Samruddhi Mahamarg: Length, facilities, travel time, speed limit, toll tax and all you need to know
The Hindu Hrudaysamrat Balasaheb Thackeray Maharashtra Samruddhi Mahamarg is nearing its full launch with the final phase connecting Igatpuri to Mumbai likely to open in February.
The ambitious 701-kilometre six-lane the freeway is planned to significantly decrease travel time and improve connectivity within the state. The highway, which is currently operational from Nagpur to Igatpuri, has already transformed travel for thousands of people by drastically lowering commute time.
With the completion of the final 76-kilometer length, travel time between Mumbai and Nagpur would be reduced from 16 hours to eight hours, helping both tourists and businessmen.and businesses.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis have played important parts in bringing this vision to life.
Dr. Anilkumar Gaikwad, Managing Director of the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC), is a crucial figure in the initiative’s success. Gaikwad, who is known for his expertise in handling large-scale infrastructure projects, was crucial in ensuring timely and efficient implementation.
For a successful and easy movement of people and goods, the Hindu Hrudaysamrat Balasaheb Thackeray Maharashtra Samruddhi Mahamarg aims to set up a connection to the final mile with the best public transportation choices. A huge population will be able to easily access Maharashtra’s major centers for a variety of self-employment and wage employment options, business, trade, education, health care, and other essential services thanks to the expressway.
Samruddhi Mahamarg expressway will pass through ten districts, including Nagpur, Wardha, Amravati, Washim, Buldhana, Aurangabad, Jalna, Ahmednagar, Nashik, and Thane. It will connect Nagpur with Mumbai and provide direct access to JNPT, the country’s largest container port. This will boost the state’s EXIM (export–import) trade. Interconnected highways and feeder roads would be constructed to connect all major cities and tourist attractions along this route. This will link fourteen more districts: Chandrapur, Bhandara, Gondia, Gadchiroli, Yavatmal, Akola, Hingoli, Parbhani, Nanded, Beed, Dhule, Jalgaon, Palghar, and Raigad. This expressway will connect 24 districts in Maharashtra.
THE FEATURES
- Samruddhi Mahamarg expressway will be 701 kilometers long, connecting ten districts, 26 talukas, and around 392 villages.
- It will be limited to a speed limit of 150 km, connecting Nagpur and Mumbai within 8 hours’ reach. Thus, the journey from Mumbai to Aurangabad will take 4 hours, and from Aurangabad to Nagpur another 4 hours.
- It will connect many industrial regions, including the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC), the Western Dedicated Freight Corridor (WDFC), the dry ports of Wardha and Jalna, and Mumbai’s JNPT.
- Samruddhi Mahamarg expressway will be 120 meters wide with a center median of 22.5meters and it will be constructed according with international guidelines.
- There will be eight lanes: four on each side. A provision has been made in the center of the expressway for increasing lanes on either side if necessary. As a result, no more land will be required for future expansions.
- It will involve service roads on both sides, connected by underpasses.
- The project will include over 50 flyovers, 24 interchanges, 5 tunnels, 400+ vehicular and 300+ pedestrian underpasses located strategically. Underpasses and flyovers will help vehicles leave or enter the expressway without disrupting traffic flow. This will allow locals to travel easily and avoid accidents.
- Samruddhi Mahamarg expressway will have major garden design, tunnel lighting, bridge improvement, better street lighting, and digital signals.
- The expressway will be created using as much easily obtainable material as feasible, including fly ash and plastic. Rainwater will also be collected from the freeway.
- Samruddhi Mahamarg expressway’s entry and exit will be monitored, and tolls will be charged based on distance traveled. Toll collection is proposed to be automated.
- The expressway will be a zero-fatality Mahamarg, with CCTV surveillance and free phone booths every 5 kilometers to allow for reporting in the event of an accident or emergency.
- Utility Mahamarg will be built along the expressway to accommodate OFC cables, gas pipelines, power lines, and so on.
In the event of an emergency, natural disaster, or warlike situation, a facility to land an airplane on the highway is planned by temporarily transforming the expressway into a runway. Plans for 18 smart towns along the route aim to build sectors that complement local strengths, minimizing urban migration and encouraging rural prosperity. By reducing travel time, the highway will lower fuel consumption and transportation costs for enterprises, giving Maharashtra’s industries a competitive advantage. Furthermore, its function in lowering logistics costs is likely to attract investment and increase exports.
The expressway, which cost an estimated Rs 67,000 crore, has already proven to be worthwhile. In only two years, it has produced Rs 1,100 crore in toll income from 1.52 lakh vehicles, demonstrating its economic potential. As the Samruddhi Mahamarg becomes fully operational in the coming year, it aims to move Maharashtra toward a brighter, more affluent future by setting a model for infrastructure projects across
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