page_title: Limited-access road
section_title: India
hierarchical_section_title: Limited-access road / Regional implementations / Asia / India
caption_attribution_description: English: The Mubai Pune Expressway in India
context_page_description: A limited-access road, known by various terms worldwide, including limited-access highway, dual-carriageway, expressway, and partial controlled access highway, is a highway or arterial road for high-speed traffic which has many or most characteristics of a controlled-access highway, including limited or no access to adjacent property, some degree of separation of opposing traffic flow, use of grade separated interchanges to some extent, prohibition of some modes of transport such as cars, bicycles or horses, and very few or no intersecting cross-streets. The degree of isolation from local traffic allowed varies between countries and regions. The precise definition of these terms varies by jurisdiction.
context_section_description: Expressways in India make up more than 942 km (585 mi) of the Indian National Highway System on which they are the highest class of road. The National Highways Development Project is underway to add an additional 18,637 km (11,580 mi) of expressways to the  network by the year 2022.
caption: The Mumbai-Pune Expressway as seen from Khandala
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