NHAI sets 4 Guinness World Records on Bengaluru highway project

The National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) has successfully created four Guinness World Records on the under-implementation Bengaluru-Kadapa-Vijayawada Economic Corridor of NH-544G. On the 6th of this month, NHAI made two Guinness World Records near Puttaparthi in Andhra Pradesh. First was the record for the longest continuous laying of Bituminous Concrete, covering a 3-lane wide 9.63 kilometre long section within 24 hours. The second record was created for continuous laying of the highest quantity of 10 thousand 655 metric tonnes of Bituminous Concrete in 24 hours. Both records were established for the first time globally under the six-lane National Highway project on this Corridor. Building further on this momentum, two additional Guinness World Records were created on Sunday. These include the continuous laying of 57 thousand 500 metric tonnes of Bituminous Concrete and a record for continuous paving of a 3-lane, wide 52-kilometre section. The 343 km long, access-controlled six-lane Bengaluru-Kadapa-Vijayawada Economic Corridor has been designed for a safe, high-speed, and scenic travel experience.

Setting new global benchmarks in highway engineering , NHAI has created history by achieving two more Guinness World Records in continuous Bituminous Concrete paving.

A record 156 lane-km of paving and 57,500 MT of Bituminous Concrete were laid continuously, surpassing the… pic.twitter.com/L1qP1R1f0B

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Delivering substantial economic and logistical benefits, once completed the corridor will reduce travel distance by 100 km from current 635 km to 535 km and cut travel time by nearly four hours from the current twelve hours to around eight hours. The corridor will significantly enhance regional connectivity by linking Bengaluru with Vijayawada, strengthening access between the Rayalaseema region and the coastal and northern regions of Andhra Pradesh, as well as the Koparthy Industrial Node.