List of roads in Kolkata

Roads, avenues and streets in Kolkata

Kolkata (greater) is home to the second largest road network in India, only after New Delhi. As of 2022, total road network in the city's metropolitan area is 4018 km[1] while the city proper has road network of 1850 km.[2] The following is a list of major roads, streets and avenues in the Kolkata (greater).

Red Road, major road in Central Kolkata AJC Bose Road, major east-west road of Kolkata Biswa Bangla Sarani, one of the busiest road in Kolkata metropolitan area

## Major North-South roads in Kolkata city

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This list covers major North-South roads in the Kolkata city proper as well as in Kolkata Metropolitan Area.

Road/ avenue name  | Part of  | Endpoints  | Laning  | Length (km)  | Region  | Ref(s)

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Eastern metropolitan bypass | SH 3 | North end: Ultadanga (becomes VIP Road)
South end:

* Garia (Kolkata city)
* Baruipur (greater Kolkata)

| 6-8 laned from Ultadanga to Kamalgachi
4 laned from Kamalgachi to Baruipur | 32  | Kolkata city and greater |
Chittaranjan Avenue/ Central Avenue  |  | North end: Sovabazar (becomes Jatindra Mahan Avenue)
South end: Esplanade (becomes Chowringhee Road)  | 6 laned  |  | Kolkata city  |
Chowringhee Road |  | North end: Esplanade (becomes Chittaranjan Avenue)
South end: Bhawanipur (becomes Ashutosh Mukherjee Road)  | 6-8 laned  |  | Kolkata city  |
Ashutosh Mukherjee Road and Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Road  |  | North end: Bhawanipur (becomes Chowringhee Road)
South end: Tollygunge (becomes Mahanayak Uttam Kumar Sarani)  | 4-6 laned  |  | Kolkata city  |
Mahanayak Uttam Kumar Sarani  |  | North end: Tollygunge (becomes Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Road)
South end: Haridevpur  | 6-8 laned  |  | Kolkata city  |
AJC Bose Road & APC Road | SH 1 | North end: Ballygunge
South end: Jadavpur | 6 laned  |  | Kolkata city  |
Gariahat Road | SH 1 | North end: Jadavpur
South end: South Kolkata  | 4-6 laned  |  | Kolkata city  |
Raja SC Mullick Road  | SH 1 | North end: Jadavpur
South end: Garia | 4 laned  |  | Kolkata city  |
Jessore Road |  | North end:

* Belgachia (Kolkata city proper)
* Barasat (Greater Kolkata)

South end: Shyambazar | 2-4 laned  |  | Kolkata city and greater |
Strand Road |  | North end:Sovabazar
South end: Hastings | 2-4 laned upto Babughat and then 6 laned  |  | Kolkata city  |
Red Road |  | North end: Esplanade
South end: Hastings (becomes Khidirpur Road)  | 6 laned  |  | Kolkata city  |
Khidirpur Road  |  | North end: Hastings (becomes Red Road)
South end: Khidirpur | 4 laned  |  | Kolkata city  |
Diamond Harbour Road  | NH 12 | North end: Khidirpur (Merges with Khidirpur road)
South end:

* Joka (Kolkata city proper)
* Diamond Harbour (Greater Kolkata)

| 4 laned  |  |  | Kolkata city and greater
Netaji Subash Chandra Bose Road | SH 1 | North end: Tollygunge (becomes Mahanayak Uttam Kumar Sarani)
South end:

* Garia (Kolkata city proper)
* Baruipur (Greater Kolkata)

| 2 laned  |  | Kolkata city  | Kolkata city and greater
Sarat Bose Road |  | North end:Minto Park
South end: Lake Gardens | 4 laned  | 3.5  | Kolkata city  |

## Major East-West roads in Kolkata city

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Road/ avenue name  | Part of  | Endpoints  | Laning  | Length (km)  | Region  | Ref(s)

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AJC Bose Road |  | East end: Hastings
West end: Park Circus | 4 laned  |  | Kolkata city  |
JBS Haldane Avenue  |  | East end: Park Circus
West end: Dhapa | 6 laned  |  | Kolkata city  |
Rashbehari Avenue |  | East end: Rashbehari
West end: Ruby  | 4 laned  |  | Kolkata city  |
Prince Anwar Shah Road and Kalikapur Road extension  |  | East end: Tollygunge
West end: Kalikapur  | 4 laned  |  | Kolkata city  |
Vivekananda Road |  | East end: Girish Park
West end: Manicktala  | 4 laned  |  | Kolkata city  |
Maniktala Main Road  |  | East end: Maniktala
West end: Kakurgachi  | 4 laned  |  | Kolkata city  |
Beleghata Main Road  |  | East end: Sealdah
West end: Beleghata  | 2 laned  |  | Kolkata city  |
Taratala Road |  | East end: Garden Reach
West end: Taratala Xing  | 2-4 laned  |  | Kolkata city  |
MG Road |  | East end: Burrabazar
West end: Sealdah | 4 laned  |  | Kolkata city  |
Southern Avenue |  | East end: Rashbehari
West end: Golpark  | 4 laned  |  | Kolkata city  |

## Branch roads, minor roads and connectors in Kolkata city

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* Aurobindo Sarani: connects Ultadanga with Shobhabazar
* Raja Nabakrishna Street
* Bidhan Sarani: connects Shyambazar and College Street, runs parallel to Chittaranjan Avenue
* Amherst Street: connects Shyambazar and MG Road, runs parallel to Chittaranjan Avenue
* College Street
* Bepin Behari Ganguly Street
* Netaji Subhash Road
* Hare Street
* Picnic Garden Road
* Sudder Street
* Camac Street
* Mirza Ghalib Street
* Shakespeare Sarani
* Gobinda Chandra Khatik Road
* Pulin Khatik Road
* Ballygunge Circular Road
* Gurusaday Dutt Road

## Notable streets and lanes in Kolkata city

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* Bentick Street
* Dacres Lane
* Ezra Street
* Ho Chi Minh Sarani
* Lovelock Street
* Raja Nabakrishna Street
* Zakaria Street

## Major roads in Kolkata metropolitan area

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Road/ avenue name  | Part of  | Route  | Laning  | Length (km)  | Ref(s)

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Biswa Bangla Sarani |  | Haldiram (merges with VIP Road) to Garia | 6 laned  | 33  |
Kalyani Expressway |  | Nimta to Kalyani | 6 laned  |  |
Kona Expressway | NH12 | Vidyasagar Setu to Nibra through Santragachi | 4 laned  |  |
Belghoria Expressway | AH1
NH12 | Dakshineswar to Rajchandrapur  | 4 laned  | 16  |
Barrackpore Trunk Road  | SH1
SH2 | Dakshineswar to Barrackpore | 6 laned  |  |
Budge Budge Trunk Road  |  | Taratala to Budge Budge | 4 laned from Taratala to Batanagar
2 laned from Batanagar to Budge Budge |  | [3]

## References

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1. ^ https://www.statista.com/statistics/1075128/india-road-length-in-metropolitan-cities/#:~:text=In 2022, the Indian capital,just over four thousand kilometers.
2. ^ "Among metros, Kolkata has highest car density with 2,448 per km". 7 August 2023 - via The Economic Times - The Times of India.
3. ^ MP, Team (13 October 2023). "Nabanna asks PWD to expedite repair of Budge Budge Trunk Rd". www.millenniumpost.in.