P. V. Narasimha Rao Expressway is an 11.6 km long elevated road connecting the
Hyderabad International Airport
Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) is an international airport that serves Hyderabad, the capital of the Indian state of Telangana. It is located in Shamshabad, about south of Hyderabad and it was opened on 23 March 2008 to replace ...
with
Mehdipatnam
Mehdipatnam is a locality in the Southwestern part of Hyderabad, India. It is located north of the Musi River near Asif Nagar and is named after Mehdi Nawaz Jung, a politician and bureaucrat of the Hyderabad State.
Large Masjids are located ...
. Chief minister Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy laid the foundation stone for the project. It was opened to the traffic at the end points on 19 October 2009.
The entry for cyclists, two and three-wheelers, three and four-wheeled seven seater and goods vehicles is prohibited.
History
When the construction of the
Rajiv Gandhi International Airport
Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) is an international airport that serves Hyderabad, the capital of the Indian state of Telangana. It is located in Shamshabad, about south of Hyderabad and it was opened on 23 March 2008 to replace B ...
started in March 2005, the erstwhile Government of Andhra Pradesh came up with a plan to provide implement a Traffic signal free route from the city to
Shamshabad
Shamshabad is a city in the Indian state of Telangana. It is located in Shamshabad mandal of Rajendranagar revenue division. The international airport of Hyderabad is located here.
History
In former times the area was known as Sedanti village, ...
. The 3 routes which lead to Shamshabad from the city were NH44 (NH7) via
Nehru Zoological Park
Nehru Zoological Park (also known as YouTube Zoo or Zoo Park) is a zoo located near Mir Alam Tank in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. It is one of the most visited destinations in Hyderabad.
History
Nehru Zoological Park's construction was started ...
, Srisailam Highway (NH765) and the
Inner Ring Road, Hyderabad
The Inner Ring Road is a 50 kilometer city arterial road in Hyderabad, Telangana. It was built to decongest city roads and give way for trucks and other commercial vehicles.
History
IRR's master plan called as Intelligent Transport System was d ...
via
Mehdipatnam
Mehdipatnam is a locality in the Southwestern part of Hyderabad, India. It is located north of the Musi River near Asif Nagar and is named after Mehdi Nawaz Jung, a politician and bureaucrat of the Hyderabad State.
Large Masjids are located ...
. Out of the 3 routes, the NH44 already had a very high volumes of traffic and was not in a position to withstand any further rise in the traffic. The Srisailam Highway is not accessible to the Western part of the city, which houses prominent localities like
Banjara Hills
Banjara Hills is an urban commercial centre and one of the most affluent neighbourhoods in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. This is an upmarket locality close to Jubilee Hills. This area was a hilly forest and was least inhabited in the past. Only f ...
,
Jubilee Hills
Jubilee Hills is an affluent suburban neighbourhood in Western part of Hyderabad, Telangana. It is one of the most expensive commercial and residential locations in India with prime land prices fetching up to 300,000 ($4015) per square yard. A t ...
,
Punjagutta
Panjagutta is a commercial and residential area in western Hyderabad, India. The area contains IT hubs, shopping malls and jewellery shops. It has become a major transit point for traffic to and from the Hyderabad districts of Ameerpet, Banjara h ...
and some others. The Inner Ring Road was a wide 6-Lane road, which barely served any traffic. Construction of an elevated highway over this road was very easy and the Government chose to develop this route, leaving behind the former routes.
The initial plan was to widen this road to 8-lane, but was later changed to construct a 4-Lane elevated expressway. The construction began in October 2005, with an intention to complete the project in 28 months. But due to the financial difficulties, the construction work was dragged and was opened on October 19, 2009. It was last scheduled to be opened on October 2 but the inauguration was put off in view of the death of chief minister Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy, who had laid the foundation stone for the project. The Expressway starts at
Sarojini Devi Eye Hospital
Sarojini Devi Eye Hospital is a Regional Institute of Ophthalmology and Government Ophthalmic hospital, a medical institution in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. It is named after Sarojini Naidu
Sarojini Naidu (''née'' Chattopadhyay; 13 Februa ...
in
Mehdipatnam
Mehdipatnam is a locality in the Southwestern part of Hyderabad, India. It is located north of the Musi River near Asif Nagar and is named after Mehdi Nawaz Jung, a politician and bureaucrat of the Hyderabad State.
Large Masjids are located ...
and merges with NH44 near Aramghar. The total cost was estimated to be 400 crores INR but later extended to 500 crores INR.
Entry and exit ramps
The earlier design of the expressway did not have any ramps for entry and exit except at the two ends. One could only enter the expressway at Mehdipatnam and exit at Aramghar (and vice versa). This made the expressway unusable to the people from surrounding areas. So, the traffic on the flyover was estimated to be too low, making it worthless. The design was later modified and three sets of Entry and Exit ramps were constructed. The 3 sets of ramps are constructed at the below junctions.
*Lakshmi Nagar Junction
*Budvel Junction
*Aramghar Junction
See also
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Inner Ring Road, Hyderabad
The Inner Ring Road is a 50 kilometer city arterial road in Hyderabad, Telangana. It was built to decongest city roads and give way for trucks and other commercial vehicles.
History
IRR's master plan called as Intelligent Transport System was d ...
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Radial Roads, Hyderabad (India)
The Radial Road or RR are roads identified as the main connecting roads between inner ring road and outer ring road in Hyderabad, Telangana India. It was built for better connectivity between city roads.
Overview
The project aimed at giving b ...
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Intermediate Ring Road, Hyderabad (India)
The Intermediate Ring Road are roads identified as the main connecting roads between various radial roads in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. It complements the inner and outer ring roads, acting as a bypass, when traveling from one end of the cit ...
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Outer Ring Road, Hyderabad
The Outer Ring Road, officially as, Jawaharlal Nehru Outer Ring Road and abbreviated as, O.R.R., is a 158 kilometer, 8-lanes ring road expressway encircling Hyderabad, capital of the Indian state of Telangana. The expressway is designed for sp ...
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Regional Ring Road
The Regional Ring Road is a proposed ring road around the city of Hyderabad, Telangana, India. It is a 6 lane, road, planned on strengthening the existing road network and by adding new stretches wherever linkages were found missing. National ...
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List of Flyovers in Hyderabad
Hyderabad, the capital of the southern Indian state of Telangana, is the 6th largest city in terms of area in India, with a total metro area of and has a population of almost 10 million. As the city was founded in 1591, the present roads are no ...
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Proposed roads in India
Expressways in Telangana
Roads in Hyderabad, India