It will be sequentially interconnected with the rest of the country via the national highways NH-30–NH-34–NH-539–NH-44-Yamuna Expressway, thus connecting Raipur and Visakhapatnam directly to central and north Indian cities, such as Delhi, Agra, Gwalior, Jhansi and Jabalpur.

[3] To improve connectivity, tourism, development and economic growth in Central India, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) planned to build an expressway from Raipur to Visakhapatnam in 2014.

The plan was approved by the Government of India in 2017, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for the construction of the expressway in November 2022.

The land acquisition and the bidding process for the project is fully completed, except three packages in the Odisha section, and construction is ongoing on most of the expressway's route.

[7] The expressway will benefit Central India along with the entire country as follows:[8] Following additional connectivity has been proposed by constructing new links with the expressway: There is a proposal to link this corridor to north-western India by a combination of constructing greenfield stretches and upgrading existing roads through National Capital Region's Counter Magnet Cities (NCR–CMC) of Bhatinda-Hisar–Jaipur (via Karauli)–Gwalior.