NHAI creates four Guinness World Records in Andhra Pradesh

Highlighting its engineering prowess and execution excellence, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) successfully created four Guinness World Records in the implementation of Bengaluru–Kadapa–Vijayawada economic corridor (NH-544G).

According to an official release, on January 6, 2026, the NHAI created two Guinness World Records near Puttaparthi.

The first one was for the longest continuous laying of Bituminous Concrete (BC) covering 28.89-lane km or 3-lane wide 9.63- km-long section within 24 hours. The second record was for continuous laying of the highest quantity of 10,655 Metric Tons (MT) of BC in 24 hours.

Both the records were established for the first time under the six-lane National Highway project in the economic corridor.

Building on this momentum, two additional Guinness World Records were created on January 11, 2026.

These included the continuous laying of 57,500 MT of BC and continuous paving of 156-lane km or 3-lane-wide 52-km- long section, surpassing the previous record of 84.40-lane km or 2-lane-wide 42.20-km-long section.

The NHAI set these records in association with concessionaire Rajpath Infracon Private Limited by deploying state-of-the-art construction equipment and machinery involving 70 tippers, five hot mix plants, one paver, and 17 rollers.

Supported by stringent quality assurance mechanisms, the process was monitored for quality control with the help of premier institutions, including IIT-Bombay, along with OEMs, thereby ensuring adherence to the highest standards of quality and safety.

The 343-km-long, access-controlled six-lane Bengaluru–Kadapa–Vijayawada economic corridor had been designed for safe and high-speed travel.

It features 17 interchanges, 10 wayside amenities, a 5.30-km-long tunnel and a 21-km-long section of the corridor passing through a forest area.

Once completed, the corridor would reduce travel distance by 100 km from current 635-km to 535-km and cut the travel time by nearly four hours from the current 12 hours to around 8 hours between Bengaluru and Vijayawada.