Panagarh–Morgram Highway Explained

Country:IND
Panagarh–Morgram Highway
Length Km:171
Terminus A:Panagarh on NH 19
Terminus B:Morgram on NH 12
States:West Bengal
Destinations:Ilambazar - Dubrajpur - Suri - Rampurhat

Panagarh - Morgram Highway runs from the junction with NH 19 at Panagarh Darjeeling Mor to NH 12 at Morgram. It passes through Kanksa, Ilambazar, Hetampur, Dubrajpur, Suri, Rampurhat, Nalhati and Lohapur. It is mostly a two lane (30 feet wide) highway with a total length of . Panagarh to Suri is and Suri to Morgram is .Panagarh to Rampurhat distance is 120Km and Morgram to Rampurhat is 35 Km[1] The Dubrajpur-Morgram sector is part of NH 14 and the Dubrajpur-Panagarh sector is part of SH 14.[2] [3]

Junctions

At Ilambazar, it meets the Bolpur-Santiniketan Road. A little after Ilambazar it meets the road from Jaydev Kenduli, off the highway. At Dubrajpur it meets two roads  - one coming from Raniganj Punjabi Mor and an alternative road coming from Suri via Bakreshwar. At Suri, the headquarters of Birbhum district, several roads converge  - one from Bolpur-Santiniketan (State Highway 6), one from Sainthia, and an alternative road from Dubrajpur via Bakreshwar, which also branches off to Rajnagar(State Highway 6). The road to Dumka via Massanjore Dam meets it at Saharakuri. Tarapith is off the highway and the Tarapith Road meets it just before Rampurhat.

Rivers

The highway crosses Ajay River just before entering Ilambazar, Bakreshwar River after Dubrajpur, goes over the Tilpara Barrage across the Mayurakshi River, Dwarka River before Rampurhat and the Brahmani river before Nalhati.

Cost

The highway from Ilambazar to Moragram was constructed by AFCONS at a cost of $150-million funded by Asian Development Bank.[4]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hyderabad to Guwahati - Memorable Trip - Page 2 - Team-BHP . 2009-02-13.
  2. Web site: Rationalisation of Numbering Systems of National Highways. Department of Road Transport and Highways. 5 November 2016. New Delhi. https://web.archive.org/web/20160201124738/http://dorth.gov.in/writereaddata/sublinkimages/finaldoc6143316640.pdf. 1 February 2016. dead.
  3. Web site: List of State Highways in West Bengal . West Bengal Traffic Police . 5 November 2016.
  4. Web site: $210 m ADB loan for north-south corridor . 2007-09-17 . The Statesman, 28 May 2001 .