Yamuna Expressway: Interesting facts & pictures

The swanky new Yamuna Expressway connecting Delhi with Agra, the city of the Taj, was on Thursday inaugurated by the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, Akhilesh Yadav.

By Ravi Teja Sharma, ET Bureau | Updated: Aug 09, 2012, 06.51 PM IST

The swanky new Yamuna Expressway connecting Delhi with Agra, the city of the Taj, was on Thursday inaugurated by the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, Akhilesh Yadav.

Akhilesh Yadav inaugurated the Expressway through a video link from his residence in Lucknow. The Yamuna Expressway, will reduce time between Delhi and Agra to two and a half hours.

The new expressway, which took around 47 months and Rs 13,300 crores to build, runs from Greater Noida to Agra, crossing Aligarh and Mathura with several new projects such as Jaypee's Sports City in Greater Noida and the Forumla One track and new real estate projects coming up along the way.

A view of the Yamuna Expressway at 12 Km from Zero Point

The expressway will offer a free ride to commuters till Independence day, the developers of the 165-km access controlled road Jaypee Infratech said today.

Also check: Pics of drive on Yamuna Expressway

The group certainly has huge stakes riding on the successful launch of the expressway, as its success will have a bearing on the future of its real estate projects along the expressway.

In lieu of building the Yamuna Expressway, the company got 6,175 acres of land across five locations (1,235 acres each) on the expressway, which will be used to develop close to 530 million sq ft of real estate.

Gateway of 6 lane 165 Km Yamuna Expressway, Greater Noida to Agra

Here is a look at some interesting facts about the Agra-Delhi Yamuna Expressway:

Owner: Jaypee Group

Total project cost: Rs 13,300 crore

Total length of road: 165 kilometre access-controlled

> 6-lane extendable to 8 lanes

> CCTVs installed every 5 kilometres to check overspeeding and rash driving

> Highway patrol at every 25 kilometres

First Aid Centre at Jewar toll Plaza at Yamuna Expressway

> Maximum speed limit (km/h): 100 for cars, 60 for heavy vehicles

Toll rate:

Roundtrip for cars – Rs 510, Roundtrip for two-wheelers – Rs 240, Roundtrip for buses – Rs 1,680

> 5 toll plazas, 68 cart track crossings

> 35 underpasses, 1 railway bridge, 1 major bridge

Zero Point of Yamuna Expressway

> 180 culverts, 70 vehicular underpasses

> SOS booths all along

Interchange completed at zero point of 165 Km Yamuna Expressway connecting Noida to Agra

> A toll free helpline

> Rest rooms after every toll plaza

Toll Plaza at Yamuna Expressway-1

Earlier called Taj Expressway: Was announced by Mayawati in 2001 to reduce congestion on NH-2

> Will cut travel time between Delhi and Agra by half