayed.
context_page_description: Maharashtra is a state in the western region of India. It is the second most populous state and third largest state by area in India. Maharashtra is bordered by the Arabian Sea to the west, Gujarat and the Union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli to the northwest, Madhya Pradesh to the north and northeast, Chhattisgarh to the east, Karnataka to the south, Telangana to the southeast and Goa to the southwest. The state covers an area of 307,731 km² or 9.84% of the total geographical area of India.
  Mumbai, the capital city of the state, is India's largest city and the financial capital of the nation.
  Maharashtra consist three mode of transportation viz. Roads, Railways and Civil aviation. Besides, Maharashtra has three major ports at Mumbai, the JNPT lying across the Mumbai harbour in Navi Mumbai, and in Ratnagiri.
context_section_description: Maharashtra has the largest road network in India at 267,452 kilometres. 17 National Highways connect Maharashtra to six neighbouring states. The length of National Highways in Maharashtra is 4688 kilometres. Maharashtra has a large state highway network. 99.5 per cent of the villages in the state were connected by all-weather roads as of March 2018. The Yeshwantrao Chavan Mumbai-Pune Expressway, the first access controlled toll road project in India was made fully operational in April 2002.
  The Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) has been providing passenger road transport service in the public sector since 1948, linking most of the towns and villages in and around the state with a large network of operation. These buses, popularly called ST (State Transport), are the preferred mode of transport for much of the populace. In addition to the government run buses, privately run luxury buses also ply between major towns. Other modes of public transport, such as a seven-seater tempo have gained popularity in semi-urban areas.
caption: Major roads network
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