Archive · 21 Aug 2026
Bihar Approves New Six-Lane Buxar-Bhagalpur Expressway To Cut Travel Time
Bihar plans to build a new road between Buxar and Bhagalpur.
The road will be about 336 kilometres long and have six lanes.
It will be access-controlled, which means vehicles can enter and leave only at planned points.
The trip currently takes about eight hours.
The government expects the new road to cut that time to around four hours.
The project may cost about Rs 3,700 crore.
A state road corporation will help prepare the plans and arrange the project.
The road may also encourage businesses to develop land along its route.
It is planned as a toll road, so drivers will likely have to pay to use it.
Bihar approved in principle a 336-kilometre, six-lane, access-controlled expressway linking Buxar and Bhagalpur.
The project is estimated to cost around Rs 3,700 crore and will use a PPP, DBFOT-Toll model.
The expressway could reduce the current Buxar-Bhagalpur journey from about eight hours to four hours.
The corridor is expected to improve connections across areas including Patna, Nalanda, Munger, Jamui and Jehanabad.
BSRDCL may develop land along the route and connect the corridor with wider expressway networks toward Delhi-NCR.
- Who
- The Bihar government, the Road Construction Department and Bihar State Road Development Corporation Limited are involved in the project.
- What
- An in-principle proposal was approved for a 336-kilometre, six-lane, fully access-controlled Greenfield Expressway.
- When
- The articles do not specify when construction will begin or when the expressway will open.
- Where
- The proposed corridor will connect Buxar and Bhagalpur in Bihar, passing through or affecting areas including Arwal, Jehanabad, Nalanda, Patna, Mokama, Jamui and Munger.
- Why
- The project aims to reduce travel time, improve regional connectivity and support economic development along the corridor.
- Length
- 336 kilometres
- Configuration
- Six lanes; fully access-controlled
- Estimated cost
- Around Rs 3,700 crore
- Project model
- Public-private partnership using the DBFOT-Toll model
- Current travel time
- About eight hours between Buxar and Bhagalpur
- Expected travel time
- About four hours after completion
- Implementing agency
- Bihar State Road Development Corporation Limited