- Project road connects Solapur Maharashtra-Karnataka border section.
- Part of NH-9 which connects from Pune in West to Macihlipatnam in South.
- Major town/city is Solapur.
- Part of NH-9 which connects from Pune in West to Macihlipatnam in South.
- Part of NH 9 which connects west and east passing through major cities such as Vijayawada, Hyderabad, Pune and provides onward connectivity to Mumbai.
- Solapur is the home to handloom and power loom weaving industry which provides employment to a large number of workers in the district.
- There are around 6000 power loom industries operational in the Solapur district.
- The beedi industry is the second important industry in Solapur. There are 115 units of 29 various beedi factories.
- Solapur being located on an important junction of the North – South railway line, had a good base for industries. There are approximately 98 medium and 8,986 smaller industries in the district.
- Solapur also houses a large industrial estate developed by the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) on the Akkalkot road of Solapur