Commuters traveling from Faridabad, South Delhi and Gurugram will soon be able to reach the upcoming Noida International Airport at Jewar in a matter of minutes, completely bypassing Delhi’s notorious traffic gridlocks.
Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari, on Tuesday afternoon conducted a comprehensive, high-profile on-site inspection of the DND–Faridabad–KMP Access Controlled Highway Project (NH-148NA), traveling from Delhi’s Maharani Bagh directly to the connecting point of the Jewar Airport Expressway at the Sector 65 Bypass in Faridabad.
With construction now entering its final phase, the inspection assumed immense political and administrative significance, attended by a powerful joint delegation including Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, Union Minister of State and Faridabad MP Krishan Pal Gurjar, Haryana Public Works Department (PWD) Minister Ranbir Singh Gangwa, Union Ministers of State Ajay Tamta and Harsh Malhotra, Union Minister Ramvir Singh Bidhuri, and Delhi PWD Minister Parvesh Sahib Verma.
During the high-level visit at the Sector 65 bypass, residents expressed profound gratitude to the Union Minister for formally accepting their public grievance and approving a critical entry/exit cut on the Jewar Greenfield Expressway, a decision set to grant direct highway access to thousands of local commuters.
“Developed under the ambitious Bharatmala Pariyojana, the expansive 59.063-kilometer-long access-controlled highway network is being built at an estimated cost of Rs 4,463 crore, designed to seamlessly interlink Delhi, Noida, Ghaziabad, Faridabad, Gurugram and Sohna into a unified, high-speed transit economic web," said Gadkari.
A critical highlight of this mega-infrastructure plan is the dedicated 31.425-kilometer-long greenfield connection extending from Faridabad, Haryana, to Dayanapur in Gautam Buddha Nagar, Uttar Pradesh.
Constructed at Rs 2,360 crore, this six-lane, divided flexible-pavement expressway will bridge the gap between Haryana and the upcoming international aviation hub in Jewar.
Upon completion, traffic originating from northern India can directly access the Noida International Airport via the Eastern Peripheral Expressway (EPE). Simultaneously, motorists from South Delhi, Faridabad and Gurugram will secure direct, rapid transit to the airport terminal, drastically slashing travel times to mere minutes and substantially mitigating the agonising traffic bottlenecks on the inner ring roads and arterial stretches of the national capital.
To guarantee unobstructed vehicular flow, the project integrates high-end civil engineering and structural innovations. The highway incorporates four major logistical interchanges located strategically at the DND–Sohna Highway, the Eastern Peripheral Expressway, the Yamuna Expressway, and the Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation (DFCC) crossing.
The project features a proposed elevated corridor alongside a massive 8-lane Rail Over Bridge (ROB) at the DFCCIL intersection to offer conflict-free, uninterrupted movement.
Furthermore, the corridor features a spectacular 140-meter-long Network Arch Bridge—one of the country’s most structurally complex steel bridges.
Utilising modern tied-arch technology with crossed hanger systems, the structure delivers enhanced seismic resilience, durability, and load-bearing capacity over active channels. Aligning with sustainable development mandates, the project underscores an eco-friendly blueprint.
The construction successfully utilises approximately two lakhs metric tonnes of inert material retrieved from the bio-mining of the Okhla and Ghazipur landfills, turning urban waste into a robust infrastructure foundation.
Traversing through prime sectors earmarked under the Faridabad Master Plan 2031 for future high-density expansion, this greenfield corridor links the DND–Ballabhgarh Bypass directly to the Delhi–Mumbai Expressway.
