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Best Road Route from Delhi to Lucknow

Lucknow is the capital city of the Indian State of Uttar Pradesh. Not only there are some beautiful places to visit in Lucknow but there are some amazing markets in Lucknow as well. If you are in Delhi and you are planning to visit Lucknow by Road, then this article will surely help you out as we will tell you about the best road route from Delhi to Lucknow. Along with the best route, we will also tell you all other road routes which you can select as per our guidance and your convenience. The time taken to reach Lucknow from Delhi is 7.5 to 11  hours. This time is an approximate assumption and it may differ according to the route, driving speed, traffic conditions and road conditions.

Best Road Route from Delhi to Lucknow

After reading this article, you will be able to decide upon which road route to take and you can easily select the one that suits you the most.

Route 1 : Delhi – Noida – Agra(Via Yamuna Expressway) – Etawah – Auraiya – Kanpur – Unnao – Lucknow

Road Route from Delhi to Lucknow via Kanpur

This is the longest route of all. If you want to take Yamuna Expressway to reach from Noida to Agra and then you want to move towards the Etawah – Kanpur road, you can follow this route. Mostly people who want to take a hault at Etawah, Auraiya or Kanpur prefer this route. The total time taken by this route is 9 hours and 45 minutes.

Distance from Lucknow : 583 km

Route 2 : Delhi – Faridabad – Palwal – Mathura – Agra – Lucknow (Via Agra-Lucknow Expressway) 

Road Route from Delhi to Lucknow via Mathura and Agra

If you want to follow NH-19(Earlier known as NH-2) to reach Agra from Delhi, you can take this route i.e., if you want to pass through the usual national highway through Faridabad, Palwal, Mathura and Agra. From Agra, you can follow the Agra-Lucknow expressway to reach Lucknow. Time taken to reach Lucknow by this route is 9 hours and 3 minutes.

Distance from Lucknow : 564 km

Best Road Route from Delhi to Lucknow

Route 3 : Delhi – Noida – Agra (Via Yamuna Expressway) – Lucknow (Via Agra-Lucknow Expressway)

Road Route from Delhi to Lucknow via Expressway

This is undoubtedly the best and shortest road route from Delhi to Lucknow via Yamuna Expressway. This is even the easiest of all routes as you just need to start on the Yamuna Expressway from Greater Noida to Agra and continue towards Lucknow on the Agra-Lucknow Express to reach Lucknow. Time taken to reach Lucknow by this route is just 7 hours and 21 minutes which is the fastest of all routes.

Distance from Lucknow : 554 km

Important Note : Although there another route which is the least used now by the people who specifically want to reach Lucknow from Delhi. Delhi – Ghaziabad – Moradabad – Bareilly – Farrukhabad – Kannauj – Lucknow  : This is road route from Delhi to Lucknow via Bareilly but as it doesn’t go through any expressway it takes about 11 hours to reach Lucknow by this route. The total distance by this route is 559 km.

Hope you liked to know about all the Road Routes from Delhi to Lucknow and also the Best Road Route from Delhi to Lucknow. If you have any doubts or questions, you may leave your comments below.

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Anirudh Singh is a passionate blogger and the man behind Amazing India Blog. He has 5 years of experience in the newspaper industry and he founded Amazing India Blog in 2015. Apart from writing and editing articles on Travel, Business and Technology at Amazing India Blog, he also contributes to other well known newspapers and online news blogs.