Yamuna Expressway: Difference between revisions

| name         = Yamuna Expressway

| cities       = [[Greater Noida]], [[Vrindavan]], [[Mathura]] and [[Agra]]  

| states       = [[Uttar Pradesh]]

| length_km   = 165.537

| history     =  

| formed       =  

| direction_a = North

| terminus_a   = Pari Chowk, [[Greater Noida]]

| junction     =  

| direction_b = South

| terminus_b   = Kuberpur [[National Highway 2 (India, old numbering)|(NH-2)]], [[Agra]]

| established = 9 August 2012

| map_notes   = Yamuna Expressway in red

| map_custom   = yes

| map         = {{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-width=290|frame-height=300|frame-align=center|type=line|stroke-width=3|id= Q8048110|title=Yamuna Expressway}}

| image_notes = Yamuna Expressway near Jewar

| image       = Yamuna Expressway 2021.png

| maint       = Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (YEIDA)

'''Yamuna Expressway''' or '''Taj Expressway''' is a 6-[[lane]] wide (extendable to 8 lanes) and 165.5 [[km]] long [[Controlled-access highway|access-controlled expressway]], connecting Pari Chowk in [[Greater Noida]] with Kuberpur on NH-2 in [[Agra]] in the Indian state of [[Uttar Pradesh]]. It is presently India's 3rd longest expressway since February 2017.  It was built to de-congest the older Delhi–Agra national highway [[National Highway 2 (India, old numbering)|(NH-2)]] or Mathura Road which is already over-congested.

The expressway having project value {{INRConvert|128.39|b}} was inaugurated on 9 August 2012 by then Chief Minister of UP [[Akhilesh Yadav]].<ref name="indiatimes1">{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Yamuna-Expressway-opens-one-way-toll-Rs-320-free-ride-till-Aug-15/articleshow/15419665.cms |title=Yamuna Expressway opens, one-way toll Rs 320, free ride till Aug 15|work=The Times of India|date=9 August 2012|agency=Times News Network|access-date=6 June 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/companies/article3721785.ece |title=Yamuna Expressway is ready, says Jaypee Infra |newspaper=Business Line|date=3 August 2012|access-date=6 June 2018}}</ref> A total of 13 service roads of about 168 [[km]] have been built for local commuters to access the expressway.<ref>http://www.roadtraffic-technology.com/projects/yamunaexpressway/{{Unreliable source?|reason=domain on WP:BLACKLIST|date=June 2016}}</ref> Yamuna Expressway will be connected with [[Eastern Peripheral Expressway]] via an interchange which is being built at ''Jaganpur Afzalpur village'' near [[Noida International University]] in [[Gautam Buddha Nagar district]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/noida/interchange-at-yamuna-expressway-to-connect-eastern-peripheral-expressway/articleshow/65355866.cms|title=Interchange at Yamuna Expressway to connect Eastern Peripheral Expressway}}</ref>

It was conceived with the idea of reducing the travel time between [[Delhi]] and Agra. But the project could not start because of a change of government in the state in 2003 and also it wasn't financially viable back in 2003. The project was reactivated in 2007 when Ex Chief Minister Kum. Mayawati [[2007 Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly election|regained power]] and was renamed Yamuna Expressway.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2012-04-07/news/31304852_1_yamuna-expressway-noida-greater-noida-expressway-jewar | work=The Times of India | title=Yamuna expressway to become operational this month | date=7 April 2012}}</ref>

Yamuna Expressway Project was implemented by [[Jaypee Group|Jaypee Infratech Limited]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Yamuna Expressway - Jaypee Infrastructure Annual Report 2011|url=http://www.jaypeeinfratech.com/annualreports/2010-11-AR-infra.pdf}}</ref> In May 2012, Jaypee Group informed state government officials that construction of the expressway had been completed.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/expressway-ready-jaypee-team-tells-up-officials/947199/ |title=Expressway ready: Jaypee team tells UP officials|date= 9 May 2012}}</ref> The Yamuna Expressway was formally inaugurated on 9 August 2012 by Chief Minister [[Akhilesh Yadav]], via video-conference from [[Lucknow]],<ref name="indiatimes1"/> about two years behind of its original target completion date.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Yamuna-e-way-opens-on-Aug-9/articleshow/15333395.cms | work=The Times of India | title=Yamuna e-way opens on Aug 9 | date=3 August 2012}}</ref>

In a first for military aviation in India, the Indian Air Force on 21 May 2015 successfully landed a French [[Dassault Mirage 2000]] on the Yamuna Expressway near Raya village, Mathura, at about 6.40 am. The drill was part of more elaborate trials to see how many other highways can be used for emergency landing of defence aircraft. This first ever road landing by the IAF came close to another test landing by two Mirage-2000 aircraft on an airstrip in Akhilesh Yadav's Saifai village in Etawah.[https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/iaf-s-mirage-2000-lands-on-yamuna-eway-in-successful-runway-trial/story-klpTyYvUmQ3dPciUHys0aM.html] The Uttar Pradesh government had given a green signal on 11 May to convert a 3&nbsp;km stretch of the upcoming Agra-Lucknow Expressway into a full-fledged road runway to the air force. Just as the Saifai landings, the IAF kept the operation secret and only took the authorities concerned on board. The IAF had prohibited all kinds of photography—still or video and deployed its photographers and videographers. The Central Air Command, in a meeting with former UP chief minister Akhilesh Yadav, had made a formal presentation to the state government about converting a 3&nbsp;km straight stretch of the Agra-Lucknow expressway into India's first road runway.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/IAF-successfully-test-lands-Mirage-on-Yamuna-e-way/articleshow/47378100.cms | work=The Times of India | title=IAF successfully test-lands Mirage on Yamuna e-way | date=22 May 2015}}</ref>