Construction
The project was completed under the stewardship of the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC).
The expressway cost 1,630 crore (US$296.66 million) to construct.
The first sections opened in 2000, and the entire route was completed, opened to traffic and made fully operational from April 2002.
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