Few Highways-Expressways COMPLETED in UP in last four years-
Delhi-Meerut Expressway:
🔸82 kms, built at ₹8,346
🔸14 lanes, India's widest expressway
🔸Cuts travel time from Delhi to Meerut to 45 minutes against earlier 3 hours
🔸Decades long public demand fulfilled in 2021
Eastern Peripheral Expressway:
🔸137 kms, built at a cost of ₹11,000 crores
🔸6 laned from Kundli to Palwal via Ghaziabad & Noida
🔸Max speed limit 120 kmph, India's fastest expressway
🔸Stuck since 2006, fast-tracked in 2015 & completed in record 500 days in 2018
Purvanchal Expressway:
🔸340 kms, 6 lane access controlled connecting Lucknow to Ghazipur
🔸Built at a cost of ₹22,494 crores
🔸Huge boost for economically backward Purvanchal
🔸Foundation laid in July'18, work completed, formal inauguration can happen anytime soon
Varanasi-Prayagrag Highway:
🔸73 kms, 6 lane, built at ₹2,443 crores
🔸Inaugurated by PM Modi in November 2020
🔸3 flyovers, 5 elevated passes & 22 underpass
🔸Easy connectivity for Pilgrims visiting Kashi Vishwanath, Sangam Nagari & Vindhyachal Dham
Lucknow Ring Road - Phase 1&2:
🔸8 lanes, 104 kms
🔸42 bridges, 8 flyovers, ₹5,214 crores cost
🔸Connecting 3 NH & 5 State Highways
🔸Seamless connectivity with Purvanchal Expressway, Lucknow-Agra & upcoming Lucknow-Kanpur Expressway
🔸Phase 1&2 completed
Meerut Bulandhshahar - NH235
🔸Completed in December 2020
🔸61 kms, 4 lane
🔸Cost ₹2407 crores
🔸4 bypass, 1 major bridge, 1 railway bridge, 9 minor bridges & 5 over bridges
Agra Etawah Bypass - NH2:
🔸125 kms, six lane
🔸Cost ₹3,044 crores
🔸Part of Golden Quadrilateral
🔸2 toll plazas
🔸3 major & 30 minor bridges
🔸7 flyovers, 7 ROBs
🔸Completed in November 2020
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