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As of 2024, the longest expressway in India is the partially-opened Delhi–Mumbai Expressway (Phase-III) at 1,015 km (631 mi), which was opened in December 18, 2024, [5] and the widest expressway is the Delhi – Gurgaon section of the Dwarka Expressway with 16 lanes, which was opened in 2024.
Mumbai–Nagpur Expressway: Maharashtra: Nagpur: Igatpuri: 701 km 435.6 mi 6 December 2022 Longest expressway in India. Mumbai–Pune Expressway [1] Maharashtra: Mumbai: Pune: 94.5 km 58.7 mi 6 April 2002 India's first 6-lane wide expressway. Mumbai Trans Harbour Link: Maharashtra: Sewri, South Mumbai: Chirle, Uran taluka, Navi Mumbai: 21.8 km ...
Also included is additional data on the length of each country or region's controlled-access highway network (also known as a motorway, expressway, freeway, etc.), designed for high vehicular traffic. Unless otherwise noted, the data is from the United States's Central Intelligence Agency. [1] * indicates Roads in Country/Territory links.
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has divided the construction work of the expressway into three phases with a total of 10 construction packages, with another proposed package as the 11th package, which is planned to be extended till Maduravoyal in Chennai from its terminating point near Sriperumbudur, in order to connect the ...
The National Highways Authority of India was established by the National Highways Authority of India Act, 1988. Section 16(1) of the Act states that the function of NHAI is to develop, maintain, and manage the National Highways and any other highways vested in, or entrusted to, it by the Government of India.
The expressway is a part of Golden Quadrilateral project, which itself is a part of ambitious National Highway Development Project and emphasizes improving road connectivity between four metropolitan cities of India, namely Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata by developing 4–6 lane highways between them.
The expressway crosses India’s widest 14-lane expressway, Delhi–Meerut Expressway, and provides connectivity to Meerut. [14] Eastern Peripheral Expressway is expected to divert more than 50,000 trucks away from Delhi and reduce air pollution in Delhi by 27%. [15] [16] It was inaugurated on 27 May 2018 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in ...
Schematic map of National Highways in India. On 28 April 2010, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways officially published a new numbering system for the National Highway network in the Gazette of the Government of India. [1] [2] It is a systematic numbering scheme based on the orientation and the geographic location of the highway. This ...