Purvanchal Expressway Toll Price: After the inauguration of the 340 km long Purvanchal Expressway connecting Lucknow to Ghazipur, connectivity with Lucknow, the capital of the eastern part of Uttar Pradesh, will improve. Along with this, the distance of the districts of eastern UP from Delhi and Noida will also be reduced.
- Purvanchal Expressway will pass through 9 cities of UP
- Can reach Ghazipur from Noida in just 8.30 hours
- Those going to Ayodhya-Gorakhpur will also benefit
New Delhi/Lucknow: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate Purvanchal Expressway today (November 16) at 1.30 pm (PM Narendra Modi to inaugurate Purvanchal Expressway). After the inauguration of this 340-km-long expressway connecting Lucknow to Ghazipur, connectivity with Lucknow, the capital of the eastern part of Uttar Pradesh, will improve. With this, the distance between the districts of Eastern UP from Delhi and Noida will also be reduced.
- Can reach Ghazipur from Noida in just 8.30 hours
After the inauguration of Purvanchal Expressway, it will be easy to go from Noida to Ghazipur and can be reached in just 8.30 hours. The Yamuna Expressway connecting Noida to Agra is of 165 km, which can be covered in 2 hours. After this, the length of the Agra-Lucknow Expressway is 302 km, which will take 3 hours to cover. The distance of Purvanchal Expressway connecting Lucknow to Ghazipur is 341 km, which can be covered in three and a half hours. Through these three expressways, you will cover a distance of more than 800 kilometers in just 8 hours 30 minutes.
- Purvanchal Expressway will pass through these 9 cities of UP
Purvanchal Expressway will pass through 9 cities of Uttar Pradesh. This expressway will pass through the boundaries of Lucknow, Barabanki, Ayodhya, Ambedkar Nagar, Amethi, Sultanpur, Azamgarh, Mau and Ghazipur districts of the state. Due to this expressway, districts like Varanasi, Gorakhpur, Prayagraj will also benefit.
- Those going to Ayodhya-Gorakhpur will also benefit
When you go up to 80 kms on Purvanchal Expressway, a cut of Ayodhya has also been given. Ayodhya is only 50 kilometers away from here. With this, Ayodhya can be reached in just one hour. A link expressway is also being built to connect Gorakhpur with Purvanchal Expressway. Overall, the UP government is working on better connectivity. This is also an attempt to fulfill the government’s target of connection with the public before the elections. It is not just the roads that are connecting two places, but they are connecting the millions of people of UP with every passing mile.
- How much toll will be charged on Purvanchal Expressway
From Purvanchal Expressway, the government will get revenue of about Rs 202 crore through toll. However, at present, people will not have to pay toll tax on this expressway, that is, this journey will be free for some days. Actually, the work of collecting toll tax on Purvanchal Expressway will be given to a private company and this company will soon fix toll rates per km. Till now the rates of toll on the S Expressway are not even, but it is believed that its rates will be kept around the rates of Lucknow-Agra Expressway.
- How much toll is charged on Lucknow-Agra Expressway
Please tell that to travel on the Agra-Lucknow Expressway, cars, jeeps, vans and light motor vehicles have to pay a toll of Rs 600. Apart from this, light commercial, light goods carriers and mini buses will get Rs 945. Buses and trucks attract a toll of Rs 1895, heavy construction work machine vehicles Rs 2915 and large size vehicles Rs 3745.
- Purvanchal Expressway completed in just 3 years
Purvanchal Expressway, completed in just 3 years at a cost of 22 thousand 500 crores, is ready to be 6 lane, but in future it can also be converted into 8 lanes. Executive Engineer Devendra Kumar told that the speed of 120 has been designed, but the speed limit has been kept at 100 kmph. Crash barriers have been used all around the expressway. The expressway is built with Q4 quality.
- Special care has been taken for safety on the expressway
When you reach 9 km from Lucknow side to go to Ghazipur, you will get the first toll plaza. 16 booths have been made for toll collection. This is an access control expressway, so special care has been taken for security. This expressway of Purvanchal has been prepared according to 100 years. Special things have been taken care of in its design. 18 flyovers, 7 railway over bridges, 7 major bridges, 118 minor bridges, 13 interchanges, 8 toll plazas, 271 underpasses, 503 culverts have been built on this expressway. A total of 13 cuts are given, from where you can board and alight on this expressway.
