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Expressway on a song on monsoon days
The Mumbai Pune Expressway (Marathi: मुंबई-पुणे द्रुतगती महामार्ग), officially the Yashwantrao Chavan Expressway (Marathi: यशवंतराव चव्हाण द्रुतगती महामार्ग) is India's first six-lane concrete, high-speed, access controlled tolled expressway.
It spans a distance of 93 km (58 miles) connecting Mumbai, the financial capital of India, and the neighboring industrial hub city of Pune. It has introduced for India new levels of speed and safety in automobile transportation.
The expressway has reduced the travel time between the cities of Mumbai and Pune to approximately two hours. For most practical purposes, it has replaced the older Mumbai-Pune strectch of the Mumbai-Chennai National Highway (NH 4), which had become extremely congested and accident-prone over time.
The expressway starts at Kalamboli (near Panvel) and ends at Dehu Rd. (near Pune). It cleaves through the scenic Sahyadri mountain ranges via passes (Marathi:घाट) and tunnels. It has five interchanges Kon (Shedung), Chowk, Khalapur, Kusgaon and Talegaon.
The expressway has two carriageways with three concrete lanes each separated by a central divider and a tarmac or concrete shoulder on either side.
Vehicles with fewer than four wheels and agricultural tractors are not permitted, although tractor-trailers (semi-trailer rigs are permitted).
The expressway handles about 30,000 PCUs and is designed to handle up to 10,00,000 PCUs.
Expressway on a song on monsoon days
The Mumbai Pune Expressway (Marathi: मुंबई-पुणे द्रुतगती महामार्ग), officially the Yashwantrao Chavan Expressway (Marathi: यशवंतराव चव्हाण द्रुतगती महामार्ग) is India's first six-lane concrete, high-speed, access controlled tolled expressway.
It spans a distance of 93 km (58 miles) connecting Mumbai, the financial capital of India, and the neighboring industrial hub city of Pune. It has introduced for India new levels of speed and safety in automobile transportation.
The expressway has reduced the travel time between the cities of Mumbai and Pune to approximately two hours. For most practical purposes, it has replaced the older Mumbai-Pune strectch of the Mumbai-Chennai National Highway (NH 4), which had become extremely congested and accident-prone over time.
The expressway starts at Kalamboli (near Panvel) and ends at Dehu Rd. (near Pune). It cleaves through the scenic Sahyadri mountain ranges via passes (Marathi:घाट) and tunnels. It has five interchanges Kon (Shedung), Chowk, Khalapur, Kusgaon and Talegaon.
The expressway has two carriageways with three concrete lanes each separated by a central divider and a tarmac or concrete shoulder on either side.
Vehicles with fewer than four wheels and agricultural tractors are not permitted, although tractor-trailers (semi-trailer rigs are permitted).
The expressway handles about 30,000 PCUs and is designed to handle up to 10,00,000 PCUs.