Delhi Faridabad Skyway

Delhi Faridabad Skyway (Badarpur Flyover) is an 4.4 km Elevated highway connecting Delhi, India to Faridabad on NH 2, which opened in 2010, at Badarpur, Delhi at its junction with Mehrauli-Badarpur Road.^[1][2] It has been awarded by National Highway Authority of India to the 'Concessionaire Badarpur Faridabad Tollway Limited', a subsidiary of Hindustan Construction Company Limited.^[3]

Project road begins at Km.16.100 of National Highway 2 (NH 2) near BTPS and ends at Km.20.500 near Sec37 crossing 3 lane dual elevated highway with interchange/ramps at Mehrauli Junction, up and down ramp near Delhi border.

Background

It was a few years ago that the crucial need for an elevated flyover between Delhi and its satellite township of Faridabad was first realized. The traffic load on this stretch was more than sixty thousand vehicles per day and the existing infrastructure was incapable to cater to such a huge volume of traffic. As a result., the stretch faced frequent traffic jams delaying commuters by over 45 minutes. The NHAI proposed a 4.4 km long elevated six-lane road connecting in Delhi and Sector 37 in Faridabad as a solution to this problem. The dfskyway has been designed to provide uninterrupted travel past the four major crossings of MB Road, Jethpur, Sarai Bypass and Sector 37. The crossing is an important gateway to the capital city located on NH-2, which forms an important link between Delhi and Agra and even leads up to Maharashtra. For residents of Faridabad, it is the only direct link to the capital.

The project was awarded to HCC infrastructure Limited, a fully owned subsidiary of the HCC group. HCC began construction in Jan 2009 and the project was completed in under 24 months, significantly ahead of schedule. HCC’s construction team is very proud of this engineering feat despite the challenges posed by a highly congested work place and the unique downpours that Delhi witnessed in the summer of 2010.

Features

A safe and congestion free journey between Delhi and Haryana is the primary idea behind the creation of the dfskyway and the project boasts the following features:

• dfskyway is a direct link between Delhi & Faridabad
• The stretch will be covered in about 7 min even at an average speed of 40-km/h as compared to the present 45 min taken due to traffic jams
• Cloverleaf Mehrauli Junction: Totally congestion free drive
• State-of-the-art toll plazas and well established Facility Building for the road users
• Fully illuminated stretch and safe to drive at all times
• Well maintained Public Convenience Facilities
• 20-lanes toll plazas at the Faridabad side and 15-lanes toll plaza at the Delhi side
• Round the Clock (24×7) safety monitoring and emergency telephone line / help lines.

Toll rates w.e.f 1 September,^[4] 2013

References

External links

• Road Map reference at National Highways Authority of India
• Project reference