Nitin Gadkari To Inspect Gurugram Stretch Of Dwarka Expressway On 18 May, Ahead Of Expected Opening In June

Union Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari is scheduled to conduct an inspection of the Dwarka Expressway stretch in the city on 18 May — as the Gurgaon section of the expressway nears completion and is likely to open for traffic by the end of June.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to formally inaugurate the Gurugram portion of the Expressway in June, however, the inauguration date of the project is yet to be finalised.

The 29 km long Dwarka expressway branches out from NH-8 near Shiv Murti, passing through Dwarka, and ends near NH-8 in Gurgaon near the Kherki Daula toll plaza.

Being built at a cost of Rs 9,000 crore — 18.9 km of this expressway falls in Gurugram and 10.1 km in Delhi.

Of the total span of the expressway, 23 km is elevated and about 4 km of tunnel is being constructed.

A 3.6 km long tunnel is being constructed from Dwarka Expressway to Palam Airport.

Work on the Gurugram portion of the expressway has reached 99.3 per cent completion. Gurgaon MP Rao Inderjeet Singh said work is near completion and Nitin Gadkari will inspect the e-way on May 18.

Once operational, it would ease traffic movement on NH-8 and will be an alternative connectivity between the city and Delhi, said Singh.

Additionally, the work on the construction of the cloverleaf has been completed, as per Times of India report.

This impressive four-way junction with ramps on four sides is situated close to the Kherki Daula toll plaza and will connect — National Highway-48, the Dwarka Expressway, also called the Northern Peripheral Road (NPR), with the Southern Peripheral Road (SPR), which is on the other side of the Delhi-Gurugram Expressway.

The cloverleaf stretch has a circumference of over 2 km and will be one of India's largest structures, resembling a larger version of the junctions at Dhaula Kuan in New Delhi.

Once ready, the four loops of the flyover will allow seamless movement towards key routes to get to the Delhi airport, Delhi-Gurugram Expressway, Dwarka Expressway, SPR and the under-construction Delhi-Mumbai Expressway.