From: Mumbai States: Maharashtra | To: Nagpur Length 800 km | |
Major cities Mumbai, Nagpur, Aurangabad, Amravati, Ghoti Budruk | ||
Mumbai Nagpur Expressway (named Maharashtra Samruddhi Mahamarg) is the proposed 710 km expressway between Mumbai and Nagpur The expressway will connect Nagpur, Amravati, Aurangabad, Ghoti with Mumbai and will be a six-laned. It is expected to be completed in two phases by 2019. In Phase I, a four lane road will be constructed and in Phase II, it will be expanded to a six-lane road with multiple service roads, tunnels, and flyovers.
The total cost for this expressway is projected to be ₹30,000 crore (US$4.5 billion) The road passing through Mumbai, Aurangabad, Nashik, Nagpur will be complete with installation of CCTV, optic fibre and educational institutions.
The expressway is expected to reduce the travel time between Mumbai-Nagpur from 16 hours to 8 hours. The project is also being evolved to develop 22 districts through which it will pass which includes a drought-hit region.