Kolkata Roads & Flyovers

[Samrat]

Thank you Saraf for these pictures

[Abhishek901]

Why Sourav Ganguly for inauguration ??

[arijeetb]

Originally Posted by Abhishek901

Why Sourav Ganguly for inauguration ??

he is probably being the ambassador for CPM. He was also present in the foundation laying ceremony of the 4.3km Park circus-Parama island elevated road corridor.

[Abhishek901]

Originally Posted by arijeetb

he is probably being the ambassador for CPM. He was also present in the foundation laying ceremony of the 4.3km Park circus-Parama island elevated road corridor.

So he has found a new career. Good for him

[SarafIndian]

I don't think he is a very political person. Though he always admits that he is great fan of Buddha. Also, he is very keen on Kolkata's development. Remember he was even in a railway function with Mamata Banerjee regarding the Behala Railways sports complex construction.

[SarafIndian]

Photo cc mazmanian06

[arijeetb]

Originally Posted by SarafIndian

I don't think he is a very political person. Though he always admits that he is great fan of Buddha. Also, he is very keen on Kolkata's development. Remember he was even in a railway function with Mamata Banerjee regarding the Behala Railways sports complex construction.

Maybe he is wielding the bat both sides Dadagiri and his presence in high profile programmes will definitely serve good for him in the future. And Yes, like us in the forum will bat for WB's development.

[rupakd]

PROPOSED ELEVATED RING ROAD

[sidney_jec]

when will the proposed prefix be removed from elevated corridor

[arijeetb]

Originally Posted by sidney_jec

when will the proposed prefix be removed from elevated corridor

Be patient!. I hope to see it removed in my/our lifetimes

[SarafIndian]

Kolkata is very small in East-West but it is giant city if you consider North-South. So, I think we need few North-South corridor rather than having ring roads(Like say Barasat-Raichak, Diamond harbor - Kalyani etc). Though small ring roads are OK. What do guys think?

[Abhishek901]

Originally Posted by SarafIndian

Kolkata is very small in East-West but it is giant city if you consider North-South. So, I think we need few North-South corridor rather than having ring roads(Like say Barasat-Raichak, Diamond harbor - Kalyani etc). Though small ring roads are OK. What do guys think?

Yeah. Kolkata is much like Mumbai in this regard. It is stretched in N-S direction along Hoogly. I had posted the google earth's night images of Kolkata, Delhi and Mumbai sometime back in Chaibar. Reposting them here.

All the cities images are from equal height.

Here we can clearly see that Kolkata is quite stretched in N-S direction like Mumbai, though off late Mumbai has spread eastwards.


Kolkata






Delhi






Mumbai

[avishar]

I completely agree with you saraf.I always was of the opinion that a wide elevated running south to north with appropriate access and exit points would be most beneficial.This north south corridor and bye pass will be parallel and can have connectors connecting them both.

[SarafIndian]

Originally Posted by Abhishek901

Yeah. Kolkata is much like Mumbai in this regard. It is stretched in N-S direction along Hoogly. I had posted the google earth's night images of Kolkata, Delhi and Mumbai sometime back in Chaibar. Reposting them here.

All the cities images are from equal height.

Here we can clearly see that Kolkata is quite stretched in N-S direction like Mumbai, though off late Mumbai has spread eastwards.


Kolkata

http://img690.imageshack.us/img690/4271/33992996.png

Delhi

http://img685.imageshack.us/img685/4876/27750814.png

Mumbai

http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/7895/12459261.png

Originally Posted by avishar

I completely agree with you saraf.I always was of the opinion that a wide elevated running south to north with appropriate access and exit points would be most beneficial.This north south corridor and bye pass will be parallel and can have connectors connecting them both.

Thanks for the nice analysis Abhishek. We could have seen the construction work of the Barasat-Raichak expressway and bridge at Kukrahati. But Mamata and her team have ruined the whole thing.

Anyway, we immediately need an Highway further east, parallel to Rajarhat ex'way+EM Bypass. It can be started somewhere at Madhyamgram and can be ended somewhere at Graia or Narendrapur. But this is not going to happen in near future..

[arijeetb]

I agree with you guys completely. IMHO, the proposed ring road may not serve traffic for the next few decades. Given the plan i am not sure how they plan to acquire land for such a mammoth project. Instead flyovers over key junctions coupled with metro corridors is a much better option. Also a bypass ( like the EM Bypass) to decongest the city on a north south axis would be good.

[rupakd]

Yes, you all are right. There is a proposal of Eastern Expressway too. Here is it.......



But I'm not sure whether it will be built due toland aquisition problem.

[arijeetb]

Nabadiganta Flyover
photo copyright - arijeetb

[SarafIndian]

This is cute. Well done Arijeet..

[Gotcha]

interesting... as soon as you get off the flyover, the lane markings end and the potholes begin!!

[arijeetb]

Originally Posted by Gotcha

interesting... as soon as you get off the flyover, the lane markings end and the potholes begin!!

exactly, one is in momentarily bliss for the 30 seconds one is on the flyover. I hope someday they will asphalt the salt lake bypass.