TRANSPORTATION

ENGINEERING -1

Amit Dipankar
Assistant Professor,
Department of Civil Engineering
GEC Banka
 Recently • Ganga Expressway: 
• The longest expressway of the country, Ganga

Launched Expressway is likely to be 1,020 km long. The highway

project, which will be developed in two phases will see

Highway 596 km long stretch from Meerut to Prayagraj in phase

one. Under phase two of the expressway, 110 km long

Project road stretch will be developed from Tigri to Uttar Pradesh-

Uttarakhand border and another road stretch of 314 km
will be developed from Prayag Raj to Ballia. The phase
one will cover 12 districts namely, are Meerut, Hapur,
Sambhal, Jyotibha Phule Nagar, Budaun, Shahjahanpur,
Hardoi, Unnao, Farrukhabad, Rae Bareli, Pratapgarh and
Prayagraj. It will include four lanes (expandable to six
lanes green field), right of way 110 metres with a design
speed of 120 kmph. Also, as many as 8 road over bridges
as well as 18 flyovers will be constructed.
 Recently • Mumbai Nagpur Expressway -766 km

Launched • Mumbai Nagpur Expressway between Mumbai and Nagpur

via Aurangabad is a 766 km long express state highway in

Highway Maharashtra. This super communication expressway will

reduce travel time between Nagpur and Aurangabad.

Project • Chandili Rourkela Expressway -650 km

• Biju Expressway or Chandili Rourkela Expressway is under
construction expressway project in Odisha. The 650 km long
expressway will start at Chandili and end at Rourkela with
four lane standard.
• Mumbai Vadodara Expressway -380 km
• Mumbai Vadodara Expressway is part of the Golden
Quadrilateral Project, between the  two major cities of
Vadodara and Mumbai. The under construction expressway
will pass through Navsari, Surat, Bharuch and Vapi.
 Recently • Purvanchal Expressway -343 km
• Purvanchal Expressway is one of the proposed 8 lane super

Launched highway in India’s Uttar Pradesh state. The expressway will

connect historic towns of Ballia and Azamgarh via Lucknow,

Highway hence also called as Lucknow Azamgarh Ballia Expressway.

• Amaravati Anantapur Expressway -371 km

Project • Amaravati Anantapur Expressway is one of the big road

project is the new capital of Andhra Pradesh. The Amaravati
Anantapur Expressway will be 6-lane wide expressway and
will connecting to Amaravathi Outer Ringroad from
Anantapur.
• Bangalore Chennai Expressway -240 km
• The Bangalore Chennai Expressway is a new 6 lane
expressway project, connecting city of Bangalore to Chennai.
The 240 km expressway will run through mostly dry area and
cut down travel time and fuel consumption.
 Recently • Amaravathi Outer Ring Road -210 km
• Amaravathi is the new capital of Andhra Pradesh state and

Launched the proposed 210 km Outer Ring Road will built by the
National Highways Authority of India. The Outer Ring Road

Highway of Amaravati will spread over Guntur and Krishna districts.

• Upper Ganga Canal Expressway -150 km

Project • Upper Ganges Canal Expressway is a 150 km long super

express highway between Noida to Haridwar. The
Expressway also called as Hindon Expressway will be one of
the longest expressway in India’s Uttar Pradesh state.
• Delhi Meerut Expressway -150 km
• The 150 km long under construction Delhi Meerut
Expressway,connecting Delhi with Meerut via Dasna in
Ghaziabad is part of the National Highway 24. Delhi Meerut
Expressway is a eight lane expressway project and
construction has been divided into three stages.
 Recently • Eastern Peripheral Expressway -135 km
• Eastern Peripheral Expressway or National Expressway

Launched 2 is a six-lane expressway with access control. The

National Expressway 2 will connect major towns of

Highway Ghaziabad, Faridabad, Greater Noida,Baghpat and

Sonipat.

Project • Delhi Western Peripheral Expressway -135 km

• Western Peripheral Expressway of Delhi is 135.6 km
long Expressway, connecting Delhi and NCR through
KMP. The Peripheral Expressway also known as Kundli
Manesar Palwal Expressway is being constructed with
flyovers,railway over bridges and elevated highways.
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