An elevated expressway is a type of road or highway that is built above ground level, often using elevated structures such as bridges, viaducts, or ramps designed to provide a high- speed and efficient transportation route for vehicles reducing travel times for commuters and cargo.
Dhaka Elevated Expressway in Bangladesh’s first elevated expressway project stretching from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport to Kutubkhali of Dhaka-Chattogram Highway.
The 19.73km expressway costs tk. 8940 crore with a total length of 46.73 km including the connecting roads. A major part of the Dhaka Elevated Expressway will finally open to traffic in 2 September 2023 to ease the capital’s perennial traffic congestion partially.
Once the 11-kilometre section from the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport to Farmgate opens to traffic, it will serve as an alternative route to and from the airport road, one of the busiest in the city. Besides, the expressway will be off- limits to three-wheelers and motorcycles.
The rest of the 19.73km expressway is expected to open next year. Commuters will have to pay tolls to use the expressway, which is also the first project in the transport sector being implemented under the Public-Private Partnership model with foreign investment.
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