Hyderabad-Amaravati greenfield expressway alignment finalised
HYDERABAD: A key step has been taken towards the proposed greenfield expressway between Hyderabad and Amaravati, with its alignment nearly finalised.
The road will begin near Tippareddypalli, close to Bharat Future City at Mucherla, located between the Outer Ring Road (ORR) and the Regional Ring Road (RRR). From there, it will run to the right of the present Vijayawada highway and connect through Amaravati to Bandar Port in Andhra Pradesh.
According to preliminary plans accessed by a Vernacular newspaper, the distance from Future City to Amaravati will be 211 km, 57 km shorter than the current Hyderabad-Vijayawada route. Travel time is expected to reduce from four-and-a-half hours to around two-and-a-half hours.
The expressway will pass through Ranga Reddy, Nalgonda and Suryapet districts in Telangana before turning near Huzurnagar towards Andhra Pradesh, where it will touch Sattenapalli and link with Amaravati. From there, it will continue via Lankelapalli to Bandar Port. Two bridges are planned along the corridor.
The total length of the road will be about 297.82 km, with 118 km in Telangana and 180 km in Andhra Pradesh. Both states have also urged the Centre to construct a high-speed rail corridor alongside the expressway.
Dry port planned in Palamuru district
The Telangana government is considering setting up a dry port in the erstwhile Mahbubnagar (Palamuru) district. A new connecting road from the greenfield expressway to the proposed dry port is under discussion, allowing direct cargo movement to Bandar Port and facilitating exports.
12 lanes, ₹10,000 crore cost
The expressway, including land acquisition, is estimated to cost over ₹10,000 crore. Telangana chief minister Revanth Reddy recently requested Union minister Nitin Gadkari to allow a 12-lane design between Future City and Amaravati.
If the Centre approves, this would be the first 12-lane expressway in South India. Initially, the road may be built with six or eight lanes and later expanded to 12 lanes. Currently, Delhi-Meerut highway has 12 lanes, and the Dwarka Expressway between Delhi and Gurgaon has 16 lanes (eight elevated and eight service roads). Maharashtra has also proposed a 12-lane expressway between Nagpur and Bengaluru.
