Indian road network years despite significant barriers and inefficiencies in inter-state freight and passenger movement compared to railways and air. The government of India considers road network as critical to the country's development, social integration and security needs of the country. India's road network carries over 65 percent of its freight and about 85 percent of passenger traffic. Indian road network is administered by various government authorities, given India's federal form of government. The following table shows the total length of India's road network by type of road as on 31 March 2016. In general, roads in India are primarily bitumen-based macadamised roads.
UCI Road World Championships – Women's road race 2008 edition, held in Varese in Italy, was the longest at that time at 138.8 km. Due to the Summer Olympics, the Road World Championships were not held in 1984, 1988 and 1992. European nations have dominated this event. "Updated after the 2018 UCI Road World Championships" "Updated after the 2018 UCI Road World Championships" ^ Includes , + Includes UCI Road World Championships – Women's road race The UCI Road World Championships (for Women) is an annual event that is recognized as the world championship for road race and time trial events for women. The UCI Road World Championships