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34 Amazingly Super Expressways in

Ahmedabad Expressway (National Expressway 1) Length: 96 Kilometers, Connecting to Vadodara Cost: 475 Crores The Expressway is being expanded from 4 to 6 service lanes at the cost of Rupees 3,600 by IRB Infra. The expressway is proposed to be extended up to once the 6 lane work is completed. As of 2013, it remains India's only National Expressway.

Allahabad Bypass Expressway Length: 84.708 km completed in 2009 The bypass expressway is a part of the National 2 and passes through the state of . The projects is also the part of , India’s longest bypass section joining the four main Indian metropolitan cities - , , Mumbai and . Constructed by Larsen & Tourbo, Hindustan Construction Company and OSE-KMC (Joint Venture)

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Ambala Chandigarh Expressway Length: 35 km, 4 Lane Expressway A part of the NH 22 passing through the state of Punjab. Constructed by the GMR Group with assistance from the World Bank.

Chennai Expressway (Proposed) Length: 262 km Estimated cost of the project is around Rs 76.83 billion It is a part of National Highways Development Project in Phase VI. The expressway will run through , and will require nearly 2,300 hectares of land. It will serve as an alternative to the NH 7 from Bangalore to , NH 46 from Krishnagiri to and NH 4 from Ranipet to Chennai.

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Belghoria Expressway Length: 8 kilometers, operational since 2008 A 4 lane access controlled tolled expressway in the northern suburbs of Kolkata linking the terminal junction point of NH 2 and NH 6 near to across and NH 34 () near Airport

Chennai Bypass Expressway Length: 32 km, Completed in 2010 Cost: Rupees 4,050 million Connecting , district to , district in Tamil Nadu Constructed as part of the National Highway Development Project to decongest the city of transiting vehicles, the expressway interconnects NH45, NH4, NH205 and NH5.

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Delhi – Skyway (Badarpur Flyover) Length: 4.4 Kilometer, became operational in 2010 It is a tolled three-lane elevated stretch expressway on the NH2 Constructed by HCC Infrastructure with an investment of nearly Rs. 600 Crore under the Public Private Partnership.

Delhi Expressway Length: 28 km Cost: Rupees 1,000 Crores, opened on January 23, 2008 One of the most important and highest density corridor between NCR and Gurgaon, it is a part of Golden Quadrilateral. The road has 11 flyovers and overpasses. The 32-lane toll plaza at Delhi- Border which has been closed recently owing to the long traffic jams and hours of waiting, was the biggest toll plaza in South Asia and the second biggest in the Asia. It was constructed by DSC Limited

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Delhi-Jaipur Expressway – Proposed Length: 272 km Estimated Cost after new Land Acquisition Bill: Rupees 32,000 Crores. Seven townships planned adjacent to the expressway and will be spread over 20,000 hectares

Eastern Express Highway Length: 23.55 kms, from to , Mumbai It is 6 lane expressway with over a dozen flyovers/grade separators. One of the busiest and most important roads in the Mumbai Metropolitan Area and is a part of the National Highway 3. It is used by an estimated 50,000 passenger cars daily.

PV Narasimha Rao Elevated Expressway Length: 11.6 km Elevated Expressway, Hyderabad, opened in October 2009 This expressway connects the Hyderabad International Airport with the city at Mehdipatnam

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Rajiv Elevated Expressway (Proposed) 30 km elevated Expressway from Parade Grounds to Shamirpet in Hyderabad

Ganga Expressway (Uttar Pradesh) (Proposed – Waiting for several clearances from Government) Length: 1047 km access controlled eight-lane expressway from to Greater Cost: Approximately 30,000 Crores as per the estimations in 2007 According to the contract, Jaypee Infratech Pvt. Ltd to build the expressway

The Expressway to include Major Bridges - 39 Minor Bridges - 199 Culverts - 1248 Bridge over Ganga - 04 Rail Over Bridges (ROBs) - 27 Interchanges - 25 Flyover - 23 Under passes: Vehicular - 187, Pedestrian – 244

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Hungund Hospet Expressway Length: 99 km stretch of the NH-13 Cost: 1700 crore Tolled highway connecting Hungund and Hospet, Karnataka This project is being developed by the consortium of GMR Group and Oriental Structural Engineers Pvt. Ltd.

Jaipur-Kishangarh Expressway Length: 90 km, six lane, became operational in 2005 Cost: Rupees 729 Crores It is the first Indian road built under the public-private partnership model It connects Jaipur, the capital of the Indian state of , to Kishangarh, the marble capital of the state. Construction work was handled by GVK Jaipur Expressway Private Limited (GJEPL) under the build- operate-transfer model.

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KMP Expressway (Under Construction) Official Name: Western Peripheral Expressway Length: 135.6 Kilometer, Starting from Kundli on NH 1 reaching to Palwal on NH 2 Cost: May escalate to Rs. 25,00 Crores because of several missed deadlines

It is designed to have  16 overpasses and underpasses at crossings on state highways and major district roads; 7 overpasses.  9 underpasses and 27 underpasses at crossings on village roads.  33 agricultural vehicular underpasses.  31 cattle crossing passages.  61 pedestrian crossing passages.  4 railway overbridges.  18 major and minor bridges.  Cross drainage works (culverts) at 292 locations  2 truck parking and four bus bays.

It is being constructed by Darshan Singh Construction Company, DSC Ltd.

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Mumbai Nashik Expressway Length: 150 km, Mumbai to Nashik Cost: Rupees 4,000 Crores The Expressway is part of the Mumbai-Nashik segment of National Highway 3. Four laning of Vadape-Gonde section on national highway 3 is being constructed by MUMBAI NASIK EXPRESSWAY LIMITED (MNEL).

Mumbai Expressway Official Name: Yashwantrao Chavan Mumbai Pune Expressway Length: 93 km, fully operational since April 2002, one of India's busiest roads Cost: Rupees 1,630 Crores Constructed by State Road Development Corporation in March 1997 on Build-Operate- Transfer basis, it is India's first six lane access control expressway.

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Eastern Peripheral Expressway or National Expressway 2 or KGP (Kundli – Ghaziabad - Palwal) (Proposed) Length: 135 kilometer, 6 Lanes, expandable up to 8 Estimated Cost: Rupees 3,000 Crores Corridor will begin on the national highway 1 at Kundli and terminate at the national highway 2 at Palwal. Flyovers will be built on intersections with NH-1, NH-2, NH-24, NH-58, NH-91, SH-57, Hindon Expressway, .

Noida Expressway Length: 24.53 Kilometer, 6 Lane Cost: Rupees 400 Crores Connects two suburbs of Noida in Uttar Pradesh and begins at Sector 15 A of Noida and ends at the Alpha commercial belt in Greater Noida.

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Panipat Elevated Expressway Length: 10 km Elevated 6 lane corridor on NH1 in Panipat to ease traffic between Delhi and Amritsar operating since 16-July, 2008 Cost: Rupees 325 Crore The main 6 lane part of this elevated expressway is in between the Panipat city which lengths 3.6 km. This 3.6 km flyover is the longest 6 lane flyover in India to date. It was constructed by L&T Panipat Elevated Corridor Limited.

Pathankot Expressway (Proposed) Length: 600 km, 8 Lane (325 km will fall in Punjab and rest will be in Haryana and Rajasthan) Estimated cost: Rupees 8,000 Crores To be built by Reliance Energy Limited

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Upper Ganga Canal Expressway Length: 147.8 km Estimated Cost: 8719 crores 8-lane access controlled expressway on the right bank of upper Ganga canal from Sanauta bridge (distt. Bulandshahar) to near Purkazi (distt. Muzaffarnagar) before Uttar Pradesh-Uttarakhand border. Proposed by Uttar Pradesh Industrial development authority, there will be 52 underpasses and 7 ROBs across the project.

Western Express Highway, Mumbai Length: 25.33 Kilometer A major north-south 8-10 lane arterial road in Mumbai, India, stretching from the suburb of to . The Western Expressway connects the suburbs to the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, the city's and country's busiest Airport at .

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Yamuna Expressway Length: 165 Kilometer between Noida and , 6 lane, operational since May 2012 Cost: Rupees 28.39 billion Starts from Greater Noida and ends at Kuberpur on NH 2 towards and Agra, this expressway is constructed by Jaypee Group.

A 285-km Agra- Expressway Project is proposed with estimation budget of Rs.15,000 crore which would extend Yauna Expressway to Lucknow enabling fast transit.

Sion Expressway (Under Construction) Length: 25 km, connecting the city of Mumbai to Panvel via Estimated Cost: 1,220 Crore Includes a 23.09 km stretch of 10 lanes from Kalamboli to BARC junction Expected to be completed by May 2014

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Ganga Expressway, (Under Construction) Length: 38 Kilometer, connecting Digha Ghat to Fatiha via Didarganj Cost: Rupees 2,234.46 Crore Ganga Expressway in Bihar is being constructed by Navayuga Engineering Company through funding from Housing and Urban Development Corporation. The expressway is expected to open to traffic in 2017.

Outer Ring Road Expressway, Hyderabad (To be completed by July 2014) Length: 158 kilometer, 8-lane ring road expressway Cost: Rs. 6,696 Crores with an assistance of Rs 3,123 Crores from Japan International Cooperation Agency. Built by HMDA, this gives an easy connectivity between NH 9, NH 7, NH 4 and state highways leading to Vikarabad, Srisailam, Nagarjunasagar and Karimnagar/Mancherial.

The Shamirpet to Pedda Amberpet (33 kilometers) part of the expressway is expected to be completed by July 2014, rest of the part has been opened to public in December 2014.

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Himalayan Expressway Length: 27.5 km, 4 Lane Cost: Rupees 412 Crore , built by the Jaypee group, passes through three states Punjab (2 Kilometers), Haryana (21 Kilometer) and (4.6 Kilometers). The stretch has 32 structures including a rail over-bridge, two flyovers and 11 bridges.

Bamroli-Althan Expressway Length: 12 km Cost: Rupees 178 Crores The expressway begins at Daksheshwar Junction and connects Bamroli to Althan in . The 6 lane highway serving the city of Surat is also known as middle ring road. The road was constructed by Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC).

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Bangalore-Mysore Expressway (Under Construction) Length: 111 Kilometer, 4 to 6 lane private tolled express Official name: Bangalore - Mysore Infrastructure Corridor (BMIC)

The Expressway will have 8 interchanges, the peripheral road will have 7 interchanges at the junctions with the various highways leading into the city and the link road will have 01 interchange.

Five new townships are proposed along the BMIC as following  Commercial township  Corporate township  Industrial township  Heritage township  Eco tourism township

It is being constructed by Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprises (NICE) and managed by Banglore - Mysore Industrial Corridor Area Planning Authority.

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Chennai Port – Expressway (Under Construction) Length: 19 kilometers Cost: Rupees 1,800 Crores Upon completion, this will be the country's longest four-way elevated expressway. The Expressway crosses the Elevated Chennai Mass Rapid Transit System (MRTS) line then meets the Grade Separator and goes along NH4 median then starts coming down and meet the Maduravoyal clover-leaf grade separator.

Hosur Road Elevated Expressway Length: 9.985 kilometers, elevated, tolled, access-controlled expressway in the city of Bengaluru operating since January 2010. By now, it is India’s Longest Elevated National Highway.

Constructed by Bangalore Elevated Tollway Ltd, the expressway starts from Bomanahalli after the Central Silk Board flyover and goes on up to Electronics City.

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