The Delhi-Meerut Expressway has now been completed and opened to the public. With this the travel time between the national capital and the city of Meerut has reduced from 2.5 hours to just 45 minutes.
The 82 km long expressway project, which links Delhi with Meerut in western Uttar Pradesh, has been developed at a cost of Rs 8,346 crore.
The project has been implemented in four packages. The packages include -- 8.72 km long six-lane expressway/eight-lane NH-24 from Sarai Kale Khan in the national capital to Ghazipur border that was completed in June 2018; 19.28 km six-lane expressway/eight-lane NH-24 from Ghazipur border to Dasna in the state of Uttar Pradesh.
Another packages are -- 22.23 km long six-lane NH-24 with two-plus-two lane service roads on either side from Dasna to Hapur in Uttar Pradesh, and 31.78 km long greenfield six-lane expressway from Hapur to Meerut.
In December 2015 Prime Minister Narendra Modi, laid the foundation stone of the access-controlled, green and smart Delhi-Meerut Expressway project.
The expressway will have a major bridge across the upper Ganga canal, 11 vehicular underpasses, six major junctions, flyover at the Hapur Bypass, seven new minor bridges, two pedestrian underpasses and 105 minor junctions.