The Agra Lucknow Expressway is an under construction 302 km (188 mi) controlled-access highway or expressway, being constructed by the Uttar Pradesh Expressways Industrial Development Authority to reduce traffic in already congested roads and to reduce pollution and carbon footprint. The expressway will be reducing the distance between the two prominent cities of Agra and Lucknowin the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is a 6-lane expressway which is expandable to 8-lanes in future and is expected to be constructed until the end of 2016.