State Highway 13 (West Bengal)

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State Highway 13
Route information
Length82.61 km (51.33 mi)
Major junctions
FromJunction with NH 114 and NH 19 at Palsit
Major intersections SH 15 at Memari
Durgapur Expressway-GT Road connector near Memari
Boinchi-Kalna Road, Boinchi-Dhaniakhali Road and Boinchi-Bisara Road at Boinchi
Kuntighat-Mogra Road, Mogra-Gurup Road, Mogra-Polba Road and Tribeni Ghat Road at Mogra
Grand Trunk Road at Saptagram
Chunchura-Dhaniakhali Road at Sugandha
SH 2 at Baidyabati
ToJunction with NH 19, NH 16 and SH 15 at Dankuni.
Location
Country India
State West Bengal
Districts Bardhaman, Hooghly
Highway system
State Highways in West Bengal

State Highway 13 (West Bengal) is a state highway in West Bengal, India.

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Route

As per Government of India’s Gazette notification in 2010, NH 114 runs from its junction with NH 14 near Mallarpur in Birbhum to its junction with NH 19 near Bardhaman. [1] As per the Public Works Department of the Government of West Bengal, SH 13 runs from Palsit to Dankuni. [2] As per West Bengal Traffic Police, SH 13 runs from Mallarpur to Dankuni. [3] Here we are considering the route for SH 13 from Palsit to Dankuni. For those who are interested in the route from Mallarpur to Palsit may see NH 114.

SH 13 originates from junction with NH 114 and NH 19 at Palsit (in Bardhaman district) and passes through Rasulpur, Memari, Boinchi, Pandua, Mogra, Saptagram, Sugandha and Baidyabati, and terminates at the junction with NH 19, NH 16, Belghoria Expressway and SH 15 at Dankuni (in Hooghly district). [4]

The total length of SH 13 is 82.61 km. [2]

Districts traversed by SH 13 are: [2]
Bardhaman district (0 – 16.34 km)
Hooghly district (16.34 – 82.61 km)

Road section

It is divided into three road section: [2] [5] [6]

Road SectionDistrictCD BlockLength (km)
Palsit-Debipur (old GT Road)Purba Bardhaman Burdwan II, Memari I,16.34
Debipur-Mogra (old GT Road)Hooghly Pandua 37.61
Mogra-Dankuni (Delhi Road)Hooghly Chinsurah Mogra 44

Delhi Road

Delhi Road, a.k.a. Old Delhi Road is a 4 laned 44-kilometre-long (27 mi) highway in Hooghly district, West Bengal, India. The road falls under Kolkata metropolitan area and connects one end of Kalyani Expressway in Mogra to Durgapur Expressway in Dankuni. [7] Before the formulation of Golden Quadrilateral and opening of Durgapur Expressway, the road was major thoroughfare from Kolkata to Hooghly and thereafter to the old GT Road. In 2020, Delhi Road was renovated and expanded.

The endpoints of the road are Mogra and Dankuni. From Dankuni, the road starts with a system interchange with Durgapur Expressway and bypasses TN Mukherjee Road through Dankuni State Highway Flyover. Some connector or spur roads have met or emerged or crossed from this road such as:

Some of the other major roads which have met Delhi Road are:


See also

References

  1. ↑ "Rationalisation of Numbering Systems of National Highways" (PDF). New Delhi: Department of Road Transport and Highways . Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Road - Highway". Public Works Department, Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  3. ↑ "List of State Highways in West Bengal". West Bengal Traffic Police. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  4. ↑ Google maps
  5. ↑ "Bardhaman Tehsil/ CD Block Map". Maps of India. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  6. ↑ "Hughli Tehsil CD Block Map". Maps of India. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  7. ↑ "Kolkata on Wheels". www.kolkataonwheels.com.
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