Keep Mailing
Thursday 29 May 2014
[ ::: ♥Keep_Mailing♥ ::: ]™ Fw: India's 10 longest Expressways
Warm Regards
Mohan Lal Kashyap
India's 10 longest expressways
I
ndia has 942 expressways covering a total distance of 1,208.19 kilometres.
These expressways - six or eight-lane highways - with controlled-access have made road transportation much faster and efficient in India.
Yamuna Expressway
Distance
: 165 km
Uttar Pradesh
India's longest six-laned Expressway Project was built to reduce the travel time between New Delhi and Agra from 4 hours to 100 minutes.
Built at a cost of Rs 12,839 crore ($2.2 billion), the Expressway developed by Jaypee Infratech connects Greater Noida with Agra in Uttar Pradesh.
The Expressway is also expected to boost the industrial development of the region.
Image:
Yamuna Expressway
Photographs:
Courtesy, Jaypee Infratech
Outer Ring Road (Hyderabad)
Distance
: 158 km
Andhra Pradesh
Built by Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA), the Outer Ring Road is an eight-lane ring road expressway encircling Hyderabad.
The Rs 6,696 crore (Rs 66.96 billion) mega project was built with the support of the Japan International Cooperation Agency.
Image:
Outer Ring Road (Nehru ORR) at Narsinghi, Hyderabad.
Photographs:
Adityamadhav83/Wikimedia Commons
The Expressway offers better connectivity between NH 9, NH 7, NH 4 and some state highways.
Click NEXT to read more…
Image:
Outer Ring Road (Nehru ORR) at Narsinghi, Hyderabad.
Photographs:
Jpgola/Wikimedia Commons
Mumbai Nashik Expressway
Distance:
150 km
Maharashtra
One of India's biggest Expressway projects, it connects Mumbai to northern, central and eastern parts of India.
Image:
Mumbai Nashik Expressway
Photographs:
Wikimedia Commons
B
uilt at a cost of Rs 4,000 crore (Rs 40 billion), it is one of the largest BOT (Build-Operate-Transfer) road projects in India.
The road has been developed by Gammon, Sadbhav Engineering Limited and B.E. Billimoria Co.
Image:
Mumbai Nashik Expressway.
Photographs:
Hkore/Wikimedia Commons
Kanpur Metropolitan Bypass
Distance
: 124 km
Uttar Pradesh
Kanpur Metropolitan Bypass connects Greater Noida to Kanpur.
Image:
Kanpur
Photographs:
Mohd1998.knp/Wikimedia Commons
K
anpur is
378 kms away from the
bustling city of Noida. It is also connected to Delhi by a six-lane highway.
Image:
Noida-Delhi Expressway.
Photographs:
Angry soul/Wikimedia Commons
Bangalore-Mysore Expressway
Distance:
111 km
Karnataka
The Expressway forms a part of the proposed Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor (BMIC), a 4-6 lane private tolled expressway that connects Bangalore and Mysore.
Image:
BMIC Expressway at Mallasandra.
C
onstructed by Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprises (NICE), the first stretch of the Expressway was opened in 2006.
Image:
The Junction of the Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor and Bangalore Elevated Tollway.
Photographs:
Rsrikanth05/Wikimedia Commons
Ahmedabad Vadodara Expressway
Distance:
95 km
Gujarat
The Ahmedabad Vadodara Expressway has reduced the travel time between Ahmedabad and Vadodara from two and a half hours to one hour.
Image:
Ahmedabad Vadodara Expressway
Photographs:
Ministry of Road Transport Highways/Wikimedia Commons
B
uilt at a cost of Rs 475 crore (Rs 4.75 billion), it is also known as National Expressway.
Image:
Ahmedabad Vadodara Expressway
Photographs:
Nichalp/Wikimedia Commons
Mumbai-Pune Expressway
Distance:
93 km
Maharashtra
The Mumbai-Pune Expressway is India's first six-lane, concrete, high-speed access-controlled expressway.
Image:
Mumbai-Pune Expressway
Photographs:
Jbritto/Wikimedia Commons
T
his picturesque expressway offers a great drive between Mumbai and Pune, reducing travel time to 2-3 hours.
Image:
Mumbai-Pune Expressway
Photographs:
Mouleesha/Wikimedia Commons
Jaipur-Kishangarh Expressway
Distance: 90 km
Rajasthan
Jaipur-Kishangarh Expressway is a 90 km long access controlled toll expressway connecting Jaipur to Kishangarh.
Built at a cost of Rs 729 crore (Rs 7.29 billion), the expressway was the first Indian road built under the public-private partnership model.
Image:
Jaipur-Kishangarh Expressway (Inset).
The expressway forms a segment of the NH-8, which is a part of the Golden Quadrilateral project.
Inaugurated in April 2005, the 6-lane expressway was constructed by GVK Jaipur Expressway Private Limited (GJEPL) under the build-operate-transfer model.
Image:
A view of Jaipur to Ajmer Road in Rajasthan (India).
Photographs:
LRBurdak/Wikimedia Commons
Allahabad Bypass
Distance
: 86 km
Uttar Pradesh
Allahabad Bypass is a access controlled highway, part of Golden Quadrilateral and National Highway 2 connecting four metropolitan cities Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai and Chennai.
Image:
A man transports garlands of marigold flowers along the banks of the Ganges river ahead of Kumbh Mela in Allahabad.
Photographs:
Ahmad Masood/Reuters
I
ndia's longest bypass section was built by Larsen Turbo, HCC and OSE-KMC (JV). The project was completed in 2009.
Photographs:
Courtesy, Uttar Pradesh Tourism.
Durgapur Expressway
Distance:
65 km
West Bengal
The 65 kilometre-long Dankuni-Palsit stretch is called Durgapur Expressway.
Image:
Durgapur Expressway
Photographs:
Avik Haldar/Wikimedia Commons
Durgapur Expressway links Dankuni with Memari on Grand Trunk Road.
Image:
A structure is on the National Highway-2 in Durgapur.
Photographs:
Anand Prakash/Wikimedia Commons
No comments:
Post a Comment
Newer Post
Older Post
Home
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment