Yamuna Expressway

The Yamuna Expressway is a 165.537 km six-lane access-controlled expressway connecting Greater Noida (Delhi NCR) to Agra in Uttar Pradesh. Opened on 9 August 2012, it was India's longest expressway at the time and is operated under a 36-year build-operate-transfer (BOT) concession by Jaypee Infratech, a Jaypee Group subsidiary.

The alignment was conceived primarily to relieve the chronically congested NH-2 (Old Mathura Road) and to spur land development along the Yamuna corridor — particularly the Yamuna Industrial Development Authority (YEIDA) zone planned around Jewar, where the Noida International Airport is now under construction. The expressway features 7 toll plazas and a design speed of 120 km/h.

Construction was executed by Jaypee Group between 2008 and 2012 at ₹12,839 crore — including land acquisition for ~12,000 hectares of associated real-estate development zones. The pavement is rigid concrete (CRCP) — a relatively unusual choice in India where bituminous pavements dominate — chosen for the heavy commercial traffic mix and longer pavement life.

The expressway has had a contentious safety record with multiple high-fatality accidents, prompting speed-limit reductions during fog season. It remains the primary tourist route from Delhi to Agra (Taj Mahal) and Mathura (Krishna pilgrimage).