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Kalyani Expressway :(also known as Barrackpore-Kalyani Expressway) is a 44.17-kilometre-long (27.45 mi), 4/6 laned, tolled expressway in the state of West Bengal, India. It connects Kolkata with its satellite city Kalyani. 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. The road is also being linked to Belghoria Expressway by an 6-lane elevated corridor which is under construction as of 2024.
Importance
The 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.
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References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Mumbai
- Jalan tol Mumbai–Nagpur
- Kalyani Expressway
- Kalyani, West Bengal
- Second Ishwar Gupta Setu
- Kolkata Metro
- List of expressways in West Bengal
- Ishwar Gupta Setu
- Belghoria Expressway
- National Highway 12 (India)
- Kolkata metropolitan region
- Birati
