Uttar Pradesh Expressways Industrial Development Authority

Indian agency controlled by Government of Uttar Pradesh

The Uttar Pradesh Expressways Industrial Development Authority (UPEIDA) is an authority set up in 2007 by the Government of Uttar Pradesh to develop expressway projects in the state.^[1] The headquarters of UPEIDA is located at Paryatan Bhawan in Gomti Nagar, Lucknow.

Expressways in Uttar Pradesh

List of Expressways in Uttar Pradesh being undertaken by authority is as follows:^[2] Listed north to south, west to east.

A. West to east across the state: approved.

• A1. Across Northern Uttar Pradesh: Ludhiana–Gorakhpur–Siliguri direct route, approved. This includes "Bareilly-Ludhiana Economic Corridor".
  • Ludhiana–Rupnagar Expressway (Ludhiana–Chandigarh Expressway), 91 km, 4-lane (expendable to 6), INR2792 cr, greenfield, from Manewal village on the Delhi–Amritsar Expressway to Bheora village near Rupnagar (Ropar) & a 19.5 km spur to Kharar, by NHAI, under-construction (March 2024 completion).^[3]
  • Ambala–Chandigarh Expressway, 35 km, 4-lane, operational.
  • Ambala–Shamli Expressway, 121.78 km, greenfield, Ambala (Sadopur) to Shamli (Gogwan Jalalpur),^[4] under construction (March 2025 completion).^[5]
  • Shamli–Bareilly Expressway, 220 km, greenfield, under-construction (March 2025 completion).^[5]
  • Bareilly–Gorakhpur Expressway, 500 km, 4-lane, greenfield, under-construction (?? completion).^[5]
  • Gorakhpur–Siliguri Expressway, 529 km, 4-lane (expendable to 6), under-construction (?? completion).^[6][7]
• 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 (Muzaffarnagar) to Sanauta Bridge (Bulandshahr), under-construction (?? completion).
  • Ganga Expressway, 594 km, 6-lane (expandable to 8), INR37359 cr, greenfield, Purkazi (Muzaffarnagar) to Varanasi–Prayagraj–Ghazipur, under-construction (March 2024 completion).
    • Meerut Spur: greenfield, from Ganga Expressway to Bijauli village on NH-334 in Meerut district, under-construction (March 2024 completion).
    • Delhi–Meerut Expressway spur, operational.
    • Varanasi–Kolkata Expressway, 610 km, 6-lane, INR28,500 cr, under-construction (?? completion).
  • Ghazipur–Ballia–Manjhi Ghat Expressway, 6-lane, greenfield, INR618 cr, Ghazipur to Buxar to connect to Patna, under construction ( December 2025 ).^[8]
• A3. Across Lower Central Uttar Pradesh: Delhi–Kanpur–Lucknow–Buxar–Patna direct route, approved.
  • Delhi–Dehradun Expressway, greenfield,^[8]
    • Saharanpur–Haridwar Expressway, 210 km, 6-lane, INR13000 cr, greenfield, from southeast of Saharanpur, under-construction (December 2023 completion).^[9]
  • Ghaziabad–Kanpur Expressway, 380 om, 4-lane, greenfield, Delhi (Ghaziabad) to Kanpur via Hapur–Bijnor–Moradabad–Fatehgarh, under-construction (December 2025 completion).^[8]
  • Awadh Expressway, 63 km, 6-lane, INR4700 cr, greenfield, under-construction (Dec 2025 completion).^[8]
  • Purvanchal Expressway, 340 km, 6-lane (expandable to 8), INR22494 cr, from Lucknow (Chand Serai) to Ghazipur (Haydaria), operational.^[8]
    • Gorakhpur Link Expressway, 91 km, 4-lane (expandable to 6), INR5876 cr, greenfield, from Purvanchal Expressway at Azamgarh (Salarpur) to Gorakhpur (Jaitput), under-construction (December 2023).^[8]
• 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 (expendable to 8), under-construction (?? completion).
    • 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 (extendable to 8), operational.^[8]
    • Bundelkhand Expressway, 296 km, 4-lane (expandable to 6), INR7766 cr, from Agra-Lucknow Expressway at Kudrail (Etawah district) to Gonda (on NH-35 in Chitrakoot district), operational.^[8]
      • Jhansi Link Expressway, under-construction (see below).

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.^[10]

• 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.^[10]
• 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.^[10]
    • Aligarh–Agra Expressway, greenfield, parallel to NH-504, under-construction (in DRP stage, ?? completion).^[11]
  • Agra-Gwalior Expressway, 87 km, 6-lane, under-construction (?? completion).^[12]
  • Atal Progress-Way (Chambal Expressway), Bah-Gwalior-Kota, approved.
• B3. Pilibhit–Mahoba route: approved in Sept 2023.^[10]
• B4. Lakhimpur Khiri–Chitrakoot route: approved in Sept 2023.^[10]
• B5. Gonda–Prayagraj route: approved in Sept 2023.^[10]
• B6. Basti–Mirzapur route: approved in Sept 2023.^[10]
• B7. Gorakhpur–Varanasi–Kolkatta route: approved.
  • Gorakhpur Link Expressway, 91 km, 4-lane (expandable to 6), greenfield, from Purvanchal Expressway at Azamgarh (Salarpur) to Gorakhpur (Jaitpur), under-construction.^[8]
  • NH-28 Azamgarh–Varanasi (not access-controlled), 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 (Bhambholi)–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 (Nepal) via Palian Kalan-Bareilly(Faridpur, Dechara, Bisoli)-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 (Badaun)–Patiyali–Kurawali (Mainpuri) to Etawah (to Atal Progress-Way), proposed, not yet approved.
    • Kurawali–Firozabad Expresswar, greenfield spur to connect to Accra Agra, proposed, not yet approved.
  • Atal Progress-Way (Chambal Expressway), 404 km, 4-lane (expandable to 6), greenfield, from Etawah (Nanawa) in Uttar Pradesh to Kota (Seemalya at Delhi–Mumbai Expressway) in Rajasthan with a spur to Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh, under construction (?? completion).
• C5. Nepal (Nanpara)–Barabanki–Lucknow–Jhansi route: partially approved.
  • Nanpara–Barabanki–Lucknow Expressway, proposed.^[2]
  • Kanpur–Lucknow Expressway (see above), 63 km, 6-lane, INR4700 cr, greenfield, under-construction (Dec 2025 completion).^[8]
  • Agra–Kanpur Expressway (see above).
  • Bundelkhand Expressway (see above).^[8]
  • Jhansi Link Expressway, under-construction (?? completion).
• C6. Shravasti–Gonda–Amethi–Chitrakoot–Satna–Nagpur route: partially approved.
  • Tulsipur–Gonda–Chitrakoot Expressway, greenfield, via Rudauli–Raebareli–Khaga, approved in Sept 2023.^[10]
    • Shravasti–Bhinga (border with Nepal) spur, not yet approved.
    • Shravasti–Tulsipur (border with Nepal) 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 (Siddharthnagar)–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

See also

• Expressways of India

References

1. "Uttar Pradesh Expressways Industrial Development Authority". Retrieved 23 April 2011.
2. Jainai, Deepa (26 July 2008). "UP plans 5 more expressways to boost infrastructure". Financial Express. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
3. Ludhiana–Rupnagar Expressway – Information & Status Update, MetroGuy, 23 June 2023.
4. "Haryana chief secy directs to expedite land acquisition for 6-lane Ambala–Shamli Green Field Highway". Times of India. 20 October 2022.
5. Bareilly–Ludhiana Economic Corridor – Information & Status, MetroGuy, 23 June 2023.
6. Bareilly-Gorakhpur Expressway – Information & Status, MetroGuy, 23 June 2023.
7. "NHAI proposes Gorakhpur-Siliguri expressway, awaits Bihar's nod". www.hindustantimes.com. Hindustan Times. 28 November 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
8. 13 Expressway That Connects Uttar Pradesh: In-Depth Look At Their Routes And Key Features, Times Property, 23 April 2023.
9. Delhi – Dehradun Expressway – Information & Status Update, The Metro Guy, accessed 7 December 2022.
10. UP Govt To Focus On North-South Link To Boost Road Connectivity, Times of India, Sep 17, 2023.
11. New 4-lane expressway between Aligarh, Agra to be linked to Yamuna Expressway, Delhi-Kanpur highway, check details, DNA, 23 June 2023.
12. Everything About Agra-Gwalior Expressway, Times Property, 22 May 2023

External links

• Official Website