Governments build expressways to move people and goods faster. The effects reach far beyond travel time. They change where factories, warehouses and homes appear, and which towns gain or lose. This article looks at how expressways reshape regions in general, then at what the Ahmedabad–Dholera Expressway illustrates so far. What Does an Expressway Change First? Travel time and reliability. A road with controlled access, fewer junctions and higher design speeds cuts journey tim