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{{Short description|Road in Odisha, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2016}}
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|country=IND
|image= Biju Expressway 01.jpg
|name= Biju Expressway
|marker_image=none
|map=
|length_km= 650
|direction_a=
|terminus_a= Chandili, [[Koraput district]]
|destinations=
|direction_b=
|terminus_b= [[Rourkela]]
|state= Odisha
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'''Biju Expressway''' is a [[State highways in India|State Expressway]] in the state of [[Odisha]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1150414/jsp/frontpage/story_14491.jsp|archive-url=https://archive.today/20161230013847/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1150414/jsp/frontpage/story_14491.jsp|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 December 2016|title=Biju link takes off, battles low budget|work=The Telegraph}}</ref> with a total length of 650 km.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/Biju-Expressway-Yet-to-Cut-Through-Red-Tape/2015/05/11/article2808200.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151030123554/http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/Biju-Expressway-Yet-to-Cut-Through-Red-Tape/2015/05/11/article2808200.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 October 2015|title=Biju Expressway Yet to Cut Through 'Red' Tape|work=The New Indian Express}}</ref> It starts at [[Chandili]] (border village in [[Koraput district]]) and goes on to touch border towns/market centres such as [[Kotpad]], [[Borigumma|Boriguma]], [[Nabarangpur]], [[Papadahandi]], Ambapani, Godbhanja, [[Dharamgarh|Dharmagarh]], [[Sinapali|Sinapalli]], Bhella, [[Nuapada]], [[Paikmal|Paikamal]], [[Padmapur|Padampur]], Sohela, [[Bargarh]], [[Sambalpur]], [[Jharsuguda]], [[Sundergarh|Sundargarh]] before ending at [[Rourkela]]. The main expressway is between Vedvyas and [[Sambalpur]]. The Biju Expressway contains three toll gates. The first one is 6 km before Rajgangpur Bypass.The second tollgate is at Masunikani and the third gate is at [[Rengali]]. The maximum capable speed limit of [[Larsen & Toubro|L&T]] SRTL (Larsen & Toubro Sambalpur Rourkela Tollway Limited) is 160 km/h between the 163 km stretch from Vedvyas to [[Rengali]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/tender-for-rs-3-200-cr-biju-expressway-in-october-114090101182_1.html|title=Tender for Rs 3,200 cr Biju Expressway in October|author=Sadananda Mohapatra|date=1 September 2014|work=business-standard.com}}</ref> The current Odisha Government has numbered this Expressway as '''National Highway 126B'''([[National Highway 126B (India)|NH126B]]), Auxiliary highway of [[National Highway 26 (India)|NH26]] as it runs nearly parallel to [[National Highway 26 (India)|NH26]]. Biju Expressway has the distinction of being the Subsidiary Highway longer than the Main National Highway. Main [[National Highway 26 (India)|NH26]] covers {{convert|555|km|mi}} distance, Biju Expressway as [[National Highway 126B (India)|NH126B]] runs for {{convert|650|km|mi}} distance.

== Important Landmarks ==
*SH-10, Biju Expressway (ବିଜୁ ଏକ୍ସପ୍ରେସୱେ)
*Vedvyas (ବେଦବ୍ୟାସ)
*Kansbahal (କାଂଶବାହାଲ)
*Kutra (କୁତ୍ରା)
*Tudalaga (ତୁଡାଲଗା)
*Bargaon (ବଡ଼ଗାଁ)
*Jarangloi (ଜରଙ୍ଗଲୋଇ)
*Karamdihi (କରମଡ଼଼ିହି)
*[[Sundargarh]] (ସୁନ୍ଦରଗଡ)
*Kirei (କିରେଇ)
*[[Jharsuguda]] Bypass (ଝାରସୁଗୁଡା ବାଇପାସ)
*Badmal (ବଡ଼ମାଲ)
*[[Rengali]] (ରେଙ୍ଗାଲି)
*Ainthapali [[Sambalpur]] (ଅଇଁଠାପାଲି ସମ୍ବଲପୁର)
*[[Bargarh]] (ବରଗଡ଼)
*Sohela (ସୋହେଲା)
*SH-03 Biju Expressway (ବିଜୁ ଏକ୍ସପ୍ରେସୱେ)
*Padampur (ପଦ୍ମପୁର)
*Paikmal (ପାଇକମାଲ)
*Nuapada (ନୂଆପଡା)
[[File:BijuExpressway.jpg|thumb|Proposed route map of Biju Expressway]]
The total cost of the project is around ₹3,630 crore. The project will be completed in phased manner, in the first phase of the project, a {{convert|256|km|mi}} long four-lane road will be established by converting an existing road and a further 402 km will be converted into a two-lane road. In the second phase, 258 km of road will be converted into four lanes.<ref name="indiatimes.com">{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Naveen-Patnaik-launches-Rs-3200cr-Biju-Expressway-project/articleshow/41105400.cms|title=Naveen Patnaik launches Rs 3,200cr Biju Expressway project|work=The Times of India}}</ref>

The first phase of the project was completed by December 2017, and the second phase was completed by the end of 2019. Since completion, it has reduce the travel time between the two cities from 12 hrs 45 mins to 9 hrs 45 mins hrs.<ref name="indiatimes.com"/>

{{convert|308|km|mi}} of the total length would be converted into the four lane standard while the [[National Highways Authority of India]] (NHAI) will further develop another 183 km.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/Biju-Expressway-to-Bridge-Economic-Divide/2015/07/12/article2915744.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150712183428/http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/Biju-Expressway-to-Bridge-Economic-Divide/2015/07/12/article2915744.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 July 2015|title=Biju Expressway to Bridge Economic Divide|work=The New Indian Express}}</ref> The 160 km road from [[Rourkela]] to [[Sambalpur]] (SH-10) will be converted into four lanes through [[Public–private partnerships in India|Public Private Partnership]] (PPP).

==Status updates==
[[File:Biju Expressway 03.jpg|thumb|Chief Minister [[Naveen Patnaik]] inaugurating Biju Expressway from Rourkela to Sambalpur]]
Status updates of the {{convert|650|km|mi}}long under construction Biju Expressway. The road will connect Rourkela to Chandili via Sambalpur, Nuapada, out of which the {{convert|350|km|mi}}long Rourkela-Sambalpur-Nuapada section will be 6 lanes wide and the remaining {{convert|300|km|mi}} Nuapada-Chandili section will be 4 lanes wide.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-07-17 |title=Biju Expressway Route Map, Cost, Progress, and More - Infra Info Hub |url=https://infrainfohub.com/biju-expressway/ |access-date=2024-07-17 |language=en-US}}</ref>

* June 2017: Road from Rourkela to Sambalpur to be completed by December 2017. All sections to be completed by June 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/odisha-completes-three-major-roads-in-one-year/1088323|title=Odisha completes three major roads in one year}}</ref>
* March 2018: The {{convert|163|km|mi}} long four-lane expressway from Vedvyas to [[Sambalpur]] was inaugurated by Chief Minister [[Naveen Patnaik]].
* March 2019: 70% of the total work completed.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhubaneswar/naveen-patnaik-lists-his-govts-achievements-as-bjd-eyes-for-a-fifth-term/articleshow/68276631.cms|title=Naveen Patnaik lists his govt's achievements as BJD eyes for a fifth term | Bhubaneswar News - Times of India}}</ref>

==Gallery==

<gallery mode="packed" heights="150">
File:Biju Expressway 02.jpg|Part of Biju Expressway from Rourkela to Sambalpur
File:Biju Expressway 04.jpg|Part of Biju Expressway from Rourkela to Sambalpur
File:Biju Expressway 05.jpg|Part of Biju Expressway from Rourkela to Sambalpur
</gallery>

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Expressways in Odisha]]
[[Category:Transport in Rourkela]]
[[Category:Transport in Odisha]]

Biju Expressway - Revision history

Ajithkumardas6 at 09:14, 20 February 2026