With the start of this expressway, a state that was poor on infrastructure till some years back will have expressways running from west to east. The Yamuna Expressway built by Mayawati starts from Greater Noida and goes to Agra. From Agra, there is a functional expressway to Lucknow. Now, Lucknow will get connected to the eastern periphery of the state near the Bihar border by an expressway. It will pass through Barabanki, Ayodhya, Ambedkarnagar, Amethi, Sultanpur, Azamgarh and Mau on its way to Ghazipur. There will be link roads to reach Varanasi, Ayodhya, Gorakhpur and Prayagraj (formerly Allahabad). The total cost of the expressway has been Rs. 22, 494 crores.