page_title: Etawah
section_title: Agra-Etawah Cycle Highway
hierarchical_section_title: Etawah / Places of interest / Agra-Etawah Cycle Highway
caption_attribution_description: Sarsai Nawar Cycle Highway In Uttar Pradesh India
context_page_description: Etawah is a city on the banks of Yamuna River in the state of Western Uttar Pradesh in India. It is the administrative headquarters of Etawah District. Etawah's population of 256,838 makes it the one hundred and eightieth-most populous city in India. The city lies 300 km southeast of the national capital New Delhi, and 190 km northwest of the state capital Lucknow
  Etawah is about 120 km east of Agra and is about 165 km west of Kanpur. The city was an important centre for the Indian Rebellion of 1857. It is also the sangam or confluence of the Yamuna and Chambal rivers. It is the 26th most populous city in Uttar Pradesh.
context_section_description: Agra-Etawah Cycle Highway in Uttar Pradesh now has Asia's first cycle highway. A first-of-its-kind project, the 207-km-long cycle highway runs between Etawah and Agra and was declared open on Saturday, 27 November 2016. The track begins from the lion safari in Etawah. On its way to Agra are tourist destinations like Naugava ka Quila, Raja Bhoj ki Haveli, and Bateshwarnath Temple. It ends at the eastern gate of the Taj Mahal in Agra.
caption: Cycle Highway
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