71-km Karnataka stretch of Bengaluru-Chennai Expressway ready
2 weeks, 6 days ago

71-km Karnataka stretch of Bengaluru-Chennai Expressway ready

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU: While the Karnataka stretch of Bengaluru-Chennai Expressway is complete and is open to the public, it will not take one to Chennai now. The 71-km stretch in Karnataka is complete and the remaining stretches falling in Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu are yet to be completed for one to reach Chennai on the expressway. He clarified that the entire stretch of the expressway is not open and will take some months as the work is in progress in Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. “As the stretch is not complete, we are not levying any toll on road users,” the official said, adding that the entire stretch may be opened by this year-end or next year.

Bengaluru Karnataka Chennai Open Stretch Expressway Ready  chennai  bengaluruchennai  71km  karnataka  work  open  official  complete  expressway  ready  yearend  stretch  road  opened

History of this topic

Bengaluru-Chennai Expressway faces delays, now set for 2026 completion: Report
11 hours, 46 minutes ago

Bengaluru-Chennai Expressway faces delays, now set for 2026 completion: Report

Hindustan Times  

The ambitious Bengaluru-Chennai Expressway, designed to enhance connectivity between the two metros, is now expected to be fully operational by June 2026, nearly a year later than the previously announced August 2025 deadline. The 68-km Karnataka stretch of the Bengaluru-Chennai Expressway was opened for vehicular traffic last month, though the highway is yet to be officially inaugurated. Spanning 260 km, …

Bikes Banned On Bengaluru-Chennai Expressway After First Major Accident Within A Month Of Opening
2 weeks ago

Bikes Banned On Bengaluru-Chennai Expressway After First Major Accident Within A Month Of Opening

ABP News  

Bengaluru-Chennai Expressway News: The National Highways Authority of India has imposed a ban on the entry of two-wheelers on the recently opened Bengaluru-Chennai Expressway. How The Accident Occurred According to an NHAI official quoted by TOI, a motorcycle got onto the expressway from the wrong side and hit a four-wheeler on Sunday, resulting in four deaths. Bengaluru-Chennai Expressway The Bengaluru-Chennai …

Bengaluru-Chennai Expressway's Karnataka stretch opens for public, people take long rides
3 months, 1 week ago

Bengaluru-Chennai Expressway's Karnataka stretch opens for public, people take long rides

Hindustan Times  

The Karnataka stretch of the most-anticipated Bengaluru-Chennai expressway is open for traffic. However, the expressway works are still ongoing in the Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu stretches, and people are already using the road for long joy rides. People in Bengaluru are using the 71-kilometre new road for long rides and returning by taking a U-turn at the end of …

New 335-km expressway to connect Bengaluru, Mangaluru, reduce travel time by 7-8 hours: Report
4 months ago

New 335-km expressway to connect Bengaluru, Mangaluru, reduce travel time by 7-8 hours: Report

Hindustan Times  

In good news for frequent travellers between Bengaluru and Mangaluru, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has launched plans to develop a high-speed expressway connecting the two cities, reducing travel time by 7 to 8 hours, according to a report. Key details of the Bengaluru-Mangaluru Expressway: Four to six lane design: The expressway is expected to feature four to …

Bengaluru-Chennai Expressway: Can you travel between these cities in 2 hours? Check here
8 months, 1 week ago

Bengaluru-Chennai Expressway: Can you travel between these cities in 2 hours? Check here

Live Mint  

Bengaluru-Chennai Expressway: In a welcome relief to motorists, the 262-km-long Bengaluru-Chennai Expressway is close to completion. The BCE project, officially NE-7, is a four-lane access-controlled road connecting Hoskote near Bengaluru, Karnataka, with Sriperumbudur near Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari announced on July 4 that Prime Minister Narendra Modi would inaugurate the Bengaluru-Chennai Expressway …

Over 55% of work on T.N.’s portion of Bengaluru-Chennai Expressway completed
1 year, 1 month ago

Over 55% of work on T.N.’s portion of Bengaluru-Chennai Expressway completed

The Hindu  

Over 55% of the work to construct the four-lane brownfield Bengaluru-Chennai Expressway has been completed in Tamil Nadu, where it will run for 106 km and cost ₹5,971 crore to construct. In Tamil Nadu, the work is being carried out in four packages, and the road will have three rest areas, two truck lay-bys, 34 major bridges, 31 minor bridges, …

Roadside amenities will come up at 23 places on national highways in State: Gadkari
2 years ago

Roadside amenities will come up at 23 places on national highways in State: Gadkari

The Hindu  

The Centre is planning roadside amenities with provision for heliport, droneport, fuel stations, restaurants, washrooms, and stalls at 23 places along the national highways in Karnataka. Addressing the gathering at a public meeting organised in connection with the inauguration of the Bengaluru-Mysuru Expressway at Gejjalagere in Mandya near here on Sunday, Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari …

Once Bengaluru-Chennai expressway is ready, travel time between the two cities will shrink to 2.15 hours, says Gadkari
2 years, 2 months ago

Once Bengaluru-Chennai expressway is ready, travel time between the two cities will shrink to 2.15 hours, says Gadkari

The Hindu  

After conducting an aerial inspection of under construction Bengaluru-Chennai Expressway in Hoskote, Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways told the reporters that once complete, the motorists would be able to travel between two cities in 2.15 hours. Once the expressway opens, the travel time will get reduced to 2.15 hours. Amruth Mahostav bird garden and Amruth Sarovar The Union …

Police ask motorists on Bengaluru-Mysuru expressway to drive cautiously
2 years, 5 months ago

Police ask motorists on Bengaluru-Mysuru expressway to drive cautiously

The Hindu  

Following multiple accidents on the newly opened Bengaluru-Mysuru Expressway following its partial opening before the Dasara season, traffic police have appealed to motorists to be cautious. On the expressway, manning traffic at every point is not feasible.” The official said those motorists who are wary of using the newly opened bypasses must avoid using them. However, without wide slip roads, …

Bengaluru to Vijayawada in 5 hours on this proposed new highway. Details here
2 years, 5 months ago

Bengaluru to Vijayawada in 5 hours on this proposed new highway. Details here

Hindustan Times  

The central government has announced a new greenfield access highway between Bengaluru and Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh, passing through Kadapa. Currently, it takes roughly 11 hours to travel to Vijayawada from Bengaluru Union minister for road transport and highways, Nitin Gadkari wrote on his Twitter, “The project for 342 km long Bangalore-Kadapa-Vijayawada Greenfield Access Controlled Corridor is being developed at …

Bengaluru to Chennai in 2 hours: 10 things to know about this expressway
2 years, 7 months ago

Bengaluru to Chennai in 2 hours: 10 things to know about this expressway

Hindustan Times  

Union transport minister Nitin Gadkari in the Rajya Sabha mentioned the Bengaluru-Chennai expressway this week and said that the travel time between two cities will be reduced to 2 hours, once the expressway is ready for commute. What we know about this project The cost of this Expressway is likely to be around ₹1,800 crore The total distance of this …

Bengaluru-Chennai expressway will reduce travel time to two hours: Nitin Gadkari
2 years, 7 months ago

Bengaluru-Chennai expressway will reduce travel time to two hours: Nitin Gadkari

Hindustan Times  

The new expressway between Bengaluru and Chennai will reduce the travel time between the two cities to two hours, said Union minister for road transport and highways Nitin Gadkari. Currently, the average commute time between Chennai and Bengaluru by road is five to six hours and the new expressway is expected to bring it down to two to three hours …

Bengaluru-Mysuru expressway to be ready by Oct, will reduce travel time to 75 mins
2 years, 11 months ago

Bengaluru-Mysuru expressway to be ready by Oct, will reduce travel time to 75 mins

India Today  

The work on the 117 kilometre-long stretch of the National Highway will be completed in October 2022, Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari said on Monday. The 10-lane highway connecting the two cities is expected to reduce travel time from three hours to 75 minutes, Gadkari added. #PragatiKaHighway #GatiShakti pic.twitter.com/y3b3ASAIa6 — Nitin Gadkari March 28, 2022 Gadkari …

Highway to future | great expectations of new expressway to Bengaluru
3 years, 3 months ago

Highway to future | great expectations of new expressway to Bengaluru

The Hindu  

A brand new expressway is getting ready to create a path between Chennai and Bengaluru, via Andhra Pradesh. “It is planned to be completed within 2.5 years, which would be much ahead of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh,” said a source. Designed for high speeds The BCE project being taken up under the National Highways Development Project, would allow motorists …

Tamil Nadu: Rs 1.1 crore to be spent on pending road projects
7 years, 4 months ago

Tamil Nadu: Rs 1.1 crore to be spent on pending road projects

Deccan Chronicle  

Chennai: The State Highways department has allotted Rs 1.1 crore to ease traffic congestion in the long pending road extension project at Pallavaram-Kundrathur road. Though the project hit a roadblock and was about to be shelved due to jurisdictional issues, we have now started the first phase of the project,” said an official from the State Highways department. “Due to …

For 5 hours, motorists on OMR wait for governor to pass through
11 years, 8 months ago

For 5 hours, motorists on OMR wait for governor to pass through

The Hindu  

Traffic was hit for more than five hours on Rajiv Gandhi Salai on Friday evening, between Madhya Kailash and Sholinganallur, a distance of 15 km. The traffic police had ‘slowed’ vehicles down on the busy stretch to allow the convoy of Tamil Nadu Governor K. Rosaiah, and the British deputy high commissioner, Mike Nithavrianakis, to proceed. But when the governor …

Go ahead for expressway
18 years, 9 months ago

Go ahead for expressway

The Hindu  

IN a damning indictment of the Karnataka government on the Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor Project, the Supreme Court rejected on April 20 its and others' appeals against a May 2005 Karnataka High Court order. Rebuking the government and its instrumentalities for putting forth "frivolous arguments" and conducting the litigation with "mala fides" both in the High Court and the Supreme Court, …

Discover Related