Ahmedabad-Dholera Expressway reported inaugurated on 31 March 2026
The roughly 109 km Ahmedabad-Dholera Expressway was reported inaugurated on 31 March 2026. It is a four-lane, access-controlled NHAI corridor under Bharatmala, designed for 120 km/h and expandable to eight lanes. The 40-minute drive is a target tied to the full route being open, and we do not quote a fixed toll.
The Ahmedabad-Dholera Expressway was reported inaugurated on 31 March 2026, opening a four-lane, access-controlled greenfield highway between Ahmedabad and the Dholera Special Investment Region. We label the opening reported because we have not seen a primary notification confirming whether the full length is open or only a section.
The road and its specifications
The expressway runs about 109 km, with some sources citing 108, built by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) under the Bharatmala programme. It is a four-lane, access-controlled greenfield corridor designed for 120 km/h and engineered to be widened to eight lanes later.
- Length about 109 km, four lanes, expandable to eight.
- Design speed 120 km/h, access-controlled.
- Tolling by FASTag; the tolled section is reported at about 30.7 km, from Nari junction to Adhelai.
- Construction cost reported at about Rs 3,196 crore, or about Rs 4,373 crore including land.
The corridor is meant to cut the Ahmedabad-to-Dholera drive from around two to two-and-a-quarter hours to roughly 40 minutes. That 40-minute figure is a target tied to the full route being open and free-flowing, not a measured time we can confirm. We also do not quote a specific rupee toll because a verified per-km rate is not reliably sourced; the tolling is by FASTag on the roughly 30.7 km tolled section only.
Why the expressway matters now
Until the Ahmedabad-Dholera semi-high-speed rail is delivered, targeted for 2030-31, the expressway is the primary fast link between Ahmedabad and the Special Investment Region. It shortens the trip to the Tata semiconductor fab, the solar park and the upcoming Dholera International Airport, which sits about 80 km southwest of Ahmedabad. For land buyers, proximity to this corridor is one of the genuine, source-consistent price drivers, unlike the assured-return promises brokers attach to plots. The road is real and reported open; the travel-time and full-length claims are the parts we keep flagged.
For the full specification, cost detail and status, see our Ahmedabad-Dholera Expressway deep dive. For quick answers, read what is the Dholera expressway and how far is Dholera from Ahmedabad.
Sources
- Press reports, 31 March 2026 (expressway inauguration).
- NHAI / Bharatmala programme (four-lane access-controlled corridor, ~109 km).
- en.wikipedia.org, Ahmedabad-Dholera Expressway (length, spec, tolled section).