Outer Ring Road, Patna Explained

Header Type:	UC
Country:	IND
Type:	Expressway
States:	Bihar
Outer Ring Road, Patna
Map Custom:	yes
Length Km:	140

The Outer Ring Road is a proposed 140 kilometer, 6-lane ring road expressway encircling the capital city of Patna, Bihar, India.^[1]

History

The area of Patna SCR (State Capital Region) will be spread over three districts of Patna, Vaishali and Saran district with this 4/6 lane highway project which has a length of 140 km and cost of 4800 crore. The expanses of Patna city will also reach the north of the Ganges river. Not only this, the way to spread the city of Patna on both sides of the Gandak river will open. It has been instructed to finalize the southern part of its DPR Ganga by July 31, 2019 and the northern part till September 15, 2019.^{[2] [3]}

Route map

The new alignment of Patna Ring Road from Kanohli-Naubatpur-Ramnagar-Kachchidaragarh-Bidupur-Chaksikander crossing the Sarai NH-77 and SH-74 towards the north of the city of Hajipur, then crossing the Gandak river, NH-19, Dighwara There will be a new bridge on the Ganges River from Sherpur to Kanohali.^[4]

Timeline

• August 2017: Bihar Government approved Patna outer ring road.^[5]
• October 2018: Central Government approved Patna outer ring road.^[6]

Patna inner ring road

There is also DPR proposed for 65-km Patna inner ring road that includes a bridge between Dighwara in Saran district to Sherpur in Patna district and Kanhauli to Lakhna in Bihta-Sarmera road. The proposed alignment Patna ring road project is Bihta- Naubatpur- Dumri- Daniyawa- Kachchi Dargah- Bidupur- Hajipur- Sonepur- Digha- Bihta.^[7]

See also

• Expressways in Bihar
• Expressways in Chattisgarh
• Expressways in India
• Loknayak Ganga Path
• Digha–Sonpur Bridge
• Kacchi Dargah-Bidupur Bridge
• Patna–Digha Ghat line

Notes and References

1. Web site: Centre gives nod to four-lane bridge parallel to J P Setu. The Times of India. 2019-06-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20170909182113/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/centre-gives-nod-to-four-lane-bridge-parallel-to-j-p-setu/articleshow/60382591.cms. 2017-09-09. live.
2. Web site: कन्हौली से कच्ची दरगाह वाया लखना की जगह रामनगर होकर बनेगा पटना रिंग रोड.
3. Web site: बिदुपुर से बिहटा वाया दीदारगंज-दीघा का सफर 1.5 घंटे में.
4. Web site: पटना एलाइनमेंट बदला, कन्हौली से कच्ची दरगाह वाया लखना की जगह रामनगर होकर बनेगा रिंग रोड. 2019-06-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20190610201924/https://www.bhaskar.com/bihar/patna/news/change-the-alignment-of-patna-ring-road-01565563.html. 2019-06-10. live.
5. Web site: Nitish clears Patna's new outer ring road plan; new 4-lane bridge on Ganga gets nod . 30 August 2017 . 2019-06-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180114014102/http://www.hindustantimes.com/patna/nitish-clears-patna-s-new-outer-ring-road-plan-new-4-lane-bridge-on-ganga-gets-nod/story-Ms43loYvL2fcxNeARZr4vO.html . 2018-01-14 . live .
6. Web site: Centre approves ring road, elevated highway projects | Patna News - Times of India. The Times of India.
7. Web site: Nitin Gadkari nod for new bridge over Ganga in Patna. The Times of India.