Kalyani Expressway is a 40-kilometre-long (25 mi), 4-6 laned, tolled road which connects Belghoria Expressway with Kalyani.[1] The road starts from Nimta and ends in Kalyani of Kolkata Metro Area. The road is maintained and controlled by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA). Currently it is being converted to 6 lane road till Muragacha and 4 lane from Muragacha to Kalyani by the KMDA.[2] The road is also being linked to Belghoria Expressway by an elevated corridor, land acquisition is complete and construction is going on in full swing.[3]

Kalyani Expressway
Kalyani Expressway - Wireless Crossing Area - Barrackpore - North 24 Parganas 2015-05-24 1221.JPG
Route information
Maintained by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority
Length40 km (25 mi)
Major junctions
South endNimta, Kolkata
Major intersectionsBarasat 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 endKalyani, Nadia
Location
CountryIndia
StatesWest Bengal
DistrictsNadia district, North 24 Parganas district
Highway system
Kalyani Express Highway

Importance edit

The road acts as a bypass avoiding the congested roads along the towns and cities, like Sodepur, Barrackpore, Naihati, which developed along the Hooghly River. The road has significantly brought down the communication time between the cities from two hours to one hour. The road has important connecting feeder roads with Sodepur, Barrackpore, Naihati, Barasat, Madhyamgram, Kankinara, Khardaha 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 and connects with National Highway 12 at different places. An extension of Kalyani Expressway connects the State Highway 6 near Bansberia through Ishwar Gupta Setu over the Bhagirathi-Hooghly River.

 
Barrackpore-Barasat Road (part of SH 2) And Kalyani Expressway Crossing, Wireless More, North 24 Parganas

References edit

  1. ^ "State High Way in West Bengal". Retrieved 11 March 2012.
  2. ^ Mondal, Biswadeep (2018). "Tender floated for six-lane elevated connector in West Bengal". Times of India. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  3. ^ Mondal, Biswadeep (2017). "Belgharia - Kalyani Expressway Link". Millennium Post.