VIP Road, Kolkata explained

Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue
Former Names:VIP Road
Length Km:8.1
Location:Greater Kolkata (North 24 Parganas district and Kolkata district), India
Metro System:Kolkata Metro
Metro:Biman Bandar(under construction), VIP Road(under construction)
Maint:Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation, South Dumdum Municipality and Kolkata Municipal Corporation
Direction A:north
Terminus A:Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport Gate no. 1
Direction B:south
Terminus B:Ultadanga
Completion Date:1962

VIP Road (officially Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue) is a major thoroughfare connecting the city of Kolkata with Dumdum/Kolkata Airport. Located in the North-Eastern outskirts of the city, it was built in 1962 to provide speedy connection with the city and its sole airport. VIP Road is part of State Highway 3. To reduce traffic jams especially in the crossings of Kestopur and Baguiati, a flyover is constructed over the stretch between Dum Dum Park and Raghunathpur, which opened in March 2015. Another flyover connecting VIP Road with EM Bypass was opened in 2011, reducing traffic bottlenecks at Ultadanga crossing. This road is renamed after Kazi Nazrul Islam, a famous Bengali poet from India.

Description

Landmarks

Legacy

VIP Road was renamed after the great revolutionary Bengali poet Kazi Nazrul Islam.

In popular culture

Feluda (aka Pradosh Chandra Mitter) and his friend Jatayu (aka Lal Mohon Ganguly) and Felu's cousin Topshe (aka Tapesh Ranjan Mitter) are seen in a taxi driving down VIP Road towards Dum Dum Airport in a taxi in the movie Bombaiyer Bombete.

Alternate route

Another bypass route (Biswa Bangla Sarani) to Dumdum/Kolkata Airport via New Town is created, which connects Haldirams on VIP Road to Chingrighata on EM Bypass, passing through Salt Lake and New Town.