Kalyani Expressway :(also known as Barrackpore-Kalyani Expressway) is a 44.17-kilometre-long (27.45 mi), 4/6 laned, tolled highway in the state of West Bengal, India. It connects Kolkata with its satellite city Kalyani and declared as an expressway by Government of West Bengal.[1] The road starts from Belghoria Expressway in Nimta and ends in Bansberia of Hooghly district. The road is developed by West Bengal Highway Development Corporation. As of 2024, it is being converted to 6 lane road till Muragacha and 4/6 lane from Muragacha to Kalyani by the Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority.[2] The road is also being linked to Belghoria Expressway by an 6-lane elevated corridor which is under construction as of 2024.[3]
| Kalyani Expressway | |
|---|---|
| Barrackpore-Kalyani Expressway | |
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| Route information | |
| Maintained by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority | |
| Length | 44.17 km (27.45 mi) |
| Major junctions | |
| South end | Nimta, Kolkata |
| Barasat Road in Sodepur Nilgunj Road in Khardaha State Highway 2 in Barrackpore Kakinara - Rafipur Road in Kankinara Naihati - Habra Road in Naihati Halisahar - Malancha Road in Halisahar Kanchrapara - Haringhata Road in Kanchrapara State Highway 1 in Kalyani | |
| North end | Bansberia, Hooghly district |
| Location | |
| Country | India |
| States | West Bengal |
| Districts | Hooghly district, Nadia district, North 24 Parganas district |
| Highway system | |
Importance
editThe road serves as a faster connection between Kolkata and it's northern suburbs in the Kolkata metropolitan region, including Sodepur, Barrackpore, Naihati and Kalyani. Which was developed alongside the Hooghly River. The road has significantly brought down the communication time between the cities from 2 hours to 40 minutes. The road has important connecting feeder roads to all the northern suburbs like Belgharia, Sodepur, Barasat, Madhyamgram, Barrackpore, Shyamnagar, Naihati and Kanchrapara, apart from roads which connects other small towns and localities on the way. The road has intersection with State Highway 1 and State Highway 2 at different places. An extension of this expressway from 'Kampa More' connects it to National Highway 12 through a 6-kilometer-long,6-lane elevated corridor. Additionally, a 6-lane extradosed cable-stayed bridge named 'Second Ishwar Gupta Setu' is being built on the expressway between Kalyani and Bansberia over the Hooghly River, which will be the 5th bridge over the Hooghly River in the Kolkata metropolitan region.
Cities and towns
editReferences
edit- ^ "State High Way in West Bengal". Retrieved 11 March 2012.
- ^ Mondal, Biswadeep (2018). "Tender floated for six-lane elevated connector in West Bengal". Times of India. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
- ^ Mondal, Biswadeep (2017). "Belgharia - Kalyani Expressway Link". Millennium Post.