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 (west end), 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. in
Baranagar Belgharia expressway do not have any
intersections or traffic signals but have major
interchanges with
National Highways or
other expressways. ==References==