>Cnwilliams: Disambiguated: expressway → Controlled-access highway

2021-08-27T14:29:45Z

Disambiguated: expressway → Controlled-access highway

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{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2016}}
{{Orphan|date=May 2011}}

{{Infobox road
|country=IND
|name = Shimla Chandigarh Expressway
|map=
|length_km= 120
|direction_a=
|terminus_a= [[Chandigarh]]
|junction=
|direction_b=
|terminus_b= [[Shimla]]
|formed=
|history=
|states= [[Himachal Pradesh]], [[Chandigarh]]
|cities =
|maint =
}}

[[File:Shimla Chandigarh Expressway.jpg|thumb]]
[[File:Shimla-Chandigarh Expressway.jpg|thumb]]

The '''Shimla Chandigarh Expressway''' is an under construction {{Convert|120|km}}<ref>{{cite web|author=IANS, 17 Nov 2005, 09.51am IST |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1298307.cms |title=Chandigarh to Shimla in two hours - The Times of India |publisher=Timesofindia.indiatimes.com |date=2005-11-17 |accessdate=2010-09-16}}</ref> long [[Controlled-access highway|expressway]] connecting [[Chandigarh]] to [[Shimla]]. The four laning project involves the creation of 11 tunnels between Maliana (Shimla) and Kothi to help reduce the distance by 19 km. The total length of the tunnels will be 9.5 km. The two longest tunnels will be of 2.27 km each between Taradevi and [[Shogi]] and [[Kandaghat]] and [[Solan district|Solan]]. The state government wants that the highway be realigned and include more tunnels to reduce the distance by another 20 km. The [[Himalayan Expressway|Himalayan expressway]] stretch of it was opened in June 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Service|first=Tribune News|title=39 km Parwanoo-Solan stretch on Shimla highway opened|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/himachal/39-km-parwanoo-solan-stretch-on-shimla-highway-opened-273680|access-date=2021-06-28|website=Tribuneindia News Service|language=en}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{commons category|Shimla Chandigarh Expressway}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Shimla - Chandigarh Expressway}}
[[Category:Expressways in Himachal Pradesh]]
[[Category:Proposed roads in India]]
[[Category:Transport in Shimla]]
[[Category:Transport in Chandigarh]]
[[Category:Roads in Himachal Pradesh]]
[[Category:Expressways in Chandigarh]]

Chandigarh–Shimla Expressway - Revision history

>Cnwilliams: Disambiguated: expressway → Controlled-access highway