India's first elevated 8-lane expressway with cost of Rs 9000 cr, to be almost completed in April 2024

Dwarka Expressway, the country's first elevated 8-lane access control expressway of 29.6 km length, is being built at a cost of Rs 9000 crore, which will be almost completed in April 2024. This 34-meter-wide expressway is being constructed on an 18.9 km single pillar in Haryana and 10.1 km long in Delhi.

The road network of this expressway is of four levels. Flyover is being constructed over the tunnel, underpass, grade road, elevated road and flyover. A 3-lane service road is being constructed on both sides of the expressway.

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The country's widest 8-lane tunnel of 3.6 km length is being built on this expressway in Delhi. This will improve the connectivity of the people of Haryana and West Delhi to the Indira Gandhi International Airport.

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In Haryana, this expressway will intersect Pataudi Road (SH-26) near Harsaru and Farukhnagar (SH-15A) near Basai.

Apart from this, it will also cross the Delhi-Rewari rail line near Gurgaon Sector-88 (B) and UER-II at Bharthal. The expressway will connect Sector-21 of Gurgaon with Sector-88, 83, 84, 99, 113 and Dwarka to Global City. This entire expressway will have Intelligent Transport System (ITS) facility.

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