PM Narendra Modi has inaugurate India’s longest expressway, the Mahasamruddhi Mahamarg. This new expressway has over 700 kilometres and starts from Mumbai going all the way to Nagpur. The first phase of the expressway will be open for people which is from Shirdi to Nagpur over 500 kilometres.
The Mumbai to Shirdi part is under construction and will soon be functional.
Mumbai to Nagpur, currently, is a 16-hour drive, which will be cut short by a massive 50%.
With the new expressway, you will be able to reach Nagpur in around eight hours.
But until the Mumbai-Shirdi connection is built, the total commute time will be around 12 hours, which still saves a good period of time.
This expressway runs from the Thane and Mumbai, which fall on the western part of Maharashtra up to Nagpur, which is on the other end of the state.
This highway connects many districts such as Nagpur, Buldhana, Amravati, Wardha, Washim, Thane, Aurangabad, Akola, Bhiwandi, and Nashik.
You also have 392 villages which will now be connect to each other.
The Mahasamruddhi Mahamarg is also connect to the Golden Quadrilateral, via Thane.
While you can officially drive your car up to a speed limit of 150kmph, which is the highest in the country.
As the official speed limit of epxressway is up to 120kmph, but all the major routes include Mumbai-Pune and the new Purvanchal expressway has a limit of 100kmph.
The Mahasamruddhi Mahamarg will have three lanes on each side of the highway, with a width of 120 metres, making it a six-lane highway.
Government has design it in a way so that it can be convert into eight lanes in future.
This new expressway will connect to four wildlife sanctuaries, Tadoba Tiger Reserve, Pench National park, Gautala sanctuary, and Tansa Wildlife sanctuary.
This expressway actually passes through Pench and to avoid any disturbance to the wildlife, eight underpasses and overpasses are also being built.
The Mumbai-Nagpur expressway will connect many tourist attractions like Shirdi, Bibi ka Maqbara, Sula Vineyards, Trimbakeshaw Shiv temple, Lonar, and Ajanta Ellora caves.
All these are within a 90-kilometre radius of the expressway and dedicate connecting turns will be made for them.
Government is also developing many facilities along the expressway, including massive fuel pumps, hotels, food malls, wildlife resorts, and charging stations.
There will be charging stations on each side of the highway, every 40-50 kilometres.
