Shaheed Path
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Country | India |
States | Uttar Pradesh |
Major cities | Lucknow |
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Shaheed Path is a 4 lane outer bypass road constructed to divert traffic coming from and going to Kanpur Road or Faizabad Road to avoid the heavy traffic of the colonial streets and lanes of Lucknow. Shaheed Path or Amar Shaheed Path is also known as APJ Abdul Kalam Road.
History
It was a dream project of former Prime Minister
Stretch
Shaheed Path is 23 km long and is a part of the east-west corridor, the Shaheed Path will connect Lucknow-Kanpur Road (NH-25) with Lucknow-Faizabad (NH-28) via Lucknow-Sultanpur Road (NH-56) and Lucknow-Raebareli Road (NH30). The total stretch of the flyover is 22.5 kilometres. The four-lane flyover has a uniform width and each side of the divider is 8.75 meters wide. It starts from
Use
It is a 4 lane express highway for the traffic from Kanpur Road or Faizabad Road vice versa to go to other highways coming along the bypass. The flyover has service lanes and under passes at NH-56 and NH-24 that links it to Lucknow-Sultanpur and Lucknow-Rae Bareli national highways respectively. Besides this, the flyover has been connected to the various important localities like Gomtinagar and Gomtinagar extension to allow residents to use the facility accordingly.
References
- ^ "Shaheed Path to become operational from June 8". The Times of India. 4 June 2012. Archived from the original on 3 January 2013. Retrieved 26 September 2012.