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INDIA - ECONOMY -
ROADS - AGRA-LUCKNOW Xpressway |
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Date-wise Events |
- November 21, 2016: It was
inaugurated on this day with the landing of 8 IAF (Indian
Air Force) jets on India's longest greenfield expressway!
Four Mirage 2000s and four Sukhois of the IAF made a
terrific and spectacular landing on a select stretch of the
Agra-Lucknow expressway, marking a first for the
inauguration of a highway in India.
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Description |
It is a 302 kms
controlled-access highway or expressway, constructed by the
Uttar Pradesh Expressways Industrial Development Authority to
reduce traffic in already congested roads and to reduce
pollution and carbon footprint. It is the longest expressway in
India. The expressway will reduce the distance between the
cities of Agra and Lucknow in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
It is a 6-lane expressway which is expandable to 8-lanes in
future. |
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