New Delhi: The Delhi-Agra Yamuna Expressway was inaugurated on Thursday and opens to traffic from 4 pm. The 165-km long Yamuna Expressway connecting Greater Noida with Agra cuts down the Delhi-Agra journey time to half.
One can now head from India Gate in New Delhi to the Taj Mahal in Agra in just two-and-a-half hours. The state government has given approval to the toll rates at Rs 2.10 per km for cars and light motor vehicles (LMVs) with three toll plazas at 38 km, 95 km and 150 km points. A round-trip in a single day will cost one around Rs 510.
The total length of the Expressway is 165.537 km from Greater Noida zero point till NH2 at Agra with a 100 metre width or right of way.
There are six interchanges, 70 underpasses, 75 cart track underpasses, 41 minor bridges and 182 culverts.
At five places the Expressway promoter Jaypee group will develop integrated townships on 500 hectare land each, the sources said, adding, they will be at Noida, Jaganpur, Mirzapur, Tappal (Aligarh) and Kuber(Agra).
(With additional information from PTI)
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