Biju Expressway

Biju Expressway
Route information
Length 650 km (400 mi)
Major junctions
From Chandili, Koraput district
To Rourkela
Location
States Odisha
Highway system

    Biju Expressway is an expressway ,[1] measuring 650 km.[2] It starts at Chandili (border village in Koraput district) and touch border towns/market centres such as Kotpad, Boriguma, Nabarangpur, Papadahandi, Ambapani, Gadbhanga, Dharmagarh, Sinapalli, Bhella, Nuapada, Paikamal, Padampur, Sohela, Sambalpur, Jharsuguda, Sundargarh before ending at Rourkela.[3]

    Total cost of the project is around ₹3,630 crore (US$510 million). It will be completed in phased manner. In the first phase of the project, 254 km four-lanes road will be constructed and 402 kilometers will be two-lanes. In the second phase, 258 km will be made four-lane.[4]

    First phase of the project is scheduled to be completed by Dec 2017, the second phase completion target is set by the end of 2019. Once completed, it will reduce travel time beyween two cities from 13 hrs to 6 hrs.[4]

    307 km of the total length would be developed into four lane standard while the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) will develop another 183 km.[5] The 160-km road from Rourkela to Sambalpur (SH-10) will be made four lane through Public Private Partnership (PPP).

    Status updates

    Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik inaugurating Biju Expressway from Rourkela to Sambalpur

    Status updates of 656 km long under construction Biju Expressway. The road will connect Rourkela Chandili via Sambalpur, Nuapada, out of which 355 km long Rourkela-Sambalpur-Nuapada section will be of 4 lanes wide road and remaining 301 km long Nuapada-Chandili section will be 2 lanes wide road.

    • June 2017: Road from Rourkela to Sambalpur to be completed by December 2017. All sections to be completed by June 2019.[6]
    • March 2018: 163 KM long four-lane expressway from Rourkela to Sambalpur was inaugurated by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik.

    References

    1. ↑ "Biju link takes off, battles low budget". The Telegraph.
    2. ↑ "Biju Expressway Yet to Cut Through 'Red' Tape". The New Indian Express.
    3. ↑ Sadananda Mohapatra (1 September 2014). "Tender for Rs 3,200 cr Biju Expressway in October". business-standard.com.
    4. 1 2 "Naveen Patnaik launches Rs 3,200cr Biju Expressway project". The Times of India.
    5. ↑ "Biju Expressway to Bridge Economic Divide". The New Indian Express.
    6. ↑ http://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/odisha-completes-three-major-roads-in-one-year/1088323
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