Jalna-Nanded Expressway

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Jalna-Nanded Samruddhi Mahamarg
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Route information
Maintained by Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC)
Length179 km (111 mi)
ExistedDec 2024 (expected)–present
Major junctions
Northwest end Jalna district
Southeast end Nanded district
Location
Country India
States Maharashtra
Major cities Jalna, Parbhani, Nanded
Highway system

The Jalna-Nanded Expressway is a link road greenfield project that connects the largest cities of Marathwada (Jalna, Parbhani, Hingoli, and Nanded) to Mumbai-Nagpur Expressway, which is also officially known as Hindu Hrudaysamrat Balasaheb Thackeray Maharashtra Samruddhi Mahamarg. [1] Proposed as 6-lane wide, this segment will reduce the road distance between Jalna and Nanded from 226 kilometres to 179 kilometres and bring down travel time between Nanded and Mumbai from 12 hours to around 6 hours. [2]

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Route Alignment

The Jalna-Nanded Expressway will travel through Jalna, Parbhani, and Nanded districts directly. The 179-kilometre Jalna-Nanded segment passes through 87 villages. Around 93.52 kilometres of this segment passes through four tehsils in Parbhani, while 66.46 kilometres passes through three tehsils of Jalna and 19.82 kilometres passes through one tehsil in Nanded. [3]

Cities & Towns

Below are the lists of cities/towns through which the Jalna-Nanded Expressway will connect:

Construction

MSRDC invited RFQ applications for the expressway’s civil construction in April 2023. Here’s a list of civil packages included within the RFQ document:

Sr. No.PackageLength in km Contractor
1.JNE-1 (36.09 km): 0.000 to 36.0936.09Tender Notice Pending
2.JNE-2 (30.46 km): 36.09 to 66.5530.46Tender Notice Pending
3.JNE-3 (32.44 km): 66.55 to 98.9932.44Tender Notice Pending
4.JNE-4 (28.85 km): 98.99 to 127.8428.85Tender Notice Pending
5.JNE-5 (32.19 km): 127.84 to 160.0332.19Tender Notice Pending
6.JNE-6 (19.82+4.48 km): 160.03 to 179.85 (package includes from Hingole Gate to Chatrapai Chowk)24.3Tender Notice Pending

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