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 (named Maharashtra Samruddhi Mahamarg)[1] is the proposed 710 km expressway between Mumbai and Nagpur[2] The expressway will connect Nagpur, Amravati, Aurangabad, Ghoti with Mumbai and will be a six-laned. It is expected to be completed in two phases by 2019. In Phase I, a four lane road will be constructed and in Phase II, it will be expanded to a six-lane road with multiple service roads, tunnels, and flyovers.[3]
The total cost for this expressway is projected to be ₹30,000 crore (US$4.5 billion) [3] The road passing through Mumbai, Aurangabad, Nashik, Nagpur will be complete with installation of CCTV, optic fibre and educational institutions.[4]
The expressway is expected to reduce the travel time between Mumbai-Nagpur from 16 hours to 8 hours. The project is also being evolved to develop 22 districts through which it will pass which includes a drought-hit region.[5][1]
References
- 1 2 "Nagpur-Mumbai Expressway: Maharashtra Cabinet nod to adopt land-pooling model". 2016-07-22. Retrieved 2016-08-18.
- ↑ 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.