Uttar Pradesh Expressways Industrial Development Authority Explained

Uttar Pradesh Expressways Industrial Development Authority (UPEIDA)
Type:	Industrial Area Development Authority
Location City:	Lucknow
Location Country:	India
Location:	Paryatan Bhawan, Gomti Nagar
Area Served:	Construction, operations and maintenance of Expressways built by the Government of Uttar Pradesh
Industry:	Construction

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

See also: Expressways of India.

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).
  • Shamli–Bareilly Expressway, 220 km, greenfield, under-construction (March 2025 completion).
  • 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–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]
  • Kanpur–Lucknow 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

External links

• Official Website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Uttar Pradesh Expressways Industrial Development Authority. 23 April 2011.
2. News: UP plans 5 more expressways to boost infrastructure. 26 July 2008. Financial Express. 13 August 2019. Deepa. Jainai.
3. https://themetrorailguy.com/nhai-ludhiana-rupnagar-expressway-information-route-map-status/ Ludhiana–Rupnagar Expressway – Information & Status Update
4. Web site: Haryana chief secy directs to expedite land acquisition for 6-lane Ambala–Shamli Green Field Highway . 20 October 2022 . Times of India .
5. https://themetrorailguy.com/nhai-bareilly-ludhiana-economic-corridor-route-map-status-update/ Bareilly–Ludhiana Economic Corridor – Information & Status
6. https://themetrorailguy.com/nhai-bareilly-gorakhpur-expressway-route-map-status-update/ Bareilly-Gorakhpur Expressway – Information & Status
7. News: NHAI proposes Gorakhpur-Siliguri expressway, awaits Bihar’s nod . 26 July 2022 . Hindustan Times . www.hindustantimes.com . 28 November 2021.
8. https://timesproperty.com/news/post/13-expressways-in-uttar-pradesh-detailed-guide-blid4478 13 Expressway That Connects Uttar Pradesh: In-Depth Look At Their Routes And Key Features
9. https://themetrorailguy.com/nhai-delhi-dehradun-expressway-information-route-map-status/ Delhi – Dehradun Expressway – Information & Status Update
10. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/up-govt-to-focus-on-north-south-link-to-boost-road-connectivity/articleshow/103725912.cms UP Govt To Focus On North-South Link To Boost Road Connectivity, Times of India, Sep 17, 2023.
11. https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-new-4-lane-expressway-between-aligarh-agra-to-be-linked-to-yamuna-expressway-delhi-kanpur-highway-up-news-3034394 New 4-lane expressway between Aligarh, Agra to be linked to Yamuna Expressway, Delhi-Kanpur highway, check details
12. https://timesproperty.com/news/post/all-about-agra-gwalior-expressway-blid4713 Everything About Agra-Gwalior Expressway