<p>Traffic on the Pune-bound lanes of the Mumbai-Pune Expressway will be stopped for two hours on Friday to erect a gantry at Lonavala, an official said.</p>.<p> The work will take place between 12 noon and 2 pm and Pune-bound motorists are urged to exit the expressway at Khandala Ghat and re-enter it at Valavan toll plaza near Lonavala, a Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation release said on Thursday.</p>.<p> The 95-kilometre expressway, which connects the state's two biggest cities, is the country's first access-controlled route and was operationalised in 2002. </p>
<p>Traffic on the Pune-bound lanes of the Mumbai-Pune Expressway will be stopped for two hours on Friday to erect a gantry at Lonavala, an official said.</p>.<p> The work will take place between 12 noon and 2 pm and Pune-bound motorists are urged to exit the expressway at Khandala Ghat and re-enter it at Valavan toll plaza near Lonavala, a Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation release said on Thursday.</p>.<p> The 95-kilometre expressway, which connects the state's two biggest cities, is the country's first access-controlled route and was operationalised in 2002. </p>