Mumbai Pune Expressway
| Mumbai-Pune Expressway | |
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| मुंबई-पुणे द्रुतगती मार्ग | |
| Yashwantrao Chavan Expressway यशवंतराव चव्हाण द्रुतगती मार्ग |
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| Maintained by MSRDC | |
| Length: | 94.5 km (58.7 mi) |
| Existed: | 2002 – present |
| Major junctions | |
| West end: | Kalamboli, Navi Mumbai |
| East end: | Dehu Road, Pune |
| Location | |
| States: | Maharashtra |
| Major cities: | Panvel, Khandala, Lonavala |
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The Mumbai Pune Expressway, (officially known as the Yashwantrao Chavan Mumbai Pune Expressway) is India's first six-lane concrete, high-speed, access controlled tolled expressway. It spans a distance of 94.5 km (58.7 mi) connecting Mumbai, the administrative capital of Maharashtra and the financial capital of India, with Pune, an industrial and educational hub. The expressway, which was fully operationalized in 2002, introduced new levels of speed and safety in automobile transportation to Indian roads. It is one of India's busiest roads.
The expressway has reduced the travel time between the cities of Mumbai and Pune to approximately two hours. For most practical purposes, it has replaced the older Mumbai-Pune stretch of the Mumbai-Chennai National Highway (NH 4), which had become extremely congested and accident-prone over time. The expressway starts at Kalamboli (near Panvel), and ends at Dehu Road (near Pune). It cleaves through the scenic Sahyadri mountain ranges through passes and tunnels. It has six interchanges: Shedung, Chowk, Khalapur, Lonavala, Kusgaon and Talegaon.
The expressway has two carriageways with three concrete lanes, each separated by a central divider and a tarmac or concrete shoulder on either side. Vehicles with fewer than four wheels and agricultural tractors are not permitted, although tractor-trailers (semi-trailer rigs) are permitted. The expressway handles about 43,000 PCUs daily, and is designed to handle up to 1,000,000 PCUs. This road has improved transport between these 2 metro cities and helped the economy.
The credit and respect of idea to build a road which takes travel between Mumbai and Pune to less than 3 hours goes to Shiv Sena chief Balasaheb Thackeray. Earlier with the regular roads, it used to take more time. This is a dream project to carve a road within Sahyadri
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