NHAI enters Guinness Records for constructing 75 km road

A 75 km stretch of continuous bituminous concrete was laid in a single lane on NH53 between Amravati and Akola.

The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has entered the Guinness World Records for constructing the longest piece of asphalt / bituminous concrete laid continuously.

Rajpath Infracon Pvt Ltd and Jagdish Kadam laid down a 75 km stretch of continuous bituminous concrete in a single lane on NH53 between Amravati and Akola districts in Maharashtra.

The work on the road began at 7.27 am on June 3, 2022 and was completed at 5 pm on June 7, 2022. It took 800 NHAI employees and 720 workers to complete the stretch in 105 hours and 33 minutes.

The Amravati – Akola section of the NH53 is an important east-west corridor that connects major cities like Kolkata, Raipur, Nagpur, Akole, Dhule and Surat.

The previous record was for a 27.25 km road built by the Public Works Authority, Ashghal, Qatar.