A new greenfield high-speed corridor will be constructed between Maharashtra's second capital, Nagpur, and Hyderabad.

Due to the constant increase in traffic on the existing four-lane National Highway No. 44 from Nagpur to Hyderabad, the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI), Nagpur Region, plans to commence a feasibility survey for a new expressway soon.

The Nagpur-Hyderabad Expressway will serve as the first phase of the proposed Nagpur-Bengaluru Expressway project. The entire Nagpur-Bengaluru Expressway will span 1,100 kilometers, with the Nagpur-Hyderabad segment covering 450 kilometers.

This new expressway will be 30 kilometers shorter than the existing NH 44, which connects the two cities over 480 kilometers. Currently, it takes about 8 hours to travel from Nagpur to Hyderabad via NH 44, but the new expressway is expected to reduce this travel time to 5 hours.