National Highway 18 (India)

National Highway 18
National Highway 18
	Map of National Highway 18 in red
Route information
Length	594 km (369 mi)
Major junctions
North end	NH 19 in Gobindpur, Jharkhand
	List NH 218 in Dhanbad, Jharkhand ; NH 320 in Bokaro, Jharkhand ; NH 218 in Purulia, West Bengal ; NH 43 in Chandil, Jharkhand ; NH 118 in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand ; NH 49 in Baharagora, Jharkhand ;
South end	NH 16 in Balasore, Odisha
Location
Country	India
States	Jharkhand, West Bengal, Odisha
Primary; destinations	Jamua, Giridih Gobindpur, Dhanbad, Chas Purulia Balarampur Chandil Jamshedpur/Tatanagar Ghatshila Baharagora Jamsola Jharpokharia Bangriposi Road Baripada Balasore
Highway system
	Roads in India; Expressways; National; State; Asian;

National Highway 18 (NH 18) (combination of old NH 32, NH 33 and NH 5) is a National Highway in India. It used to originates from Gobindpur, Dhanbad and terminates at Balasore, Odisha covering 414 kilometres (257 mi) distance.^[1] It passes through Dhanbad city, Bhuli, Katrasgarh, Chas, Bokaro, Purulia, Balarampur, Jamshedpur, Ghatshila, Baharagora, Baripada and Balasore. It was earlier NH32 between Dhanbad & Baharagora & NH5 between Baharagora & Balasore. But it was changed in 2012 after reorganization of National Highway and renumbered. This highway now linked with Gobindpur - Koderma Jharkhand SH13 Road. This highway now covers 594 kilometres (369 mi) from Koderma to Chandipur near Balasore