List of roads in Kolkata
This is a list of famous roads, streets and avenues in the
greater
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Major North-South roads in Kolkata city
This list covers major North-South roads in the
Kolkata Metropolitan Area
.
| Road/ avenue name | Part of | Endpoints | Laning | Length (km) | Region | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Eastern metropolitan bypass
|
SH 3 |
North end: greater Kolkata )
|
6-8 laned from Ultadanga to Kamalgachi 4 laned from Kamalgachi to Baruipur |
32 | Kolkata city and greater
|
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| Chittaranjan Avenue/ Central Avenue | North end: ) | 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:
|
2-4 laned | Kolkata city and greater
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| 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: Khidirpur
|
4 laned | Kolkata city | |||
| Diamond Harbour Road |  |
North end: Khidirpur (Merges with Khidirpur road) South end:
|
4 laned | Kolkata city and greater
| ||
| Netaji Subash Chandra Bose Road | SH 1 |
North end: 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
| Road/ avenue name | Part of | Image | Endpoints | Laning | Length (km) | Region | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- Aurobindo Sarani: connects Ultadanga with Shobhabazar
- Raja Nabakrishna Street
- Bidhan Sarani: connects Shyambazar and College Street, runs parallel to Chittaranjan Avenue
- MG Road, runs parallel to Chittaranjan Avenue
- College Street
- Bepin Behari Ganguly Street
- Netaji Subhash Road
- Hare Street
- 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
- Bentick Street
- Dacres Lane
- Ezra Street
- Ho Chi Minh Sarani
- Lovelock Street
- Raja Nabakrishna Street
- Zakaria Street
Major roads in Kolkata metropolitan area
| Road/ avenue name | Part of | Route | Laning | Length (km) | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biswa Bangla Sarani | Haldiram (merges with VIP Road) to Garia | 6 laned | 33 | ||
| Kalyani Expressway | Nimta to Kalyani | 6 laned | |||
| Kona Expressway | |
Santragachi
|
4 laned | ||
| Belghoria Expressway |  |
Dakshineswar to Rajchandrapur | 4 laned | 16 | |
| Barrackpore Trunk Road |   |
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 |
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