NHAI hastens ₹7,400-cr Mysuru-Bengaluru Expressway

The 118-km and ten-lane expressway between Mysuru and Bengaluru of ₹7400 crore has been fast-tracked by the NHAI and it is likely to be completed by 2022. NHAI Superintendent Engineer, Sridhar, informed that after completion, the travel time between the two major cities will reduce from 3 hours to 90 minutes. The Union government has declared the State highway of Bengaluru-Mysuru up to Bantwala, having a total length of 376km, as a new National highway No-275. The ten-lane configuration between Mysuru and Bengaluru comprises six-lane access-controlled expressway for traffic, two-lane service road on either side of the expressway. It involves elevated corridor of about 8km and six bypasses with the aggregate length of over 51.5-km near Bidadi, Maddur, Ramanagar, Channapatna, Maddur, Mandya and Srirangpatna. The development of Mysuru-Kushalnagar section of NH 275 with the length of 93-km has been approved to be taken up at an estimated cost of ₹3,883 crore. Once this project is completed the travel time from Mysuru to Madikeri in Kodagu will reduce from 4 hours to two and a half hours. The travel time of Bengaluru to Madikeri will be minimized from 7 hours to four hours and the travel distance will be reduced by 10 km.