Uttar Pradesh Expressways Industrial Development Authority

Core functions

Expressways in Uttar Pradesh

A. West to east across the state: approved.

A1. Across Northern Uttar Pradesh: Ludhiana–Bareilly-Gorakhpur–Siliguri direct route, approved.

• Ludhiana–Rupnagar Expressway, 91 km, 4-lane, INR2792 cr, greenfield, from Manewal village on the Delhi–Amritsar Expressway to Bheora village near Rupnagar & a 19.5 km spur to Kharar, by NHAI, under-construction.
• Ambala–Chandigarh Expressway, 35 km, 4-lane, operational.
• Ambala-Shamli Expressway, 121.78 km, greenfield, Ambala to Shamli, under construction.
• Panipat-Bareilly-Gorakhpur Expressway, 700–800 km, greenfield, 6-lane extendable t0 8 lanes, access-controlled, construction will commence in March 2026 after completion of DPR and land acquisition. At Gogwan Jalalpur near Thanabhawan will connect to Ambala-Shamli Expressway and Delhi–Dehradun Expressway and also to Panipat–Dabwali Expressway near Samalkha.
• * Panipat-Shamli Expressway
• * Shamli–Bareilly Expressway, 220 km, greenfield, under-construction.
• * Bareilly–Gorakhpur Expressway, 500 km, 4-lane, greenfield, under-construction.
• Gorakhpur–Siliguri Expressway, 529 km, 4-lane, under-construction.
• Aligarh–Palwal Expressway, 72 km upgrade of existing NH requiring 46 km new greenfield bypass alignment including 32 km long Andla-Khair-Jattari greenfield, INR2,300 cr, 4-lane, under-construction : from Aligarh's Khereshwar Chauraha to Tappal and Palwal with tollplaza at Rajapur village near Khair, directly connecting 2 other major expressways through interchanges, being constructed by the CDS Infrastructure requiring acquisition of 228 ha land of 43 villages of which land of 100 ha or 18 villages has already been acquired and construction will commence in first week of March 2025.

A2. Across Upper Central Uttar Pradesh (east to west): [Haridwar]–[Kanpur]- [Varanasi]–[Prayagraj] route, approved.

• Upper Ganges Canal Expressway, 150 km, 8-lane, greenfield, Haridwar to Purkazi to Sanauta Bridge, under-construction.
• Ganga Expressway, 594 km, 6-lane, INR37359 cr, greenfield, Purkazi to Varanasi–Prayagraj–Ghazipur, under-construction.
• * Meerut Spur: greenfield, from Ganga Expressway to Bijauli village on NH-334 in Meerut district, under-construction.
• * Delhi–Meerut Expressway spur, operational.
• Varanasi–Kolkata Expressway, 610 km, 6-lane, INR28,500 cr, under-construction.
• Ghazipur–Ballia–Manjhi Ghat Expressway, 6-lane, greenfield, INR618 cr, Ghazipur to Buxar to connect to Patna, under construction.

A3. Across Lower Central Uttar Pradesh: Delhi–Kanpur–Lucknow–Buxar–Patna direct route, approved.

• Delhi–Dehradun Expressway, greenfield,
• * Saharanpur–Haridwar Expressway, 210 km, 6-lane, INR13000 cr, greenfield, from southeast of Saharanpur, under-construction.
• Ghaziabad–Kanpur Expressway, 380 om, 4-lane, greenfield, Delhi to Kanpur via Hapur–Bijnor–Moradabad–Fatehgarh, under-construction.
• Awadh Expressway, 63 km, 6-lane, INR4700 cr, greenfield, under-construction.
• Purvanchal Expressway, 340 km, 6-lane, INR22494 cr, from Lucknow to Ghazipur, operational.
• * Gorakhpur Link Expressway, 91 km, 4-lane, INR5876 cr, greenfield, from Purvanchal Expressway at Azamgarh to Gorakhpur, under-construction.

A4. Across Southern Uttar Pradesh (east to west): Delhi–Agra–Chitrakoot route, approved.

• Eastern Peripheral Expressway, 135 km, 6-lane, operational.
• * Faridabad–Noida–Ghaziabad Expressway, 56 km, 6-lane, under-construction.
• * Noida–Greater Noida Bundh Expressway
• * Faridabad–Noida–Ghaziabad Expressway
• * Faridabad–Jewar–Khurja Expressway
• Noida–Greater Noida Expressway, 25 km, 6-lane, operational.
• Yamuna Expressway, Delhi to Agra, operational.
• Agra–Lucknow Expressway, 302 km, 6-lane, operational.
• * Bundelkhand Expressway, 296 km, 4-lane, INR7766 cr, from Agra-Lucknow Expressway at Kudrail to Gonda, operational.
• ** Jhansi Link Expressway, under-construction.

B. Inter-corridors (north to south): approved.

B1. Kotdwar–Bijnor–Lalitpur route: partially approved.

• Kotdwar–Bijnor Expressway, greenfield, Kotdwar-Noorpur-Nagina-Anupdhahar to Aligarh, proposed, not yet approved.
• Bijnor–Lalitpur route, approved in Sept 2023.

B2. Moradabad–Agra–Gwalior–Kota route: Approved.

• Srinagar–Kashipur in Uttrakhand to Moradabad in UP: existing NH309.
• Moradabad–Aligarh–Agra route approved in Sept 2023.
• * Aligarh–Agra Expressway, 65 km long, INR1,620 cr, greenfield, parallel to NH-504, under-construction. Construction will begin in June 2025 in two simultaneous phases, Phase I and Phase II with soil sampling for Phase II to begin in May 2025 and phase-2 constriction will commence soon after. Expressway will have 1 Rail-Over-Bridge, 3 road flyovers, and 55 underpasses.
• Agra-Gwalior Expressway, 88.4 km, INR4612 cr, 6-lane, greenfield, under-construction, construction by GR Infra will begin in October 2025 and will be completed in 30 months by 31 March 2028.
• Atal Progress-Way, Bah-Gwalior-Kota, approved.

B3. Pilibhit–Mahoba route: approved.

B4. Lakhimpur Khiri–Chitrakoot route: approved.

B5. Gonda–Prayagraj route: approved.

B6. Basti–Mirzapur route: approved.

B7. Gorakhpur–Varanasi–Kolkatta route: approved.

• Gorakhpur Link Expressway, 91 km, 4-lane, greenfield, from Purvanchal Expressway at Azamgarh to Gorakhpur, under-construction.
• NH-28 Azamgarh–Varanasi, operational.
• Varanasi–Kolkata Expressway

C. Inter-corridors (north to south): partially approved or not yet approved.

C1. Baghpat–Gangoh–Yamunanagar–Nahan route with Gangoh–HathiniKund spur: proposed, not yet approved.

• Baghpat, between Barout–Chhaprauli, Kairana, Gangoh greenfield.
• Gangoh–Yamuna bridge: on existing Ambala–Shamli Expressway.
• Yamuna bridge to Yamunanagar, greenfield.
• Yamunanagar –Sadhuraha greenfield,
• Sadhuraha–KalaAmb–Nahan, upgrade brownfield.

C2. Bareilly–Chandausi–Anupshahar–Bulandshahr–Delhi route: not yet approved.

• Bareilly–Bulandshahr brownfield upgrade, not yet approved.

C3. Nepal–Bareilly–Jewar–Hodal–Punhana route: not yet approved.

• Nepal–Bareilly–Jewar Expressway, greenfield, from via Palian Kalan-Bareilly-Babrala-Bhimpur-Khurja to Jewar, proposed, not yet approved.
• Jewar–Hodal–Punhana Expressway, greenfield, via proposed, not yet approved.

C4. Khatima–Bareilly–Etawah to Gwalior–Kota–Mumbai route: partially approved.

• Khatima–Bareilly–Etawah Expressway, greenfield, via Khatima–Bareilly–Bhasrala –Patiyali–Kurawali to Etawah, proposed, not yet approved.
• * Kurawali–Firozabad Expresswar, greenfield spur to connect to Accra Agra, proposed, not yet approved.
• Atal Progress-Way, 404 km, 4-lane, greenfield, from Etawah in Uttar Pradesh to Kota in Rajasthan with a spur to Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh, under construction.

C5. Nepal (Nanpara)–Barabanki–Lucknow–Jhansi route: partially approved.

• Nanpara–Barabanki–Lucknow Expressway, proposed.
• Kanpur–Lucknow Expressway, 63 km, 6-lane, INR4700 cr, greenfield, under-construction.
• Agra–Kanpur Expressway.
• Bundelkhand Expressway.
• Jhansi Link Expressway, under-construction.

C6. Shravasti–Gonda–Amethi–Chitrakoot–Satna–Nagpur route: partially approved.

• Tulsipur–Gonda–Chitrakoot Expressway, greenfield, via Rudauli–Raebareli–Khaga, approved in Sept 2023.
• * Shravasti–Bhinga spur, not yet approved.
• * Shravasti–Tulsipur spur, not yet approved.
• Chitrakoot–Satna–Maihar, brownfield upgrade, not yet approved.

C7. Nepal (Birganj)-Gorakhpur–Kanpur–Jhansi route: not yet approved.

• Birganj–Kushinagar Expressway, greenfield, Birganj–Bettish–Dudhai–Kushinagar, proposed, not yet approved.
• Azamgarh–Kanpur Expressway, greenfield, Kanpur–Raebareli–Chanda etc, proposed, not yet approved.

C8. Varanasi–Ambikapur–Raigarh–Sonepur–Vishakhapstnam route: not yet approved.

• Gorakhpur–Varanasi then to Ambikapur–Raigarh–Sonepur and at Sonepur merge with "Nepal –Kushinagar–Ballia–Buxar–Vishakhapstnam route", greenfield & upgrade of brownfield, proposed, not yet approved.

C9. Nepal (Siddharthnagar)–Kushinagar–Ballia–Buxar–Vishakhapstnam route: not yet approved.

• Siddharthnagar–Kushinagar–Ballia Expressway, greenfield, proposed, not yet approved.
• Buxar–Vishakhapatnam Expeessway, greenfield, via Buxar-Sasaram–Jashpur Nagar–Sundargarh–Jharsuguda–Sambhalpur–Turbha–Kurtamgada–Durgi–Chinaravikovi–Balijipeta–Vizianagram–Vishakhapatnam port, proposed, not yet approved.

D. Circular expressways around Delhi

• Regional & zonal ring expressways around Delhi, only some exist and most are yet to be approved.