UP chief minister Akhilesh Yadav along with his father and Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav will inaugurate country’s longest 6-lane Greenfield Agra-Lucknow Expressway at Bangarmau in Unnao district today.
The 302-km long six-lane greenfield expressway is completed in a record time. According to the UP government, the expressway will help cut down the time between Agra and Lucknow to just 3.5 hours, from the current 7 hours. Here are the ten things you should know about the India’s longest expressway which is 302 km.
Agra-Lucknow expressway is India’s longest expressway till date, and with its inauguration today, Uttar Pradesh CM Akhilesh Yadav hopes to project to the state that his government’s focus is on development.
1. India’s Longest Expressway:
The length of Agra-Lucknow expressway is 302 Kilometer and it will be the longest access controlled 6 lane expressway in the country.
2. IAF Jets In Inauguration Of An Expressway:
Eight fighter jets of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will touch down on a stretch of the expressway today. This is the first time that IAF jets are taking part in the inauguration of an expressway. According to the UP government, a 2 km dedicated stretch has been built for “war-like emergencies” on the expressway.
3. Automatic Traffic Management Systems:
The longest Expressway has a design speed of up to 120 km per hour. The Agra-Lucknow Expressway will have automatic traffic management systems aimed at reducing road accidents and helping even at the time of fog.
4. The 6-Lane Expressway Is Expandable to 8-Lanes:
The six-lane expressway is expandable to 8-lanes. The expressway has an 8-lane bridge across the river Ganga. This will connect Kanpur and Unnao.
5. Intersecting Point:
The expressway includes 4 rail over bridges, 13 major bridges, 57 minor bridges, 74 vehicular underpasses, 148 pedestrian underpasses and 9 flyovers.
6. Expressway Finished In Record Time:
The Agra-Lucknow Expressway has been built in a record time of 23 months by the Uttar Pradesh Expressways Industrial Development Authority (UPEIDA). The estimated cost of construction of the Agra-Lucknow Expressway was Rs 15,000 crore.
7. Greenfield: Reason Behind The Project Name:
Development of 4 agricultural ‘mandis’ for milk, potato, grains, fruit, and vegetables along the expressway has also been planned by the government. This is the reason the project is named as Greenfield.
8. The Expressway spans 10 districts, 236 Villages and 3500 Hectares of Land:
The expressway passes through 4 National Highways, 2 state highways, and 5 rivers (Ganga, Yamuna, Isan, Sai and Kalyani). The expressway will start at the village of Etmadpur Madra near Agra and will end at the village of Sarosa Bharosa near Mohan Road, Lucknow).
9. Fast-Moving Corridor:
According to the UP government, the objective of the Agra-Lucknow Expressway is to provide a fast-moving corridor that allows seamless travel, reduce the carbon footprint of vehicles that travel between the two cities
10. A Green Belt:
According to (UPEIDA), a green belt is being developed on the sides of the Agra-Lucknow expressway by planting trees on either sides and plants in the median.
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