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{{short description|Road in Kolkata, India}}<br />
{{infobox street<br />
| name = Chittaranjan Avenue<br />
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| image = File:Chittaranjan Avenue - Kolkata 2011-12-18 0059.JPG<br />
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| other_name = C.R. Avenue<br />
| former_names = Central Avenue<br />
| postal_code = 700006, 700007, 700012, 700072<br />
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| location = [[Kolkata]], India<br />
| metro_system = [[Kolkata Metro]]<br />
| metro = [[Girish Park metro station|Girish Park]], [[MG Road metro station, Kolkata|MG Road]], [[Central metro station (Kolkata)|Central]], [[Chandni Chowk metro station (Kolkata)|Chandni Chowk]], [[Esplanade metro station|Esplanade]]<br />
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| maint = [[Kolkata Municipal Corporation]]<br />
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| direction_a = north<br />
| terminus_a = [[Girish Park]]<br />
| direction_b = south<br />
| terminus_b = [[Esplanade, Kolkata|Esplanade]]<br />
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'''Chittaranjan Avenue''', more commonly '''C.R. Avenue''' (Formerly '''Central Avenue'''), a principal north-south thoroughfare in Central-North [[Kolkata]]. It starts from Beadon Street (Dani Ghosh Sarani/Abhedananda Road) crossing ([[Girish Park]]) in the north and ends at [[Chowringhee Road]]-Bentinck Street Junction ([[Esplanade, Kolkata|Esplanade]]) in the south. The road is renamed after [[Chittaranjan Das|Deshbandhu Chittaranjan Das]], a nationalist politician and freedom-fighter of India.<ref name = "India Today">{{cite news | url = https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/gk-current-affairs/story/chittaranjan-dass-90th-death-anniversary-10-facts-257791-2015-06-16 | title = 10 facts you shouldn't miss about the 'Deshbandhu'| accessdate = 2020-04-25 | date=16 June 2015}}</ref> North of Beadon Street crossing, Chittaranjan Avenue becomes Jatindra Mohan Avenue.<ref>Google maps</ref><br />
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==Significance==<br />
[[File:Chittaranjan Avenue - Kolkata 2015-08-11 1978.JPG|thumb|centre|Traffic Jam on C.R. Avenue]]<br />
The road is arterial in maintaining north to central and vice versa connection in [[Kolkata]]. The road remains always busy. A major portion of the [[Kolkata Metro Line 1]] runs beneath this road. Several important places are on this road, including Beadon Street crossing, [[Girish Park]], [[Vivekananda Road]] crossing, [[Jorasanko]], [[Mahajati Sadan]], [[MG Road, Kolkata|MG Road]] crossing, [[Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata|Kolkata Medical College]], [[All India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health]], [[Bowbazar]], Khirode Vidya Binode Avenue-Dr. Lalit Banerjee Sarani crossing, [[B.B. Ganguly Street]] crossing, Ganesh Chandra Avenue crossing, Chandni Chowk and [[Esplanade, Kolkata|Esplanade]].<br />
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==Operation==<br />
The road is bi-directional throughout the day. Certain crossings are however unidirectional, that is, in certain crossings vehicles can turn only in a specific direction and the other direction-turning is a punishable crime.<br />
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==Gallery==<br />
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File:Torana - Jorasanko Thakur Bari - Chittaranjan Avenue - Kolkata 2015-08-04 1653.JPG|[[Jorasanko Thakur Bari]] Gate, C.R. Avenue<br />
File:Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine - 108 Chittaranjan Avenue - Kolkata 2014-10-30 0184-0189.tif|[[Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine]], C.R. Avenue<br />
File:Airlines House - Central Avenue - Kolkata 2013-03-03 5134.jpg|Airlines House, C.R. Avenue<br />
File:Yogayog Bhawan - Central Avenue - Kolkata 2013-03-03 5129.jpg|Yogayog Bhawan, C.R. Avenue<br />
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==References==<br />
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{{Streets of Kolkata}}<br />
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[[Category:Streets in Kolkata]]<br />
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