- The Delhi-Dehradun Expressway reduces travel time between the cities to 2.5 hours
- The expressway causes heavy weekend traffic jams in Dehradun city
- The 210 km corridor links Delhi with Dehradun via several intermediate cities
The newly-inaugrated Delhi-Dehradun Expressway has brought the hills closer to Delhites. With a claimed travel time of 2.5 hours from Delhi to Dehradun, the expressway has made the 'Gateway of Uttarakhand' more accessible, if anything. As a result, the expressway witnessed a huge flock of tourists from Delhi travelling to Dehradun. The weekend rush caused massive traffic jams in Dehradun.
Multiple social media users posted on Instagram, highlighting the traffic conditions in the city. A user gave a clear idea of how Delhi-to-Dehradun travel time is now reduced to 2.5 hours, but Dehradun-to-Dehradun travel time is around 2 hours after one exits the expressway.
An Instagram user commented, "Ek dehradun se bypass karna chahiye direct Mussoorie ke liye jisse Dehradun naa aaye city me log," highlighting that there should be a way to bypass Dehradun to reach Mussorie. Also, other users shared light on how government can now come-up with measures to ease traffic flow in the city.
A X post highlighting the traffic in Dehradun after the expressway's inauguration also received a comment, revealing that the tourist load from Rishikesh has apparently taken a hit. The comment read, "
Talking of the Delhi-Dehradun Expressway, the 210 km, closed-access corridor connects the country's capital city - Delhi, with the capital of Uttarakhand state - Dehradun. It connects various cities through the route - Baghpat, Baraut, Shamli, Saharanpur, and more.
The expressway consists of multiple independent stretches of highways - National Highway 709B, National Highway 307, National Highway 344G, and Easter Peripheral Expressway. Furthermore, the expressway reinforces connectivity to the Char Dham highway from Haridwar.
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The highway runs on a 6-lane setup, with further expansion capacity to 8 lanes. There are 16 entry and exit points in total to facilitate connectivity with cities on the way to Dehradun from Delhi and vice versa. It also gets multiple elevated sections for better traffic avoidance and to keep wildlife safe. The 14 km wildlife corridor through Rajaji National Park just south of the Dehradun, has already shown signs of animals using it, recent images show. Yes, there's one tunnel too. It spans 340 meters, and it is built at the south end of the elevated wildlife corridor.