India's Most Expensive Expressway: In India, if someone travels from one state to another by vehicle, then he has to pay toll. Whichever state you go through, you definitely find some expressway there. Traveling through the expressway makes it very easy for people to reach from one city to another. People also save time.
You also find many toll plazas on those expressways. Where you have to pay toll. The National Highway Authority of India oversees all the expressways of India. It decides the price of the toll. Today we are going to tell you about the most expensive expressway in the country, on which you have to pay the highest toll to travel.
Mumbai-Pune Expressway is the most expensive
You must have traveled from one state to another in your vehicle many times. During this time, you must have come across state highways, national highways. Here you must have also come across many toll plazas where you must have paid toll. But do you know where the highest toll tax has to be paid in the country? If you do not know, then let us tell you that if you travel by Mumbai-Pune Expressway, then you have to pay the highest toll tax. Mumbai-Pune Expressway is the most expensive expressway in India in this regard.
Rs 320 for 94 km
The total distance of Mumbai-Pune Expressway is 94 km. If you are traveling by 4-wheelers, then you will have to pay Rs 320 as toll tax, which is the highest in India in terms of distance. If you go there by mini bus and tempo, then you will have to pay Rs 495. On the other hand, if you go by two-axle trucks, then you will have to pay Rs 685. Apart from this, buses have to pay Rs 940 to travel on this expressway. The toll per kilometer on this expressway is Rs 3.40. Which is Rs 1 more than the rest of the expressways in the country. The toll rates of this expressway are also increased by 6 percent every year.
It was built in the year 2002
The Mumbai-Pune Expressway was completed in the year 2002 at a cost of about Rs 1630 crore. It starts from Kalamboli in Navi Mumbai and ends at Kiwale in Pune. Apart from being the most expensive expressway in India, it is also the busiest expressway in India.