Ganga Expressway: TOLL PLAZAS & RAMP PLAZAS
Proposal: 2 Main Toll Plazas, 7 Toll Plazas (8 Lanes each) on Double Trumpet Interchanges & 32 Ramp Plazas (2 lanes on each leg) on Diamond Interchanges (at 16 Nodes) have been proposed along the Expressway project. List of the Toll Plazas & Toll Booths:
| S. No. | Chainage | Location | |
| 1 | 13+400 | Meerut | Toll Plaza (16 lanes) |
| 2 | 35+270 | Hapur – Garhmukteshwar | Ramp Plaza |
| 3 | 54+640 | Bulandshahr – Garhmukteshwar | Ramp Plaza) |
| 4 | 74+181 | Hasanpur-Anupshahar | Ramp Plaza |
| 5 | 102+427 | Anupshahr – Moradabad | Ramp Plaza |
| 6 | 123+288 | Babrala – Chandausi | Double Trumpet (8 lanes) |
| 7 | 173+454 | Chandausi – Budaun | Ramp Plaza |
| 8 | 189+394 | Budaun – Bareilly | Double Trumpet (8 lanes) |
| 9 | 255+167 | Farukkhabad – Shahjahanpur | Double Trumpet (8 lanes) |
| 10 | 282+845 | Farukkhabad – Shahbad | Ramp Plaza |
| 11 | 329+945 | Kannauj– Hardoi | Double Trumpet (8 lanes) |
| 12 | 378+136 | Agra – Lucknow Expressway | Double Trumpet (8 lanes) |
| 13 | 420+932 | Kanpur – Lucknow | Ramp Plaza |
| 14 | 487+285 | Lalganj – Raebareli | Double Trumpet (8 lanes) |
| 15 | 517+708 | Raebareli–Unchahar | Double Trumpet (8 lanes) |
| 16 | 554+951 | Manikpur – Bela Pratapgarh | Ramp Plaza |
| 17 | 589+450 | Before Prayagraj Bypass | Toll Plaza (16 Lanes) |
About the Expressway
The project will provide direct high speed connectivity from National Capital Region through proposed expressway to Meerut and then onwards to Prayagraj. It will facilitate construction of all-weather high speed access controlled expressway, which will decongest the increasing traffic on existing road network. The expressway will also decrease travel time substantially.
This apart, already 4 expressways — 296-km Bundelkhand, 341-km Purvanchal, 91-km Gorakhpur Link and 594-km Ganga Expressway – are under construction. These interlinked expressways are bringing big cities closer to the backward regions boosting an opportunity of socio-economic development. Once completed, the state will have a network of 1,788 km of expressways, the highest in the country.
The silent transformation in UP’s road infrastructure started with the Yamuna expressway in 2012 and the Agra-Lucknow Expressway in 2018. Being developed by the Uttar Pradesh Expressways Industrial Development Authority (UPEIDA), the expressway is also providing employment opportunity to thousands.
Ganga Expressway: A short introduction
The biggest expressway project in UP, the 594-km Ganga Expressway from Meerut to Prayagraj, will have 6 lane, expandable to 8 lanes. It has seen 94% land acquisition and is expected to be completed by 2025.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of Ganga Expressway in Uttar Pradesh’s Shahjahanpur on December 18, 2021.
Starting from Bijauli village of Meerut to Prayagraj, the expressway will connect 12 districts of UP along — Meerut, Hapur, Bulandshahr, Amroha, Sambhal, Badaun, Shahjahanpur, Hardoi, Unnao, Rae Bareli, Pratapgarh and Prayagraj.
A 3.5-kilometre long air-strip for assisting emergency take-off and landing of Air Force planes will also be constructed on the expressway in Shahjahanpur. An industrial corridor is also proposed to be built along it.
