Nawab Yusuf Road

Nawab Yusuf Road is situated in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, it connects Jaunpur to Faizabad via Shahganj and Akbarpur.[1]

Nawab Yusuf Road
Route information
Maintained by UPPWD
Length135 km (84 mi)
Major junctions
North endFaizabad
Major intersectionsFaizabad, Akbarpur, Shahganj, Jaunpur.
South endJaunpur
Location
StatesUttar Pradesh: 135 km
CountiesFaizabad, Jaunpur.
Primary
destinations		Maya Bazar, Goshainganj, Akbarpur, Malipur, Shahganj, Jaunpur.
Highway system

Previously this road was known as Lumbini - Dudhi Marg.

A section of Nawab Yusuf Road (from Ayodhya to Mirzapur) is now declared National Highway. It's now National Highway 135A.[2]

NH 135A will provide faster connectivity between two very important Holy cities - Ayodhya and Varanasi. NH 135A intersects Purvanchal Expressway in Baramadpur village situated in border of Sultanpur and Azamgarh district. NH 135A will go through Ayodhya, Akbarpur - Ambedkar Nagar, Khajuri, Malipur, Shahganj, Jaunpur, Bhadohi, Aura - Mirzapur.

Namesake

Barrister Nawab Sir Muhammad Yusuf, minister in the government of the United Provinces from 1926 to 1937. Nawab Sir Muhammad Yusuf was a descendant of the wazir of Shah Ibrahim, Sharqi sultan of Jaunpur in the 15th century.[3]

References
  1. "Jaunpur Jn to Faizabad". must see India.
  2. "जौनपुर-मिर्जापुर मार्ग राष्ट्रीय राजमार्ग बना".
  3. "who is nawab yusuf". Flickr. 8 March 2009.
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