Bundelkhand Expressway is a , four-lane wide (expandable to six) access-controlled expressway in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. It connects Gonda village on NH-35 in Chitrakoot district with Kudrail village on Agra–Lucknow Expressway in Etawah district. Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid down the foundation stone of Bundelkhand Expressway on 29 February 2020 in Gonda village, Chitrakoot, and the expressway was inaugurated on 16 July 2022. The expressway will boost tourism to Chitrakoot Dham.
The project was launched in April 2017 by the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Yogi Adityanath. It is being developed by the Uttar Pradesh Expressways Industrial Development Authority (UPEIDA) with a total project value of ₹14,716 crores.
Route
Bundelkhand Expressway will connect Kudrail village on Agra–Lucknow Expressway in Etawah district with Gonda village on NH-35 in Chitrakoot district. It will pass through 7 districts of Uttar Pradesh i.e. (from north to south) Etawah, Auraiya, Jalaun, Hamirpur, Mahoba, Banda and Chitrakoot.
Following is the route of the expressway from Kudrail village (Etawah) to Chitrakoot Dham: east of Bharthana west of Phaphund west of Auraiya west of Jalaun south-west of Orai north of Rath south of Maudaha north of Banda north-east of Atarra
Construction
The construction work of the Bundelkhand Expressway is divided into six packages and awarded to four different contractors. A total of four railway-over-bridges (ROB), 14 major bridges, 268 minor bridges, 18 flyovers, six toll plazas, seven ramp plazas and 214 underpasses will be constructed on this expressway. Its construction cost is around crores (excluding the cost of Land). The list of contractors is as follows: