National Highway 275 (India)

National Highway 275 (NH-275), also commonly referred to as Bengaluru–Mysuru access-controlled Expressway, part of the Bengaluru–Mangaluru Economic Corridor (EC-34), is a national highway that starts from Bengaluru and goes through Mysuru as a 6-lane expressway of 119 km, and again as 4-lane till Bilikere (towards Madikeri), and ends at Bantwal. This highway connects the coastal city of Mangaluru to Bengaluru. It is also a bypass route for the National Highway 75 (NH-75). The Bengaluru to Mysuru section of this highway was upgraded from 4 to 10 lanes, out of which the 6-lane section is the main elevated access-controlled carriageway and the other 2-lane section on both ends of the carriageway are service roads. It claims to reduce the travel time between Bengaluru and Mysuru from 3 hours to 75 minutes.

Bengaluru-Mysuru section
The Bengaluru–Mysuru access-controlled Expressway is a 119 km long, 10-lane, tolled elevated expressway. It has been built at a cost of ₹ 8,000 crore and was developed in two phases. Phase-1 of 56 km length connecting Bengaluru and Nidaghatta, and Phase-2 of 61 km connecting Nidaghatta and Mysuru. The foundation stone for the project was laid in March 2018.

Status updates

 * Mar 2018: Foundation stone laid for the project.
 * Apr 2018: Contract awarded for Phase-1 to Bhopal-based Dilip Buildcon Limited.
 * Mar 2019: Civil work which got stuck due to land acquisition issues to start by April 2019.
 * Jul 2020: Work on Phase-1 started in May 2019 and work on Phase-2 started in Dec 2019. Both phase are seeing delay due to COVID-19 related problems, which caused labour shortages and several delays in work. It may see the deadline of January 2022; to get further delayed.
 * Dec 2021: Work on Phase-1 completed up to 83% and Phase II completed up to 73%. The expressway is expected to become operational by October 2022.
 * Feb 2023: The expressway is at its final stages of construction work, and will be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 11 March 2023.
 * March 2023: The expressway section was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 12 March 2023.