Expressways of India
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Expressways are the highest class of roads in India. In India, expressways are controlled-access highways where entrance and exits are controlled by the use of ramps that are incorporated into the design of the expressway, whereas National highways are at-grade roads. Some roads are not access-controlled expressway, but are still officially called expressways, such as the Biju Expressway and Raipur–Bilaspur Expressway.
Greenfield Expressways in India are designed as 12-lane wide Expressways with the initial construction of 8-lanes. Land for 4-lane future expansion is reserved in the centre of the expressways. Greenfield Expressways are designed to avoid inhabited areas and go through new alignments to bring development to new areas and to reduce land acquisition costs and construction timelines. The Delhi-Mumbai Expressway is a great example of a new 12-lane approach with initial 8-lane construction.
The majority of the investment required for constructing expressways comes from the Central Government. Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra are the only states which are investing in building expressways through dedicated expressway corporations.[1]
The National Expressways Authority of India (NEAI) operating under the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways will be in-charge of the construction and maintenance of expressways.[2] The National Highways Development Project by the Government of India aims to expand the country's current expressway network and plans to add an additional 18,637 km of greenfield expressways by 2022 apart from existing national highways.[3]
Bharatmala, a centrally-sponsored and funded road and highways project of the Government of India[4] with a target of constructing 83,677 km[5] of new highways over the next five years, was started in 2018.[6] Phase I of the Bharatmala project involves the construction of 34,800 km of highways (including the remaining projects under NHDP) at an estimated cost of ₹5.35 lakh crore by 2021–22.[7]
Characteristics
As of April 2021, 20 expressways having combined length of 1,728 km.[8] are operational in India. In 2017, the country had only 200 km of expressways. All the expressways are 6 or more lane wide[citation needed] controlled-access highways where entrance and exit are controlled by the use of slip roads. India has one of the lowest densities of expressways in the world.[9]
List of National Expressways
As of April 2021, eight expressways have been declared as National Expressway (NE) by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Government of India. The list is as follows:
Expressway | Length (km) | Declared as NE on | |
---|---|---|---|
NE 1 | Ahmedabad–Vadodara Expressway | 93 | 13 Mar 1986[10] |
NE 2 | Eastern Peripheral Expressway (KGP) | 135 | 30 Mar 2006[11] |
NE 3 | Delhi–Meerut Expressway | 96 | 18 Jun 2020[12] |
NE 4 | Vadodara–Mumbai section of Delhi–Mumbai Expressway | 380 | 10 Jan 2020[13] |
NE 5 | Delhi–Nakodar–Gurdaspur section of Delhi–Amritsar–Katra Expressway | 398 | 25 Jun 2020[14] |
NE 5A | Nakodar–Amritsar section of Delhi–Amritsar–Katra Expressway | 99 | 17 Sep 2020[15] |
NE 6 | Lucknow–Kanpur Expressway | 74 | 15 Dec 2020[16] |
NE 7 | Bengaluru–Chennai Expressway | 258 | 01 Jan 2021[17] |
Total | 1,533 |
List of Expressways (Operational)
Only operational length and year of final completion is shown. Total length listed in this table is 1,728 km (1,073.7 mi). Note: AC = Access-Controlled Expressway.
Name | States | Length (km/mi) | Lanes | Year of Completion | OSM | Remarks |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Agra–Lucknow Expressway (AC)[18] | Uttar Pradesh | 302.2 km 187.8 mi |
6 | 2017 February | [19] | Longest expressway in India[20] |
Ahmedabad–Vadodara Expressway (AC)[21] | Gujarat | 93.1 km 57.8 mi |
4 | 2004 August | NE1 | |
Belghoria Expressway (AC) | West Bengal | 16 km 9.9 mi |
4 | 2008 | Part of AH1 | |
Chennai Bypass (AC)[22] | Tamil Nadu | 32 km 19.9 mi |
4-6 | 2010 | [23] | |
Delhi–Faridabad Skyway (AC)[24][25] | Delhi, Haryana | 4.4 km 2.7 mi |
6 | 2010 November | Part of NH44 | |
Delhi–Gurgaon Expressway (AC)[26] | Delhi, Haryana | 27.7 km 17.2 mi |
6-8 | 2008 January | [27] | Part of Golden Quadrilateral |
Delhi–Meerut Expressway (AC)[28] | Delhi, Uttar Pradesh | 96 km 59.7 mi |
6-14 | 2021 April | NE3 [India's widest Expressway (14-lane)][29] | |
Delhi–Noida Direct Flyway (DND) (AC)[30] | Delhi, Uttar Pradesh | 9.2 km 5.7 mi |
8 | 2001 January | India's First 8-lane wide expressway | |
Eastern Peripheral Expressway (AC) | Uttar Pradesh, Haryana | 135 km 83.9 mi |
6 | 2018 May | [31] | NE2 |
Jaipur–Kishangarh Expressway (AC)[32] | Rajasthan | 90 km 55.9 mi |
6 | 2005 April | Forms a segment of the NH-8 | |
Mumbai–Pune Expressway (AC)[33] | Maharashtra | 94.5 km 58.7 mi |
6 | 2002 April | [34] | India's First 6-lane wide expressway |
Noida–Greater Noida Expressway (AC)[35] | Uttar Pradesh | 24.5 km 15.2 mi |
6 | 2002 | [36] | |
Outer Ring Road, Hyderabad (AC)[37] | Telangana | 158 km 98.2 mi |
8 | 2018 April | [38] | |
P.V. Narasimha Rao Expressway (AC)[39][40] | Telangana | 11.6 km 7.2 mi |
4 | 2009 October | ||
Panipat Elevated Expressway(AC)[41] | Haryana | 10 km 6.2 mi |
6 | 2008 January | ||
Vijayawada–Hyderabad Expressway (AC)[42] | Andhra Pradesh, Telangana | 291 km 180.8 mi |
6 | 2012 October | [43] | Part of NH 65 |
Western Peripheral Expressway (AC) | Haryana | 135.6 km 84.3 mi |
6 | 2018 November | [44] | |
Yamuna Expressway (AC)[45][46] | Uttar Pradesh | 165.5 km 102.8 mi |
6 | 2012 August | [47] | |
Total | 1,728 km 1,073.7 mi |
List of Expressways (Under-Construction)
* Ready to inaugurate
Total length listed in this table is 10,647.524 km (6,616.065 mi).
List of Expressways (Planned/ Proposed)
Planned/proposed under Bharatmala
Name | States | Length (km/mi) |
---|---|---|
Chennai–Salem Expressway | Tamil Nadu | 277 km (172 mi) |
Chennai–Trichy Expressway | Tamil Nadu | 310 km (190 mi) |
Delhi–Bilaspur Expressway | Himachal Pradesh | |
Delhi–Hisar Expressway | Haryana | 170 km (110 mi) |
Durg-Raipur-Arang Expressway | Chhattisgarh | 92 km (57 mi) |
Gurugram–Faridabad Expressway | Haryana | 135 km (84 mi) |
Indore-Mumbai Expressway | Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra | 515 km (320 mi) |
Kharagpur–Kolkata Expressway | West Bengal | 120 km (75 mi) |
Kharagpur–Siliguri Expressway | West Bengal | 516 km (321 mi) |
Mangaluru–Chitradurga Expressway | Karnataka | 196 km (122 mi) |
Pathankot–Ajmer Expressway[87] | Rajasthan, Haryana, Punjab | 600 km (370 mi) |
Pune-Bengaluru Expressway[88] | Karnataka, Maharashtra | 745 km (463 mi) |
Salem–Chengapalli Expressway | Tamil Nadu | 103 km (64 mi) |
Varanasi–Ranchi–Kolkata Expressway | Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, West Bengal | 650 km (400 mi) |
Total | 4,429 km (2,752 mi) |
See also
- Similar rail development
- Future of rail transport in India, rail development
- Similar roads development
- Bharatmala
- Diamond Quadrilateral, Subsumed in Bharatmala
- Golden Quadrilateral, completed national road development connectivity older scheme
- National Highways Development Project, Subsumed in Bharatmala
- North-South and East-West Corridor, Subsumed in Bharatmala
- India-China Border Roads, Subsumed in Bharatmala
- Setu Bharatam, river road bridge development in India
- Similar ports and river transport development
- Indian Rivers Inter-link
- List of National Waterways in India
- Sagar Mala project, national water port development connectivity scheme
- Similar air transport development
- Indian Human Spaceflight Programme
- UDAN, national airport development connectivity scheme
- Highways in India
- General
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