New Road and Highway Projects in Andhra Pradesh 2026

Projects India currently tracks 158 upcoming road and highway projects in Andhra Pradesh, covering corridors at every stage from early announcement through active construction. The combined recorded project cost across entries that carry a cost figure stands at about Rs 1.08 lakh crore, making this one of the most heavily invested road pipelines among Indian states. Eleven of these projects are marked verified in our database, and the pipeline spans national highways, state arterial roads and urban access projects across twelve districts.

New road projects in Andhra Pradesh — at a glance

Largest upcoming new highway projects in AP

The table below lists the highest-value road and highway projects our records show for Andhra Pradesh, drawn from the Projects India database as of 27 October 2026.

Three points stand out from this list. First, the Rs 25,000 crore expressway in Guntur — promoted by the state's Roads and Buildings Department — is the single largest entry in the pipeline and is still under approvals, meaning tender issuance is ahead. Second, the two NHAI-promoted cross-border corridors linking Chittoor to Kancheepuram and Kolar collectively represent over Rs 10,000 crore of inter-state highway work, both currently in the planning stage. Third, at least seven projects across Visakhapatnam, Kurnool, Chittoor, Srikakulam and Krishna are already under construction, confirming that on-site procurement demand is active right now.

Where are new highways in AP concentrated?

The geographic spread of road projects across Andhra Pradesh is uneven, as the chart below shows.

Krishna and West Godavari districts each account for 19 projects, followed closely by Guntur, Chittoor and Anantapur with 16 apiece. Visakhapatnam registers 12 projects, Prakasam and Nellore 11 each, and East Godavari and Srikakulam round out the top ten. This distribution reflects two distinct investment drivers: the coastal and delta districts — Krishna, West Godavari, East Godavari, Guntur — are receiving connectivity investment tied to the Amaravati capital region development and the broader port-hinterland logistics push; while Chittoor, Anantapur and Kurnool are seeing activity on corridors that link AP to Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, completing regional networks across the Deccan.

For suppliers of bitumen, aggregates, steel and construction equipment, the southern and coastal districts present the densest concentration of immediate and near-term opportunity. Companies already operating in Visakhapatnam or Guntur are well-placed to serve multiple concurrent project sites without significant logistics cost.

Project stages — what the pipeline looks like right now

Understanding which stage a project is at tells a supplier or contractor when to engage and what to sell. The stage distribution for the AP road and highway pipeline is shown in the chart below.

The largest single cohort — 70 projects — is under approvals, meaning environmental, forest or administrative clearances are being processed. A further 56 are in the planning stage. Together, these 126 projects represent the forward pipeline from which tenders will emerge over the coming months and years. Twenty-six projects have construction started, making them live procurement opportunities for plant, materials and subcontracting. Four projects are at an early or announced stage and four others are at approvals received or near completion.

The practical implication is clear: the AP road sector is a two-speed market. Active construction on 26 projects means there is real, immediate demand today. The far larger cohort in planning and approvals is where relationship-building and pre-qualification positioning should begin now, before tenders are issued. Projects India's full list of roadways and highway projects in Andhra Pradesh allows users to filter by stage, so both time horizons can be tracked separately.

Most active promoters driving government projects in Andhra Pradesh

The promoter landscape for AP road projects is dominated by two agencies, as the chart below shows.

The Roads and Buildings Department, Andhra Pradesh is the single largest promoter in our database for this scope, with 68 projects and a combined recorded cost of about Rs 52,141 crore. This agency controls the state's arterial and expressway agenda, including the Rs 25,000 crore Guntur expressway. The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is the second largest, with 43 projects worth about Rs 34,873 crore — a figure that reflects NHAI's role in four- and six-laning national highway corridors across the state.

Beyond these two, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (counted across two entity name variants in our data) accounts for a further eleven projects worth about Rs 2,983 crore combined. Smaller promoters active in the AP road space include the Indian Port Rail Corporation Limited with five projects worth about Rs 235 crore, the Public Works Department, Andhra Pradesh with two projects, Vijayawada Municipal Corporation with two urban road projects, and the Panchayat Raj Engineering Department, Andhra Pradesh with three rural road entries.

Special purpose vehicles — including DBL Anandapuram Anakapalli Highways Private Limited, Rayalaseema Expressway Private Limited, KNR Tirumala Infra Private Limited, APCO Arasavalli Expressway Private Limited and Ashoka Ranastalam Anandapuram Road Limited — are the project companies executing NHAI-awarded HAM and TOT concessions. These are typically the entities issuing subcontracts and material purchase orders on the ground.

What this means for suppliers and contractors

The AP road pipeline offers entry points at every commercial stage, but the approach differs depending on what a company sells.

• Projects under construction (26 projects): These are buying now. Relevant products and services include hot-mix asphalt, road-base aggregate, reinforcement steel, formwork, concrete, piling equipment, traffic management systems, road-marking materials, safety barriers and third-party quality inspection. Subcontractors for earthwork, drainage and structure work should approach the project SPV or the EPC contractor directly.
• Projects under approvals (70 projects): Tenders have not been issued yet but procurement planning by the promoter — Roads and Buildings Department or NHAI — is underway. This is the right stage for equipment suppliers to register on approved vendor lists, for EPC contractors to file expressions of interest and for consultants offering DPR review, environmental or traffic studies to make contact.
• Projects in planning (56 projects): These are further out. Survey and geotechnical firms, design consultants and land acquisition advisors are the primary service buyers at this stage. EPC firms should begin market intelligence gathering and relationship development with NHAI regional offices and the state R&B Department.
• Cross-border corridors: The two Chittoor-origin corridors — into Tamil Nadu and Karnataka respectively — involve coordination between NHAI and multiple state agencies. Companies with a presence in the border districts of all three states are particularly well-placed to bid on package work or supply materials to multiple sections.

Companies looking to identify specific SPVs or EPC prime contractors currently active on AP road sites can use the contractor and supplier directory on Projects India to find registered firms by project or geography.

How to track new road and highway tenders in AP

Tender notices for AP road projects are issued across NHAI's e-procurement portal, the state's AP e-Procurement platform and, for rural roads, the Panchayat Raj Engineering Department's portal. Monitoring all three manually is time-consuming, and notices are often issued with short bid windows.

Projects India consolidates project intelligence from these and other sources into a single searchable database. The roadways and highway project tracker for Andhra Pradesh currently covers 158 upcoming projects and allows filtering by district, stage, promoter and cost band. Users can set alerts so that when a project they are watching moves from approvals to tender, they receive notification without manually checking portals.

For broader infrastructure context in the state — ports, power, industrial parks — the infrastructure projects tracker for Andhra Pradesh gives a cross-sector view. Nationally, the roadways and highway projects tracker for India covers the full pipeline across all states, useful for contractors positioning across multiple geographies. Related state-level analyses are available for Maharashtra, Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh.

Teams that want to verify a specific project before committing sales resources can request a free sample project report to see the level of detail available before subscribing.