Awadh Expressway

Indian expressway connecting Kanpur and Lucknow

Awadh Expressway

Awadh Expressway in red

Route information
Maintained by National Highways Authority of India (NHAI)
Length| 62.76 km (39.00 mi)
Status| June 2025 (expected)
Major junctions
West end| Azad Chauraha, Kanpur
East end| Shaheed Path, Lucknow
Location
Country| India
States| Uttar Pradesh
Major cities| Kanpur, Lucknow
Highway system

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The Awadh Expressway also known as Kanpur-Lucknow Expressway connects two major cities Lucknow and Kanpur of the Awadh Region of Uttar Pradesh. It is an under-construction, 63-kilometre-long (39 mi), six-lane wide (expandable to 8) access-controlled expressway in India's Uttar Pradesh. It has been given the status of National Expressway 6 (NE 6) by the Government of India.

The expressway will connect Lucknow and Kanpur and will run parallel to National Highway 27 (NH-27) which connects Kanpur and Lucknow with a distance of about 85 km (53 mi) between existing and proposed parallel roads. The expressway will start from its junction with NH-27 near Shaheed Path in South Lucknow (km 11.000 of existing NH-27) connecting Bani, Kantha, Amarsas and terminating at its junction with NH No. 27 (km 71.300 of existing NH-27) near Azad Marg, Kanpur where it will be connected to the Udyog Path, Kanpur.[1] It will also intersect Ganga Expressway in Unnao district.

The expressway's foundation stone was laid in March 2019 (again on January 5, 2022), and was notified as NE 6 in the Gazette of India in December 2020.[2]

This mix of brownfield-upgrade and greenfield project's Detailed Project Report (DPR) was prepared by Egis India Consulting Engineers Pvt. Ltd.[3] Lucknow – Kanpur Expressway will have 2 elevated portions between Amausi and Bani – from chainage 13.025 to 16.400 (3.375 km) and 18.480 to 27.620 (9.14 km). It will consist of 3 major bridges, 28 minor bridges, 38 underpasses and 6 flyovers.[4]

## Interconnectivity

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It will be connected to the Kanpur Ring Road/Udyog Path.

It will have a trijunction of 3 expressways between Kanpur & Unnao; Kanpur-Noida Expressway, Awadh Expressway, and Ganga Expressway. [5]

594 km long Ganga Expressway runs along the northern bank of Ganges River from Prayagraj to Meerut.[5]

380 km long Kanpur-Noida Expressway runs along the southern bank of Ganges River from Ghaziabad, Hapur, Kasganj, Farrukhabad, Kannauj, Kanpur.[5]

## Status updates

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* Nov 2018: Detailed Project Report for ₹4,500 crore project finalised and submitted to the Government of Uttar Pradesh .[6]
* Mar 2019: Foundation stone laid down on 7 March by Union Ministers \- Rajnath Singh and Nitin Gadkari for this project.[7]
* May 2019: 90% land to be acquired by June 2019 followed by tendering. Civil work is expected to start by August 2019.[8]
* Feb 2020: Notification for land acquisition to be issued soon.[9]
* Aug 2020: Construction to start by March 2021,[10] and expressway to be ready by March 2023.[11]
* Sep 2020: Land acquisition under progress. Civil construction work to start in April 2021 and expressway to be ready by October 2023.[12]
* Dec 2020: Lucknow Kanpur Expressway, declared as NE 6 on December 15, 2020.[13]
* Feb 2021: Land acquisition done.[14] Civil engineering work is expected to start in July 2021, and thereafter, it is expected to take 30 more months for project completion.[15]
* June 2021: 400 hectares out of total requirement of 465 hectare land is acquired i.e. 86% land acquired. NHAI to bid out expressway in July and the civil work is expected to start by the end of the year.[16]
* Jan 2022: Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Shri Nitin Gadkari, Union Defence Minister Shri Rajnath Singh and CM Yogi Adityanath laid the foundation stone of Kanpur Lucknow expressway at Lucknow as on 5 Jan 2022.
* Feb 2022: PNC Infratech emerges as the Lowest Bidder and is selected by NHAI to build and operate both packages of the 6-lane (expandable to 8) Expressway under the Hybrid Annuity Model (HAM) beating Apco Infratech, MEIL, Gawar Construction and GR Infraprojects.[17]
* July 2022: The Lucknow–Kanpur Expressway renamed as Awadh Expressway.

## See also

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* Bundelkhand Expressway
* Purvanchal Expressway
* Yamuna Expressway
* Ganga Expressway
* Udyog Path
* Kisan Path
* Kanpur-Noida Expressway

## References

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1. ^ Gazette of India notification dated 15 December 2020
2. ^ "Kanpur — Lucknow Expressway – Information & Status". The Metro Rail Guy. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
3. ^ "Kanpur — Lucknow Expressway – Information & Status". The Metro Rail Guy. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
4. ^ "Kanpur — Lucknow Expressway – Information & Status". The Metro Rail Guy. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
5. ^ a b c 13 Expressways in UP - Mapping the Road Network in Uttar Pradesh, MagicBricks, 22 June 2023.
6. ^ Pandey, Alok (13 November 2018). "बधाई हो : कानपुर-लखनऊ एक्सप्रेस-वे की डीपीआर हुई फाइनल" [Congratulations: Kanpur-Lucknow Expressway DPR final]. Rajasthan Patrika (in Hindi). Archived from the original on 29 April 2019.
7. ^ "Rajnath Singh & Nitin Gadkari laid the foundation stone". The Hans India. Indo-Asian News Service. 7 March 2019. Archived from the original on 7 December 2020. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
8. ^ Rastogi, Divyansh (22 May 2019). "Lucknow-Kanpur expressway: अगस्त में शुरू होगा निर्माण, 45 से 50 मिनट में पूरा होगा सफर" [Lucknow-Kanpur expressway: construction will start in August, the journey will take 45 to 50 minutes]. Dainik Jagran (in Hindi). Archived from the original on 29 August 2019.
9. ^ "लखनऊ-कानपुर एक्सप्रेस-वे को मिली हरी झंडी" [Lucknow-Kanpur Expressway gets green light]. Navbharat Times (in Hindi). 6 February 2020. Archived from the original on 7 December 2020.
10. ^ Gupta, Anurag (14 August 2020). "Kanpur Lucknow Expressway: छह माह में पूरा होगा निर्माण सितंबर 2023 में शुरू होगा वाहनों का दौड़ना" [Kanpur Lucknow Expressway: Construction will be completed in six months, vehicles will start running in September 2023]. Dainik Jagran (in Hindi). Archived from the original on 7 December 2020.
11. ^ Dash, Dipak K. (13 August 2020). "23 new expressways and highways coming up in next 5 years". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 23 August 2020.
12. ^ Chopra, Vijay (17 September 2020). "Lucknow to Kanpur trip in 50 minutes via expressway". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 18 September 2020.
13. ^ Gupta, Rajesh (15 December 2020). "Ministry of Road Transport & Highways Notification" (PDF). The Gazette of India (in Hindi and English). Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 February 2021.
14. ^ Mishra, Vivek (5 February 2021). "Lucknow-Kanpur Expressway: लखनऊ-कानपुर एक्सप्रेस-वे के लिए जमीन अधिग्रहण पूरा" [Lucknow-Kanpur Expressway: Land Acquisition Completed for Lucknow-Kanpur Expressway]. Navbharat Times (in Hindi). Archived from the original on 5 February 2021.
15. ^ "Work of New Expressway project worth Rs 4700 crore to begin in October". The Times of India. 18 February 2021. Archived from the original on 17 February 2021.
16. ^ "Lucknow Kanpur एक्सप्रेस-वे के लिए जुलाई के पहले हफ्ते में टेंडर, दिसंबर तक शुरू हो सकता काम".
17. ^ "PNC Wins Kanpur Lucknow Expressway's Contract". The Metro Rail Guy. 23 February 2022. Retrieved 25 April 2022.