Indian roadways can be classified into:

1. National Highway
2. State Highway
3. District Roads
4. Village (Approach) Roads and Border Roads.

(1) National Highways: The Highway that connects one state with other is called national highway. For example, National Highway No.8 (NH.8) connects Gujarat with Mumbai. Highways are extremely important for economic development of the nation. They are also a very safe means of transport. It is the central government who builds and takes care of the national highways.

National highways interconnect state capitals, large industrial and commercial cities and major ports. These roads also connect India with neighboring countries like Myanmar, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan and China. National Highway No. 7 is the longest highway of the country. It extends from Varanasi in Uttar

Pradesh to Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu. The golden Quadrilateral is a national highway network which connects all the four metro cities of India namely Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata. Nation Highway No. 27, 41, 47, 141, 147, etc. pass through Gujart. These numbers were changed by the Government of India in 2011.

The length of national highways in the union territories namely Chandigarh, Puducherry and Delhi and state of Goa is more as compared to their population. Next comes the states of Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Manipur, etc. The total length of national highways is less in states like Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Gujarat where there is more population.

(2) State Highways: The highways that connect major cities within the state are called state highways. They are important for trade and industries. These highways connect with all the districts and also with the national highway that pass through that state. The responsibility of construction and maintenance of these roads lies with the state government.

(3) District Roads: These roads connect villages and the main cities with the district headquarters as well as talukas with districts. The responsibility of construction and maintenance of these roads lies with the district panchayat. Earlier district roads of Gujarat were not metalled. But now most of them are converted into metalled roads.

(4) Village Roads: The construction and the maintenance of village roads is done by gram panchayat. Most of the village roads are ‘kachcha roads’ i.e. unmetalled and hence they cannot be used in the monsoon. These roads which connect the roads passing by the villages are unmetalled and so these are not useful in rainy season. The government under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana is trying to improve these roads and hence village transportation. Under this scheme, the government is making attempts to convert these roads into metalled roads.

(5) Border Roads: Border Road Organization (BRO) was established in 1960 to construct and maintain roads in the border area. These roads are extremely important for national security because they help in movement of defence personnel, equipment and food over and above allowing the movement of general public. BRO also constructs roads in inaccessible remote area, maintains them, clears the snow, landslides etc.