Belghoria Expressway
Belghoria Expressway is a long grade separated bypass expressway in the northern metropolitan region of Kolkata, West Bengal. It bypasses the core city area and links the terminal junction points of NH 16 and NH 19 at Rajchandrapur near Dankuni to Jessore Road near Dumdum/Kolkata Airport.
Route
Belgharia expressway runs through the northern metropolitan area of Kolkata bypassing the core city area. From west to east, starting from Jessore Road intersection near Dumdum/Kolkata Airport gate 3, it transverses through major places like Manikpur, Durganagar, Mathkal, Belgharia, Dunlop, Dakshineswar, passes the Hooghly river 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 intersections or traffic signals but have major interchanges with National Highways or other expressways.