New Delhi: Yamuna Expressway, also known as the Taj Expressway, is a 6-lane, 165-km-long, controlled-access driveway, connecting Greater Noida in National Capital Region with Agra in Uttar Pradesh. It is the country's longest six-lane expressway built at a cost of over Rs 14000 crore. The Yamuna Expressway was inaugurated on August 9, 2012, by UP chief minister Akhilesh Yadav. It has been built by the Jaypee Group. It costs Rs 320 for a car on a one-way trip to Agra to use the stretch.
The Taj Expresssway project was first announced in 2001 by Mayawati, the then UP chief minister, to relieve NH-2 which was already congested. The idea was to reduce travel time between Delhi and Agra. But Mayawati was voted out in the 2003 elections and the project was put on the backburner. It was reactivated in 2007 when Mayawati regained power and was renamed Yamuna Expressway. The Jaypee Group was given the task for constructing the expressway and in May, 2012, it informed state government officials that the project was complete.
The expressway has five main toll plazas, 35 underpasses, one railway overbridge, one major bridge, 68 cart track crossings, 183 culverts and 70 vehicular underpasses.
The expressway has SOS booths all along the route besides a toll free helpline which is displayed at regular intervals. CCTV cameras are installed every 5 km along the expressway for safety and accident assistance. Mobile radars will be operational to monitor compliance with minimum and maximum speed limits and one highway patrol has been scheduled for every 25 km. Beginning with 15000 vehicles per day, the expressway is expected to be used by over 100,000 vehicles every day. It is also expected to reduce travel time between Greater Noida and Agra from 4 hours to 2 hours.
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