Mumbai Nagpur Expressway
| Mumbai Nagpur Expressway | |
|---|---|
| Route information | |
| Maintained by MSRDC | |
| Length: | 800 km (500 mi) |
| Major junctions | |
| From: | Mumbai |
| To: | Nagpur |
| Location | |
| States: | Maharashtra |
| Major cities: | Mumbai, Nagpur, Amravati, Aurangabad, Ghoti |
| Highway system | |
Mumbai Nagpur Expressway is the proposed expressway between Mumbai and Nagpur[1] The expressway will connect Nagpur, Amravati, Aurangabad, Ghoti with Mumbai and will be a six-laned. It will be completed in phased mannered. It would be completed in a time-bound manner by 2019. In phase I, land acquisition and construct a four-lane road and in second phase it will would be expanded as a concrete six-lane road with services roads, tunnels, and flyovers of the project.[2]
The total cost for this expressway is projected to be ₹30000 crore (US$4.5 billion) [2] The road passing through Mumbai, Aurangabad, Nashik, Nagpur will be complete with installation of CCTV, optic fibre and educational institutions. [3]
Once completed it will reduce current 17-18hr road journey to 10hrs.[4]
References
- ↑ Special Correspondent. "Maharashtra plans 800-km Mumbai-Nagpur expressway". The Hindu.
- 1 2 "Nagpur-Mumbai super expressway to bring down travel time to 10 hours: Fadnavis". The Indian Express. 1 August 2015.
- ↑ "Toll Plazas Likely to Come Up on Mumbai-Nagpur Expressway". NDTV.com. 5 August 2015.
- ↑ "Mumbai-Nagpur expressway to cut travel time by 8 hours". dna. 16 August 2015.