Simplify the following text for a Grade 10 native English-speaking person.
Original: Cities of Kanpur , Lucknow , Bareilly , Allahabad , Varanasi , Jhansi , Gorakhpur , Noida , Ghaziabad , Meerut , Mathura , Agra and Ghazipur are connected to many National Highways .
Simplified: Cities of Kanpur , Lucknow , Bareilly , Allahabad , Varanasi , Jhansi , Gorakhpur , Agra and Ghazipur are connected to a number of National Highways .