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Vehicles Speed Limit fixed: Big news! The government has fixed the speed limit of vehicles on expressways and highways

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Expressway and National Highway: At present, speed revolution is going on in the country. Everyday new highways and expressways are being inaugurated or inaugurated. At present, work is going on on dozens of expressway projects to connect almost all the big cities.

Now more expressways are being discussed than national highways. In such a situation, the question is what is the difference between an expressway and a highway. What is the difference between the texture of these two routes and the speed of the vehicles running on them. According to a report, at present there are more than 4000 km long expressways in the country. Apart from this, work is going on on more than 10 expressway projects.

The most prominent of these are- Delhi-Mumbai Expressway, Dwarka Expressway, Mumbai-Nagpur Expressway, Ganga Expressway, Delhi-Amritsar-Katra Expressway, Ahmedabad-Dholera Expressway, Narmada Expressway and Raipur-Visakhapatnam Expressway. All these expressways are in the final stages of their construction. With these, a new revolution is going to come regarding the speed between the big cities of the country.

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Now the question is that after all this expressway Why is it different from the National Highway? Actually, expressway is synonymous with the highest quality road at present. These are specially prepared roads, which are surrounded by railings on both sides. Their height would have been more than the highway. They are completely outside the populated area. There is no habitation along the expressway. Its design is done in such a way that there is no twist in it. The vehicles keep moving straight.

In this, entry and exit points are made for vehicles at different places. Overall, these roads are designed in such a way that the person driving at high speed does not face any kind of disturbance. Compared to highways and other roads, the speed of vehicles on expressways is much higher.

Generally, the width of the expressway made in the country is of six to eight lanes. In ExpresswayBut there is also a facility to land the aircraft in case of emergency. They can be used as a runway. At present, the longest operational Purvanchal Expressway is in the country. After this, there is the Lucknow-Agra Expressway of Uttar Pradesh itself. Its total length is 302 km.

Vehicles run at a higher speed on the maximum speed

expressway as compared to the National Highway . Although the speed limit is different on different expressways, but on most of them the maximum speed limit is 120 km per hour. While the maximum speed on the highway is 80 to 100 kmph. Entry of two wheelers and three wheelers has been banned on many expressways. For example, a fine of up to Rs 10,000 may have to be paid for driving a motorcycle on the Delhi-Meerut Expressway.

World’s longest expressway!

The world’s longest expressway is also being built in the country itself. It is on the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway . Its total length is about 1300 km. Then a 633 km long expressway is being built between Delhi-Amritsar-Katra. Both these expressways are going to be completed soon.

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