Uttar Pradesh
New Expressways Approved
- 13 Feb 2025
- 3 min read
Why in News?
The Uttar Pradesh government has approved the construction of 7 new expressways to facilitate road transport in the state .
Key Points
- About the Expressway:
- The Chief Minister has announced to invest Rs 50 thousand crores on this project.
- These 7 expressways will connect 56 districts of Uttar Pradesh between Lucknow and Delhi.
- The total length of these seven expressways will be 866 km which will be completed in the coming 2-3 years.
- This step will play an important role in the Uttar Pradesh government's mission to make the state's economy one trillion dollars.
- Proposed 7 expressways:
- Chitrakoot Link Expressway: This 120 km long expressway will connect various districts of Bundelkhand.
- Jhansi Link Expressway: Its length will be 100 km and through this the major districts of Bundelkhand will get direct connectivity with the expressway.
- Jewar Link Expressway: This expressway will connect Jewar Airport to Yamuna Expressway so that people can directly connect to the airport.
- Vindhya Expressway: Its length is 320 km and this expressway will provide better transport facilities to the backward districts of Uttar Pradesh.
- In this, districts like Mirzapur, Banaras, Jaunpur will be connected to Prayagraj.
- Vindhya Purvanchal Link Expressway: Its length is 100 km and will be constructed between Mirzapur to Ghazipur to connect Vindhyachal region with Purvanchal.
- Lucknow Link Expressway: This 50 km long expressway will connect Purvanchal and Agra Expressway.
- Agra-Lucknow Ganga Expressway Link Road: The length of this link expressway will be 90 km, which will be built to connect Ganga Expressway between Prayagraj and Meerut to Lucknow.
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Expressway network in Uttar Pradesh:
- Uttar Pradesh has the largest expressway network in the country. The following are the major expressways of Uttar Pradesh-
- Yamuna Expressway: Uttar Pradesh's first expressway
- Ganga Expressway: The longest expressway of Uttar Pradesh
- Agra-Lucknow Expressway: Greenfield Expressway of Uttar Pradesh
- Delhi-Meerut Expressway
- Purvanchal Expressway
- Bundelkhand Expressway
- Gorakhpur Link Expressway
- Lucknow Kanpur Expressway
