Delhi-Mumbai highway to open next year: Know travel time and route

Delhi-Mumbai Expressway

The ambitious Delhi-Mumbai Expressway, which is set to reduce travel time between two cities to half, is set open next year.

According to a media reports, South Delhi MP Ramvir Singh Bidhuri on Saturday announced that the six-lane highway connecting DND in Delhi to Mumbai’s Sarai Kale Khan will be completed before March 2026.

"Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate this highway. This will complete the highway to Mumbai via South Delhi," Bidhuri was quoted by TOI as saying.

Travel time

The upcoming expressway, one of India’s most ambitious infrastructure projects, will reduce travel time between the national capital and the financial hub to just 12 hours. This high-speed corridor promises to revolutionise road travel — with a design that’s not just faster, but smarter and greener too.

India’s longest expressway

With a total length of 1,380 km, the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway will be India’s longest, crossing through six major states — Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, and Maharashtra.

Delhi-Mumbai Expressway route

The expressway will pass through some of India’s most economically vibrant cities, including:

• Jaipur, Kishangarh, Ajmer, Kota, Chittorgarh, Udaipur in Rajasthan
• Bhopal, Ujjain, and Indore in Madhya Pradesh
• Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Surat in Gujarat

Wildlife-friendly design

This expressway will feature three animal overpasses and five underpasses, totalling 7 km, to ensure safe and unobstructed movement of wildlife. According to a report by Business Standard, it will be the first expressway in Asia and only the second in the world to implement such a design.