- Source: Expressways of India
Expressways are the highest class of roads in India. In July 2023, the total length of expressways in India was 5,930 km (3,680 mi), with 11,127.69 km (6,914.43 mi) under construction. These are controlled-access highways designed for high vehicular movement with speed limit of 120 km/h and entrance and exits are controlled by grade separated system interchanges (such as cloverleaf, three-way, trumpet) whereas National highways are flyover access or tolled, where entrance and exit are done by service interchanges, flyovers are provided to bypass the city/town/village traffic and these highways are designed for speed of 100 km/h. Some roads are not access-controlled expressways but are still named expressways, such as the Bagodara–Tarapur Expressway, Biju Expressway, these are actually state highways that are not declared by the central government as an Expressway, hence not an Expressway or National Highway.
Under construction, the Delhi–Mumbai Expressway will be the longest expressway in India. It is expected to be completed by the end of 2025.
Mumbai–Pune Expressway is the first 6-lane operational expressway in India started in 2002. Expressways follow standards set by Indian Roads Congress and Bureau of Indian Standards.
Currently, the longest expressway in India is the partially-opened Delhi–Mumbai Expressway (Phase-III) at 935 km (581 mi), which was opened in 2023, and the widest expressway is the Delhi – Gurgaon section of the Dwarka Expressway with 16 lanes, which was opened in 2024.
Development
Greenfield Expressways in India are designed as 12-lane wide Expressways with the initial construction of 8 lanes with maximum speed set as 120 km/h for all type of vehicles. Land for 4-lane future expansion is reserved in the center of the expressways. Greenfield Expressways are designed to avoid inhabited areas and go through new alignments to bring development to new areas and to reduce land acquisition costs and construction timelines. The Delhi–Mumbai Expressway is an example of a new 12-lane approach with initial 8-lane construction.
Bharatmala is an ecosystem of road development which includes tunnels, bridges, elevated corridors, flyovers, overpass, interchanges, bypasses, ring roads etc. to provide shortest & optimized connectivity to multiple places, it is a centrally-sponsored and funded road and highways project of the Government of India with a target of constructing 83,677 km of new highways over the next five years, was started in 2017 as well as conversion of 4 lane highways into 6 lane Brownfield expressways & some state highways into NH/NE. Phase I of the Bharatmala project involves the construction of 34,800 km of highways (including the remaining projects under NHDP) at an estimated cost of ₹5.35 lakh crore by 2021–22.
Brownfield National Highway Project is the widening/re-development of existing National Highways. The upgradation of highway is a Brownfield Expressway Project which has high traffic demand and is a part of both rural and urban setup. The upgradation is carried from 4 Lane to 6 Lane on EPC mode such as NH-709A. 43,000 km state highways have been converted to National Highways in last 8 years.
The majority of the investment required for constructing expressways comes from the central government. Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra are the only states which are investing in building expressways through dedicated expressway corporations.
The National Highways Authority of India operating under the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways will be in-charge of the construction and maintenance of expressways. The National Highways Development Project by the government of India aims to expand the country's current expressway network and plans to add an additional 18,637 km of greenfield expressways by 2025 apart from building 4 lane greenfield national highways of 50,000 km length. Currently NHDP Phase-6 and NHDP Phase-7 construction is going on along with Bharatmala project.
The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways is set to unveil a plan for constructing 50,000 km of new expressways by 2037 in the first 100 days of the new government.The program, replacing Bharatmala, aligns with Vision 2047 and aims to reduce logistic costs and modernize road infrastructure.
= Economic Corridors/Industrial Corridors
=Economic Corridors of India or Industrial Corridors of India, 44 corridors 26,200 km (16,300 mi) were identified and 9,000 km (5,600 mi) will be taken up in phase-I, they exclude 6 National Corridors, they include: 66 8,000 km (5,000 mi) inter-corridors (IC) & 116 7,500 km (4,700 mi) feeder routes (FR) were identified for Bharatmala.
List of 44 economic corridors (EC):
Total length of Expressways over time
Expressways summary by state
List of operational expressways by state, as of March 2023:
Total operational expressways by type
National Expressways
As of April 2021, eight expressways have been declared as National Expressway (NE) by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways.
operational under construction planned
Expressways list by state
List of list of expressways by state (including State and National expressways).
Expressways in Bihar
Expressways in Chhattisgarh
Expressways in Haryana
Expressways in Jharkhand
Expressways in Madhya Pradesh
Expressways in Maharashtra
Expressways in Punjab
Expressways in Rajasthan
Expressways in Uttar Pradesh
Expressways in West Bengal
State expressways
State Expressways are funded by State/Central Government to connect areas within the state. These expressways reduce travel time, allowing for more efficient travel and fuel savings. This also allows for a more equal distribution of goods, especially to rural areas. These expressways are not part of National Expressways but may be operated by state authority or national authority.
Note: AC = Access-Controlled Expressway, GS = Grade Separated Expressway, TE = Tolled Elevated Expressway.
Bypass Expressways
Bypass Expressways to bypass city traffic such as ring roads, bypass, freeways and elevated roads exist entirely within a city or between two cities. These expressways direct heavy traffic to the outskirts freeing city roads of traffic. This also allows outside traffic to directly pass the city instead of going through it further limiting traffic within a city.
Note: AC = Access-Controlled Expressway, GS = Grade Separated Expressway, TE = Tolled Elevated Expressway.
Expressways under construction
* Ready to inaugurate
Total length listed in this table is 11,127.69 km (6,914.43 mi).
Planned expressways
Proposed expressways
See also
Ring roads in India
Ring roads in India
Similar rail development
Future of rail transport in India, rail development
List of high-speed railway lines in India
Similar roads development
Bharatmala
Diamond Quadrilateral, Subsumed in Bharatmala
Golden Quadrilateral, completed national road development connectivity older scheme
National Highways Development Project, Subsumed in Bharatmala
North–South and East–West Corridor, Subsumed in Bharatmala
India–China Border Roads, Subsumed in Bharatmala
Setu Bharatam, river road bridge development in India
Char Dham Highway, a project under MoRTH
Similar ports and river transport development
Indian rivers interlinking project
List of national waterways in India
Sagar Mala project, national water port development connectivity scheme
Similar air transport development
Indian Human Spaceflight Programme
UDAN, national airport development connectivity scheme
Highways in India
List of national highways in India
List of expressways in Maharashtra
General
Transport in India
Water transport in India
Iron and steel industry in India
References
External links
Media related to Expressways in India at Wikimedia Commons
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