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Uttar Pradesh Expressways Industrial Development Authority (UPEIDA)
Company type	Industrial Area Development Authority
Industry	Construction
Founded	27 December 2007; 17 years ago
Headquarters	Paryatan Bhawan, Gomti Nagar, Lucknow, India
Area served	Construction, operations and maintenance of Expressways built by the Government of Uttar Pradesh
Key people	Nand Gopal Gupta; (Cabinet Minister of Industrial Development, GoUP); Jaswant Saini; (MoS of Industrial Development, GoUP); Awanish Awasthi; (Chief Executive Officer); Bishwajeet Rai; (Chief Financial Officer); Manoj Gupta; (Chief Engineer);
Website	UPEIDA

The Uttar Pradesh Expressways Industrial Development Authority (UPEIDA) is an authority set up in 2007 by the Government of Uttar Pradesh to develop expressway projects in the state.^[1] The headquarters of UPEIDA is located at Paryatan Bhawan in Gomti Nagar, Lucknow.

Expressways in Uttar Pradesh

List of Expressways in Uttar Pradesh being undertaken by authority is as follows:^[2] Listed north to south, west to east.

A. West to east across the state: approved.

A1. Across Northern Uttar Pradesh: Ludhiana–Gorakhpur–Siliguri direct route, approved. This includes "Bareilly-Ludhiana Economic Corridor".
- Ludhiana–Rupnagar Expressway (Ludhiana–Chandigarh Expressway), 91 km, 4-lane (expendable to 6), INR2792 cr, greenfield, from Manewal village on the Delhi–Amritsar Expressway to Bheora village near Rupnagar (Ropar) & a 19.5 km spur to Kharar, by NHAI, under-construction (March 2024 completion).^[3]
- Ambala–Chandigarh Expressway, 35 km, 4-lane, operational.
- Ambala-Shamli Expressway, 121.78 km, greenfield, Ambala (Sadopur) to Shamli (Gogwan Jalalpur),^[4] under construction (March 2025 completion).^[5]
- Shamli–Bareilly Expressway, 220 km, greenfield, under-construction (March 2025 completion).^[5]
- Bareilly–Gorakhpur Expressway, 500 km, 4-lane, greenfield, under-construction (?? completion).^[5]
- Gorakhpur–Siliguri Expressway, 529 km, 4-lane (expendable to 6), under-construction (?? completion).^[6]^[7]
A2. Across Upper Central Uttar Pradesh (east to west): Haridwar–Kanpur- Varanasi–Prayagraj route, approved.
- Upper Ganges Canal Expressway, 150 km, 8-lane, greenfield, Haridwar to Purkazi (Muzaffarnagar) to Sanauta Bridge (Bulandshahr), under-construction (?? completion).
- Ganga Expressway, 594 km, 6-lane (expandable to 8), INR37359 cr, greenfield, Purkazi (Muzaffarnagar) to Varanasi–Prayagraj–Ghazipur, under-construction (March 2024 completion).
  - Meerut Spur: greenfield, from Ganga Expressway to Bijauli village on NH-334 in Meerut district, under-construction (March 2024 completion).
  - Delhi–Meerut Expressway spur, operational.
  - Varanasi–Kolkata Expressway, 610 km, 6-lane, INR28,500 cr, under-construction (?? completion).
- Ghazipur–Ballia–Manjhi Ghat Expressway, 6-lane, greenfield, INR618 cr, Ghazipur to Buxar to connect to Patna, under construction ( December 2025 ).^[8]
A3. Across Lower Central Uttar Pradesh: Delhi–Kanpur–Lucknow–Buxar–Patna direct route, approved.
- Delhi–Dehradun Expressway, greenfield,^[8]
  - Saharanpur–Haridwar Expressway, 210 km, 6-lane, INR13000 cr, greenfield, from southeast of Saharanpur, under-construction (December 2023 completion).^[9]
- Ghaziabad–Kanpur Expressway, 380 om, 4-lane, greenfield, Delhi (Ghaziabad) to Kanpur via Hapur–Bijnor–Moradabad–Fatehgarh, under-construction (December 2025 completion).^[8]
- Awadh Expressway, 63 km, 6-lane, INR4700 cr, greenfield, under-construction (Dec 2025 completion).^[8]
- Purvanchal Expressway, 340 km, 6-lane (expandable to 8), INR22494 cr, from Lucknow (Chand Serai) to Ghazipur (Haydaria), operational.^[8]
  - Gorakhpur Link Expressway, 91 km, 4-lane (expandable to 6), INR5876 cr, greenfield, from Purvanchal Expressway at Azamgarh (Salarpur) to Gorakhpur (Jaitput), under-construction (December 2023).^[8]
A4. Across Southern Uttar Pradesh (east to west): Delhi–Agra–Chitrakoot route, approved.
- Eastern Peripheral Expressway, 135 km, 6-lane, operational.
  - Faridabad–Noida–Ghaziabad Expressway, 56 km, 6-lane (expendable to 8), under-construction (?? completion).
  - Noida–Greater Noida Bundh Expressway
  - Faridabad–Noida–Ghaziabad Expressway
  - Faridabad–Jewar–Khurja Expressway
- Noida–Greater Noida Expressway, 25 km, 6-lane, operational.
- Yamuna Expressway, Delhi to Agra, operational.
- Agra–Lucknow Expressway, 302 km, 6-lane (extendable to 8), operational.^[8]
  - Bundelkhand Expressway, 296 km, 4-lane (expandable to 6), INR7766 cr, from Agra-Lucknow Expressway at Kudrail (Etawah district) to Gonda (on NH-35 in Chitrakoot district), operational.^[8]
    - Jhansi Link Expressway, under-construction (see below).

B. Inter-corridors (north to south): approved. In September 2023 the up government approved 7 North South corridos which will be combination of upgrade of 2000 km brownfield and 600 km greenfield routes. This will bring the cost of logistics down to 10%, which was 15% in 2023. Approved north-south corridors are, Bijnor-Lalitpur, Moradabad-Agra, Pilibhit-Mahoba, Lakhimpur Khiri-Chitrakoot, Gonda-Prayagraj and Basti-Mirzapur.^[10]

B1. Kotdwar–Bijnor–Lalitpur route: partially approved.
- Kotdwar–Bijnor Expressway, greenfield, Kotdwar-Noorpur-Nagina-Anupdhahar to Aligarh, proposed, not yet approved.
- Bijnor–Lalitpur route, approved in Sept 2023.^[10]
B2. Moradabad–Agra–Gwalior–Kota route: Approved.
- Srinagar–Kashipur in Uttrakhand to Moradabad in UP: existing NH309.
- Moradabad–Aligarh–Agra route approved in Sept 2023.^[10]
  - Aligarh–Agra Expressway, greenfield, parallel to NH-504, under-construction (in DRP stage, ?? completion).^[11]
- Agra-Gwalior Expressway, 87 km, 6-lane, under-construction (?? completion).^[12]
- Atal Progress-Way (Chambal Expressway), Bah-Gwalior-Kota, approved.
B3. Pilibhit–Mahoba route: approved in Sept 2023.^[10]
B4. Lakhimpur Khiri–Chitrakoot route: approved in Sept 2023.^[10]
B5. Gonda–Prayagraj route: approved in Sept 2023.^[10]
B6. Basti–Mirzapur route: approved in Sept 2023.^[10]
B7. Gorakhpur–Varanasi–Kolkatta route: approved.
- Gorakhpur Link Expressway, 91 km, 4-lane (expandable to 6), greenfield, from Purvanchal Expressway at Azamgarh (Salarpur) to Gorakhpur (Jaitpur), under-construction.^[8]
- NH-28 Azamgarh–Varanasi (not access-controlled), operational.
- Varanasi–Kolkata Expressway

C. Inter-corridors (north to south): partially approved or not yet approved.

C1. Baghpat–Gangoh–Yamunanagar–Nahan route with Gangoh–HathiniKund spur: proposed, not yet approved.
- Baghpat, between Barout–Chhaprauli, Kairana, Gangoh greenfield.
- Gangoh–Yamuna bridge: on existing Ambala–Shamli Expressway.
- Yamuna bridge to Yamunanagar, greenfield.
- Yamunanagar (Bhambholi)–Sadhuraha greenfield,
- Sadhuraha–KalaAmb–Nahan, upgrade brownfield.
C2. Bareilly–Chandausi–Anupshahar–Bulandshahr–Delhi route: not yet approved.
- Bareilly–Bulandshahr brownfield upgrade, not yet approved.
C3. Nepal–Bareilly–Jewar–Hodal–Punhana route: not yet approved.
- Nepal–Bareilly–Jewar Expressway, greenfield, from (Nepal) via Palian Kalan-Bareilly(Faridpur, Dechara, Bisoli)-Babrala-Bhimpur-Khurja to Jewar, proposed, not yet approved.
- Jewar–Hodal–Punhana Expressway, greenfield, via proposed, not yet approved.
C4. Khatima–Bareilly–Etawah to Gwalior–Kota–Mumbai route: partially approved.
- Khatima–Bareilly–Etawah Expressway, greenfield, via Khatima–Bareilly–Bhasrala (Badaun)–Patiyali–Kurawali (Mainpuri) to Etawah (to Atal Progress-Way), proposed, not yet approved.
  - Kurawali–Firozabad Expresswar, greenfield spur to connect to Accra Agra, proposed, not yet approved.
- Atal Progress-Way (Chambal Expressway), 404 km, 4-lane (expandable to 6), greenfield, from Etawah (Nanawa) in Uttar Pradesh to Kota (Seemalya at Delhi–Mumbai Expressway) in Rajasthan with a spur to Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh, under construction (?? completion).
C5. Nepal (Nanpara)–Barabanki–Lucknow–Jhansi route: partially approved.
- Nanpara–Barabanki–Lucknow Expressway, proposed.^[2]
- Kanpur–Lucknow Expressway (see above), 63 km, 6-lane, INR4700 cr, greenfield, under-construction (Dec 2025 completion).^[8]
- Agra–Kanpur Expressway (see above).
- Bundelkhand Expressway (see above).^[8]
- Jhansi Link Expressway, under-construction (?? completion).
C6. Shravasti–Gonda–Amethi–Chitrakoot–Satna–Nagpur route: partially approved.
- Tulsipur–Gonda–Chitrakoot Expressway, greenfield, via Rudauli–Raebareli–Khaga, approved in Sept 2023.^[10]
  - Shravasti–Bhinga (border with Nepal) spur, not yet approved.
  - Shravasti–Tulsipur (border with Nepal) spur, not yet approved.
- Chitrakoot–Satna–Maihar, brownfield upgrade, not yet approved.
C7. Nepal (Birganj)-Gorakhpur–Kanpur–Jhansi route: not yet approved.
- Birganj–Kushinagar Expressway, greenfield, Birganj–Bettish–Dudhai–Kushinagar, proposed, not yet approved.
- Azamgarh–Kanpur Expressway, greenfield, Kanpur–Raebareli–Chanda etc, proposed, not yet approved.

C8. Varanasi–Ambikapur–Raigarh–Sonepur–Vishakhapstnam route: not yet approved.

- Gorakhpur–Varanasi then to Ambikapur–Raigarh–Sonepur and at Sonepur merge with "Nepal (Siddharthnagar)–Kushinagar–Ballia–Buxar–Vishakhapstnam route", greenfield & upgrade of brownfield, proposed, not yet approved.

C9. Nepal (Siddharthnagar)–Kushinagar–Ballia–Buxar–Vishakhapstnam route: not yet approved.

- Siddharthnagar–Kushinagar–Ballia Expressway, greenfield, proposed, not yet approved.
- Buxar–Vishakhapatnam Expeessway, greenfield, via Buxar-Sasaram–Jashpur Nagar–Sundargarh–Jharsuguda–Sambhalpur–Turbha–Kurtamgada–Durgi–Chinaravikovi–Balijipeta–Vizianagram–Vishakhapatnam port, proposed, not yet approved.

D. Circular expressways around Delhi: