Yamuna Expressway
Indian expressway connecting Greater Noida and Agra / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Yamuna Expressway is a 6-lane wide (expandable to 8) and 165.5 km (102.8 mi) long access-controlled expressway in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is presently India's sixth longest expressway and connects Greater Noida with Agra. It was built to de-congest the older Delhi–Agra national highway (NH-2) or Mathura Road.
Yamuna Expressway | |
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Route information | |
Maintained by Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (YEIDA) | |
Length | 165.537 km (102.860 mi) |
Existed | 9 August 2012–present |
Major junctions | |
North end | Pari Chowk, Greater Noida |
South end | Kuberpur (NH-2), Agra |
Location | |
Country | India |
States | Uttar Pradesh |
Major cities | Greater Noida, Jewar, Vrindavan, Mathura and Agra |
Highway system | |
The expressway saw an investment ₹12,839 crore (US$1.6 billion) and was inaugurated on 9 August 2012 by then Chief Minister of UP Akhilesh Yadav.[1][2] A total of 13 service roads of about 168 km were built for local commuters to access the expressway.[3][unreliable source?] Yamuna Expressway will be connected with Eastern Peripheral Expressway via an interchange which is being built at Jaganpur Afzalpur village near Noida International University in Gautam Buddh Nagar district.[4]