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INVITING ALL WHEELS

UP’S MESH OF EXPRESSWAY­S

- CM Yogi Adityanath has had a major role in the conception of these expressway­s

1 YAMUNA EXPRESSWAY

165 km (Noida to Agra)

Started by the Mayawati government, inaugurate­d by Akhilesh Yadav in 2012

2 LUCKNOW-AGRA EXPRESSWAY

302 km (Lucknow to Agra)

Inaugurate­d by Akhilesh Yadav in 2016

3 PURVANCHAL EXPRESSWAY

340 km (Lucknow to Ghazipur)

Started as LucknowAza­mgarh-Ballia Expressway during Akhilesh’s regime; inaugurate­d by PM Narendra Modi in 2021 after route changes

4 BUNDELKHAN­D EXPRESSWAY

296 km (Chitrakoot to Etawah)

Project announced by Yogi Aditynath, inaugurate­d by PM Modi in July. Completed in record 28 months

5 GANGA EXPRESSWAY

594 km (Meerut to Prayagraj)

Project announced by Yogi Adityanath, under constructi­on

6 GORAKHPUR LINK EXPRESSWAY

91 km (Gorakhpur to Azamgarh, merging with Purvanchal Expressway)

Project announced by Yogi Adityanath, under constructi­on

7 LUCKNOW-KANPUR EXPRESSWAY

62 km (Lucknow to Kanpur)

Foundation stone laid by Rajnath Singh and Nitin Gadkari, constructi­on yet to start

8 DELHI-SAHARANPUR­DEHRADUN EXPRESSWAY

210 km (Delhi to Dehradun via Baghpat, Saharanpur)

9 GHAZIPURBA­LLIA-MANJHIGHAT EXPRESSWAY

117 km (Ghazipur, UP, to Manjhighat, Bihar; to be linked with Purvanchal Expressway)

10 DELHI-MEERUT EXPRESSWAY

96 km

11 GORAKHPURS­ILIGURI EXPRESSWAY

519 km

Constructi­on yet to start

12 NOIDA-GREATER NOIDA EXPRESSWAY

24 km (Noida to Agra)

Project completed

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Graphic by ASIT ROY

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