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Belghoria Expressway is a long
Belgharia expressway do not have any
grade separated
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bypass expressway in the northern metropolitan region of Kolkata
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, West Bengal
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. It bypasses the core city area and links the terminal junction points of NH 16 and NH 19 at Rajchandrapur near Dankuni (extended east end) to Jessore Road near Dumdum/Kolkata Airport (west end).
Route
Belgharia expressway runs through the northernmetropolitan area
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of Kolkata
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bypassing the core city area. From west to east, starting from Jessore Road intersection near Dumdum/Kolkata Airport gate 3 (west end), it transverses through major places like Durganagar, North Dumdum
North Dum Dum is a city and a municipality of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian States and territories of India, state of West Bengal. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA).
History
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, Belgharia, Dunlop, Dakshineswar
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, passes the Hooghly river
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by Nivedita Setu and terminates at the Rajchandrapur intersection with NH 16 and NH 19.
The expressway is 4 laned from Kolkata Airport to Dakshineswar and the extended portion upto Rajchandrapur along with Nivedita Setu is 6 laned. There are no service lanes and main carriageway lanes can not be expanded which becomes an issue for National Highways Authority of India.
Belgharia expressway do not have any intersection
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s or traffic signals but have major interchanges with National Highways
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or other expressways.
References
{{National and State Highways in West Bengal Roads in Kolkata Expressways in West Bengal