Eastern Express Highway
{{Short description|Motorway in Mumbai and Thane}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2018}}
{{Infobox road
| name = Eastern Express Highway
| maint = MMRDA,{{cite web|url=http://mmrdamumbai.org/projects_muip.htm|title=MMRDA - Projects - Mumbai Urban Infrastructure Project|publisher=Mmrdamumbai.org|lang=en|access-date=2010-07-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100723020643/http://www.mmrdamumbai.org/projects_muip.htm|archive-date=23 July 2010|url-status=dead}} MSRDC
|map={{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-width=290|frame-height=290|zoom=10|frame-align=center|type=line|id=Q5155635| stroke-width=3|title=Eastern Express Highway}}
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| map_notes = Eastern Express Highway shown in Red
| length_km = 23.55
| length_round = 2
| formed =
| history =
| direction_a = North
| direction_b = South
| terminus_a = Thane
| terminus_b = Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus
| junction = Ghodbunder Road/ NH-48, LBS Marg (Teen Haath Naka) in Thane, Bhandup-Airoli Bridge Road in Bhandup
JVLR in Vikhroli
SCLR and GMLR (Ghatkopar - Mankhurd Link Road) in Chembur
|country=IND
| states = Maharashtra
| districts =
| image = Eastern Express Highway Mumbai May 2023.jpg
| image_notes = Near Ghatkopar
}}
The Eastern Express Highway, abbreviated to EEH, is a {{convert|23.55|km|mi|2|abbr=on}} city express highway serving the cities of Mumbai and Thane.{{cite web|title=Urban Transportation|url=http://www.mcgm.gov.in/irj/go/km/docs/documents/MCGM%20Department%20List/City%20Engineer/Deputy%20City%20Engineer%20%28Planning%20and%20Design%29/City%20Development%20Plan/Urban%20Transportation.pdf|work=BMC|access-date=7 April 2014|author=Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC)|page=1|archive-date=2 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102070550/http://www.mcgm.gov.in/irj/go/km/docs/documents/MCGM%20Department%20List/City%20Engineer/Deputy%20City%20Engineer%20(Planning%20and%20Design)/City%20Development%20Plan/Urban%20Transportation.pdf|url-status=dead}} It is one of the busiest roads in the Mumbai Metropolitan Area and is a part of the National Highway 48. It is a north–south artery of Mumbai connecting the city proper to the eastern suburbs and to the metropolitan area of Thane.
For most of its course, it is 6 lanes wide (3 lanes in each direction) with over a dozen flyovers/grade separators.
Route
The highway begins at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus and stretches up to Thane.Indian Express - http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=51956 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030529060251/http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=51956 |date=29 May 2003 }} - retrieved on 3 December 2010 At Chembur it cuts off from the Sion Panvel Highway at the RCF Junction (Priyadarshini) to the outer limits of the city. It has heavy traffic during rush hours – southbound traffic in the morning rush hour; while northbound traffic during the evenings. It is used by an estimated 50,000 passenger cars daily. Towards south, beyond Sion it continues as Dr Ambedkar Road. Linking Sion in central Mumbai to Thane and beyond, the Eastern Express Highway is one of the several key roads widened and improved under the Mumbai Urban Infrastructure Project, by firms contracted by the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA).
Link roads connecting WEH (Western Express Highway) and EEH such as the Jogeshwari–Vikhroli Link Road (JVLR) and Santa Cruz–Chembur Link Road (SCLR) are the major arterial roads of the Mumbai suburban road network. Both the WEH and the EEH run along north to south direction and are parallel in certain sections.{{cite web|title=EA/EMP report of JVLR (Jogeshwari - Vikhroli Road) project under MUTP : Mumbai. Vol. 3 of India - Mumbai Urban Transport Project (MUTP) : environmental impact assessment|url=http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/06/1933689/india-mumbai-urban-transport-project-mutp-environmental-impact-assessment-vol-3-14-eaemp-report-jvlr-jogeshwari-vikhroli-road-project-under-mutp-mumbai|publisher=World Bank|access-date=7 April 2014|author=MMRDA|location=India|date=2002-06-30 | page=41}}
See also
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References
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110603234145/http://www.mcgm.gov.in/irj/portalapps/com.mcgm.ahome_keyprojects/docs/2-5%20Urban%20Transportation.pdf] Urban Transportation-Government of India
- {{cite news | url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/soon-more-express-buses-in-city/464095/ | title=Soon, more Express buses in city | newspaper=The Indian Express | date=22 May 2009 | access-date=28 August 2018 }}
- {{cite news | url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/monsoon-mayhem-on-highway-of-horror/329408/ | title=Monsoon mayhem on highway of horror | date=30 June 2008 | newspaper=The Indian Express | first1= Jaidev | last1=Hemmady | first2=Swapnil | last2=Rawal | access-date=28 August 2018 }}
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Category:Expressways in Maharashtra
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