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{{infobox road
| country = IND
| type = NE
| route = 1
| image =
| name = Ahmedabad Vadodara Expressway
| alternate_name = Mahatma Gandhi Expressway
| map = {{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|type=line|stroke-width=3|id= Q2043153|title=Ahmedabad Vadodara Expressway}}
| map_custom = yes
| map_notes = Ahmedabad Vadodara Expressway in red
| length_km = 93.1
| established = 16 August 2004<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/a-bad-vadodara-expressway-inauguration-on-august-16-104081101088_1.html |title=Ahmedabad-Vadodara Expressway inauguration on August 16, 2004 |work=Business Standard }}</ref>
| direction_a = North
| terminus_a = [[Ahmedabad]]
| direction_b = South
| terminus_b = [[Vadodara]]
| junction =
| formed =
| maint = [[National Highways Authority of India]] (NHAI)
| history =
| states = [[Gujarat]]
| cities = [[Nadiad]], [[Anand, Gujarat|Anand]]
}}

The '''Ahmedabad Vadodara Expressway''' or '''Mahatma Gandhi Expressway''' or '''National Expressway 1''' is an [[Expressways in India|expressway]] connecting the cities of [[Ahmedabad]] and [[Vadodara]] in the state of [[Gujarat]], [[India]].<ref name="mgebad">{{cite news|title=Mahatma Gandhi expressway in a bad shape |url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/mahatma-gandhi-expressway-in-a-bad-shape-105070501119_1.html |date=5 July 2005 |work=Business Standard|location=Ahmedabad|access-date=2013-07-20}}</ref> The {{convert|93.1|km|mi|abbr=on}} long<ref name="spv">{{cite news|title=Special purpose vehicle for Ahmedabad-Vadodara scheme|url=http://hindu.com/businessline/2000/10/14/stories/091440c8.htm|date=14 October 2000|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|location=New Delhi|access-date=2013-07-23|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130723135445/http://hindu.com/businessline/2000/10/14/stories/091440c8.htm|archive-date=23 July 2013}}</ref> [[Limited-access road|expressway]] reduces the travel time between the two cities<ref name="PMtoopen">{{cite news |title=PM to inaugurate Rs 180-cr Ahmedabad expressway |url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.in/2003/01/28/stories/2003012800940600.htm |date=27 January 2003 |newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|location=New Delhi |access-date=2013-07-21}}</ref> from two and a half hours to an hour.<ref name="zip">{{cite news|title=Zip from Vadodara to A'bad in an hour|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2004-06-10/ahmedabad/27159599_1_ahmedabad-and-nadiad-toll-plazas-nadiad-vadodara-stretch|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130724114653/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2004-06-10/ahmedabad/27159599_1_ahmedabad-and-nadiad-toll-plazas-nadiad-vadodara-stretch|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 July 2013|first=Raja|last=Bose|date=10 June 2004|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|location=Ahmedabad|access-date=2013-07-24}}</ref> It was declared as National Expressway 1 in 1986.<ref>[http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1986/E-0770-1986-0080-33904.pdf Notification dated March 13, 1986]</ref>

[[File:NE1 View.jpg|thumb|right|Expressway]]
The expressway has 2 lanes each side and one service lane. The expressway opened in 2003.<ref>[http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/ahmedabad-vadodara-expressway-to-be-ready-by-march/137164/ Ahmedabad Vadodara Expressway to be ready by March-Source-Business Standard]</ref> It has two [[slip road|exit loop]]s at [[Nadiad]] and [[Anand, Gujarat|Anand]].<ref name="ataldream">{{cite news|title=Atal dream revs up on Ahmedabad Expressway|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2004-05-25/ahmedabad/28340838_1_ahmedabad-vadodara-expressway-ahmedabad-expressway-nhai-officials|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130724114650/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2004-05-25/ahmedabad/28340838_1_ahmedabad-vadodara-expressway-ahmedabad-expressway-nhai-officials|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 July 2013|date=25 May 2004|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|location=Vadodara|access-date=2013-07-24}}</ref> In 2009, the [[National Highways Authority of India]] announced plans to upgrade the expressway to six lanes.<ref name="fourtosix">{{cite news |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-02-28/vadodara/28029736_1_nhai-plans-ahmedabad-vadodara-expressway-national-highways-authority |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130126043119/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-02-28/vadodara/28029736_1_nhai-plans-ahmedabad-vadodara-expressway-national-highways-authority |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-01-26 |title=Ahmedabad-Vadodara expressway to become six lane: NHAI |date=2009-02-28 | work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date= 26 May 2012 |location=Vadodara}}</ref> Two-wheeler vehicles of all kinds are forbidden on the expressway.<ref name="notwowheels">{{cite news|title=No two-wheelers on Expressway? Take that!|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-10-14/ahmedabad/28089941_1_ahmedabad-vadodara-expressway-tyre-bursts-cyclists|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140125221708/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-10-14/ahmedabad/28089941_1_ahmedabad-vadodara-expressway-tyre-bursts-cyclists|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 January 2014|date=14 October 2009|author=Paul John & Kevin Antao|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|location=Ahmedabad|access-date=2013-07-23}}</ref> The expressway is fenced to prevent the entry of two wheelers and cattle, along with several underpasses and overbridges to allow vehicles to cross over.<ref name="stall">{{cite news|title=After VIPs, aam admi stalls Expressway |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2004-07-28/ahmedabad/27168469_1_ahmedabad-vadodara-expressway-underpasses-nhai |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130725125508/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2004-07-28/ahmedabad/27168469_1_ahmedabad-vadodara-expressway-underpasses-nhai |url-status=dead |archive-date=25 July 2013 |date=24 July 2004 |newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|location=Ahmedabad |access-date=2013-07-25}}</ref>

== History ==
The expressway was built at a cost of {{INR}} 475 crore and inaugurated by the then [[Prime Minister of India]], [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]].<ref name="PMtoopen" /> In 2009, the [[Government of Gujarat]] asked the [[Government of India]] to extend the expressway to [[Mumbai]].<ref name="extend">{{cite news|title=Guj seeks extension of expressway to Mumbai |url= http://www.dnaindia.com/india/1259956/report-guj-seeks-extension-of-expressway-to-mumbai |first=Amit |last=Arora|date=29 May 2009|agency=[[Daily News and Analysis]] |location=Gandhinagar |access-date=2013-07-28}}</ref> In 2011, [[IRB Infra]] won a bid to upgrade the expressway from four lanes to six lanes with [[service lane]]s and collect toll.<ref name="IRBbid">{{cite news |title=IRB ties in record BOT road deal |url= http://www.pfie.com/irb-ties-in-record-bot-road-deal/21018416.article |date=2012 |agency=Thomson Reuters |access-date=2013-07-21}}</ref><ref name="superexpress">{{cite news |title=Soon, a 10-lane 'Super Expressway' for Vadodara |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/1650027/report-soon-a-10-lane-super-expressway-for-vadodara |first=Himansh |last=Dhomse |date=14 February 2012 |agency=[[Daily News and Analysis]] |location=Ahmedabad|access-date=2013-07-28}}</ref> In 2013, it was announced that IRB Infra, which was also upgrading the stretch of the National Highway connecting [[Ahmedabad]] and [[Vadodara]] as part of the deal, would not collect toll till construction work was completed.<ref name="notoll">{{cite news|title=New Year gift: No toll on A'bad-Vadodara |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/new-year-gift-no-toll-on-a-badvadodara/1052774/0 |date=1 January 2013 |agency=[[Indian Express]] |location=Vadodara|access-date=2013-07-23}}</ref> The process of upgrading the expressway to six lanes is being done at a cost of {{INR}} 3300 [[crore]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Six laning of expressway to be over in two years|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/Six-laning-of-expressway-to-be-over-in-two-years/articleshow/20022027.cms|date=13 May 2013|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|location=Gandhinagar|access-date=2013-07-27}}</ref>

== Toll rates ==

Toll will be charged at four points - at Ahmedabad, SP Ring Road Ahmedabad, Nadiad, Anand & Vadodara. A summary table of toll rates is as below

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Vehicle Category !! Ahmedabad to Vadodara !! Nadiad to Vadodara !! Nadiad to Ahmedabad !! Ahmedabad to Anand !! Anand to Vadodara
|-
| Two wheeler || Not Allowed || Not Allowed || Not Allowed || Not Allowed
|Not Allowed
|-
| Car/Jeep/Van ||110|| 65 || 45
|65
|45
|-
|}

== Safety ==
[[File:A view of Mahatma Gandhi Expressway dedicated to the Nation on 24-08-2004 by Union Minister for Shipping Road Transport & Highways Shri T.R. Baalu at Vadodara.jpg|thumb|A view of Mahatma Gandhi Expressway dedicated to the Nation on 24 August 2004 by Union Minister for Shipping Road Transport & Highways [[T. R. Baalu]] at Vadodara]]
In 2004, it was reported that the road surface quality on certain stretches of the expressway was ''inferior'' due to the substandard quality of construction materials used.<ref name="destruction">{{cite news |title=Gujarat expressway takes road to destruction |url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2004-12-25/news/27390009_1_milestone-polymer-bitumen |first=Prabhune|last=Tushar |date=2005-12-25|location=Ahmedabad|access-date=2013-07-21}}</ref> In 2005, it was reported that a major accident took place on the expressway, resulting in a pileup that involved nine vehicles due to fog.<ref name="speedsafety">{{cite news|title=Expressway offers speed not safety |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2006-01-31/ahmedabad/27829683_1_vadodara-ahmedabad-expressway-crane-accident |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130725130917/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2006-01-31/ahmedabad/27829683_1_vadodara-ahmedabad-expressway-crane-accident |url-status=dead |archive-date=25 July 2013 |first=Vikram|last=Rautela|date=31 January 2006|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|location=Ahmedabad|access-date=2013-07-25}}</ref> The [[Ahmedabad]]-[[Nadiad]] stretch is considered the most dangerous, with fatal accidents reported since the opening of the expressway.<ref name="fatalsurprise">{{cite news|title=Fatal surprises on A'bad-Nadiad Expressway |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2003-06-13/ahmedabad/27197692_1_speed-breakers-kmph-caution-signs |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130724112824/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2003-06-13/ahmedabad/27197692_1_speed-breakers-kmph-caution-signs |url-status=dead |archive-date=24 July 2013 |first=Amit |last=Mukherjee |date=13 June 2003 |newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|location=Nadiad |access-date=2013-07-24}}</ref><ref name="fatalmishaps">{{cite news|title=Fatal mishaps on Ahmedabad-Vadodara expressway |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/1554830/report-fatal-mishaps-on-ahmedabad-vadodara-expressway |date=14 June 2011|agency=[[Daily News and Analysis]] |location=Ahmedabad |access-date=2013-07-25}}</ref> The expressway has been referred to as ''not accident-prone'' when compared to the [[Mumbai Pune Expressway]].<ref name="mpedeathtrap">{{cite news|title=Mumbai-Pune Expressway turns into a death trap |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/1632811/report-mumbai-pune-expressway-turns-into-a-death-trap |date=3 January 2012|agency=[[Daily News and Analysis]]|location=Pune|access-date=2013-07-25}}</ref> [[Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation|GSRTC]] buses are known to travel slowly on the expressway due to speed limits set prior to the opening of the expressway.<ref name="GSRTC">{{cite news |title=Expressway is no boon for GSRTC commuters |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/1279312/report-expressway-is-no-boon-for-gsrtc-commuters |first=Nikunj|last=Soni|date=3 August 2009|agency=[[Daily News and Analysis]]|location=Ahmedabad|access-date=2013-07-28}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Expressways in India]]
* [[National Highways Development Project]]
* [[Golden Quadrilateral]]
* [[Delhi Mumbai Expressway]]
* [[National Highway 8 (India, old numbering)]]

== References ==
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{{Indian Highways Network}}
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{{Mohandas K. Gandhi}}

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