Bengaluru - Vijayawada Expressway

NH-544G start and end points and route map: Bengaluru to Vijayawada

NH-544G starts at Kodikonda (Kodur) on NH-44 in Sri Sathya Sai district of Andhra Pradesh, where a trumpet interchange at km 0+280 links it to the Bengaluru-Hyderabad highway near Koduru Thopu. The greenfield expressway ends at Muppavaram near Addanki, at km 343.24, where it meets NH-16. Bengaluru and Vijayawada are reached over the existing national highways at either end. The table gives the Bangalore to Vijayawada express highway route map in order, using the package sections NHAI awarded in 2023. For the Vijayawada to Bangalore route, read it from the bottom up.

To see the NH-544G route map against village boundaries and survey numbers, view the alignment on the 1acre map layer, which plots it as per the DPR. A route line on any map shows the corridor, not the acquisition boundary: only the 3A and 3D notifications fix which parcels are taken.

NH-544G construction status by package (October 2026)

All 14 greenfield packages were awarded by February 2023 and the foundation stone was laid on 11 March 2024. The table lists the latest dated public report for each stretch as of October 2026. Where a stretch has no recent report, confirm progress with the NHAI project implementation unit before relying on an opening date.

Whether the May 2026 target for the Prakasam stretch was met, and when the full corridor will open to traffic, had not been confirmed in an official update at the time of this revision. Searches for the BKV expressway status and the NH-544G completion date should treat 2026/27 as the target, not an opening date. For land near the alignment, completion matters less than notification: check the 3A and 3D status of the survey number first.

Regulatory Red Flags Around Land Acquisition Notifications and Lepakshi Knowledge Hub Plots

Land acquisition Section 3A 3D notifications under the National Highways Act 1956 are the only legal trigger that fixes a parcel inside the alignment. Anything sold to you on the basis of a "DPR map" or a "proposed alignment" without 3A/3D publication has no acquisition status and offers no compensation entitlement. The DPR itself flagged a real example: at the Kodikonda start point, the Enforcement Directorate had notice boards declaring that Lepakshi Knowledge Hub Pvt Ltd plots were attached in a money laundering case. The fact-pack on what each acquisition stage permits, drawn from the NHAI DPR and NH Act 1956.

The Andhra Pradesh-specific trap is the brokerage of agricultural plots in Sri Sathya Sai YSR Kadapa Prakasam revenue villages along the proposed alignment, where 3A is yet to be published. Buyers assume they will be acquired at 4x rural market value under the 2013 Act. The reality: NHAI uses the NH Act 1956 award process, and the rate per acre depends on the registered Sub-Registrar value, not market rate. If the broker shows you only a "DPR sketch" without a 3A Gazette reference, walk away.

Growth Corridors From Kodikonda to Addanki Across the Rayalaseema Belt

The expressway is split between a 343 km Kodikonda to Addanki greenfield core (64% of the project) and brownfield upgrades on connecting segments (36%). The DPR alignment passes existing reserved forests (Amagondapalem, Kottakota, Errokota, Nagidi, Kokkarajukonda, Dorigallu) and PGCIL high-voltage corridors. Plot demand is concentrated within 2-5 km of proposed interchanges, where the brokerage premium is highest and the regulatory risk is most concentrated. The corridors most asked about, mapped against the DPR alignment.

The most misunderstood corridor is the Pulivendula Kadapa Podili Addanki belt where speculative agricultural plot sales have surged since DPR publication. NHAI's DPR Alternative III recommendation explicitly avoided commercial land in Kodur village (70-80% costlier than Settipalli) and HT line shifting. Buyers chasing 5-acre plots near proposed interchanges should verify whether the parcel sits in the recommended Alternative III alignment, in a discarded alternative, or outside the corridor entirely. Three different alignment options were studied; not all parcels marketed as "expressway frontage" actually fall on the awarded alignment.

Data Sources & Verification

This page combines NHAI's project facts as reported at contract award and at the foundation stone with dated district reviews and contractor events reported by The Hans India, read in October 2026. NHAI's own project pages could not be read in full, so package sections and chainages follow the NHAI package names as published in contract-award reports, and they should be read with that caveat. Facts that could not be confirmed were left out.

* The Hans India, 5 June 2025: Package 1 inspection, trumpet interchange at km 0+280 near Koduru Thopu on NH-44 * The Hans India, 26 September 2025: Prakasam stretch review, land acquisition complete, May 2026 target * The Hans India, 6 January 2026: Rajpath Infracon record attempts on Package 2 near Puttaparthi * The Hans India, 4 October 2026: memento for four Guinness World Records presented to the Sri Sathya Sai collector * Contract-award reports, January and February 2023: the 14 packages and their chainages from Kodur to Muppavaram * The Hindu BusinessLine, 11 March 2024: foundation stone for national highway projects