Uttar Pradesh Expressways Industrial Development Authority


The Uttar Pradesh Expressways Industrial Development Authority, headquartered at Paryatan Bhawan in Gomti Nagar in Lucknow, is an land acquisition and infrastructure development entity of the Government of Uttar Pradesh aimed at the development of expressway, industrial corridors, and the promotion of investments in the state.

Core functions

UPEIDA was set up in 2007.

Expressways in Uttar Pradesh

List of expressways in Uttar Pradesh, listed north to south, west to east.

A. West to east across the state: approved.

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

This includes "Bareilly-Ludhiana Economic Corridor".
  • 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.

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

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

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

In September 2023 the up government approved 7 North South corridos which will be combination of upgrade of 2000 km brownfield and 600 km greenfield routes. This will bring the cost of logistics down to 10%, which was 15% in 2023. Approved north-south corridors are, Bijnor-Lalitpur, Moradabad-Agra, Pilibhit-Mahoba, Lakhimpur Khiri-Chitrakoot, Gonda-Prayagraj and Basti-Mirzapur.

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.

Approved in Sept 2023.

B4. Lakhimpur Khiri–Chitrakoot route: approved.

Approved in Sept 2023.

B5. Gonda–Prayagraj route: approved.

Approved in Sept 2023.

B6. Basti–Mirzapur route: approved.

Approved in Sept 2023.

B7. Gorakhpur–Varanasi–Kolkatta route: approved.

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.

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.