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{{short description|Road in Kolkata, India}}
{{Infobox street
| name = Eastern Metropolitan Bypass
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| image = File:Eastern Metropolitan Bypass - Kolkata 2015-03-19 3677.JPG
| caption = EM Bypass with under-construction ramp of [[Parama Island Flyover]]
| other_name = EM Bypass
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| length_km = 32
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| location = [[Kolkata metropolitan area|Greater Kolkata]] ([[Kolkata district]] and [[South 24 Parganas district]]), India
| metro_system = [[Kolkata Metro]]
| metro = [[Bengal Chemical metro station|Bengal Chemical]] and [[Salt Lake Stadium metro station|Salt Lake Stadium]] ([[Kolkata Metro Line 2]]); [[Beliaghata metro station|Beliaghata]](under construction) to [[Satyajit Ray metro station|Satyajit Ray]](under construction) ([[Kolkata Metro Line 6]])
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| maint = [[Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority]]
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| direction_a = north
| terminus_a = [[Ultadanga]]
| direction_b = south
| terminus_b = [[Kamalgazi]], with an extension to [[Baruipur]] (Baruipur Bypass)
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| completion_date = 1982
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The '''Eastern Metropolitan Bypass''' (''E.M. Bypass'', ''EM Bypass'') is a {{convert|32|km|mi}} (Including [[Kamalgazi]] to [[Baruipur]] extension) major road on the [[East Kolkata|east side of Kolkata]].<ref name="facets">{{cite book|last1=Chaudhuri|first1=Sumita|title=Facets of Urbanisation: Views from Anthropology|date=2015|isbn=9781443878869|page=141}}</ref> It connects [[Ultadanga]] (North Kolkata) to [[Baruipur]] Puratan Bazar (South Kolkata). The road is a major link to [[Bidhannagar, Kolkata| Salt Lake]] and [[New Town, Kolkata|New Town]]. EM Bypass is part of both [[State Highway 1 (West Bengal)|State Highway 1]] and [[State Highway 3 (West Bengal)|State Highway 3]].<ref>{{cite web|title=EM Bypass|url=https://m.telegraphindia.com/india/highway-ache-for-star-bars/cid/1496150}}</ref> Much high-end construction and development in [[Kolkata]] has been centred around the Bypass.<ref name="facets" /><ref name="urban-development-in-india">{{cite book|last1=Bose|first1=Pablo Shiladitya|title=Urban Development in India: Global Indians in the Remaking of Kolkata|date=2014|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781138319035|page=97}}</ref>

It was designed as a six to eight-lane [[bypass (road)|bypass]] to lessen traffic congestion on the entire stretch of [[Gariahat Road]]. Several consequent connections have been made to Gariahat Road to further move traffic to the Bypass. It is one of the best places to invest in the city and will soon become one of the poshest areas in Kolkata.

==History and development==
The Eastern Metropolitan Bypass was constructed during the 1980s and became operational in 1982.<ref name="selfing">{{cite book|last1=Chanda|first1=Ipshita|title=Selfing the City: Single Women Migrants and Their Lives in Kolkata|date=2017|publisher=SAGE Publishing India|isbn=9789381345245|page=Appendix 2}}</ref><ref name="urban-aquaculture">{{cite book|last1=Bunting|first1=Stuart|last2=Kundu|first2=Nitai|last3=Mukherjee|first3=Madhumita|title=Urban aquaculture: Chapter 5|date=2005|publisher=CAB International|location=Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK|isbn=9781845930936|page=62}}</ref><ref name="world-lake-conference-2007">{{cite journal|last1=Nitai|first1=Kundu|last2=Pal|first2=Mausumi|last3=Saha|first3=Sharmistha|title=East Kolkata Wetlands: A Resource Recovery System Through Productive Activities|journal=Proceedings of Taal2007: The 12th World Lake Conference|date=2008|pages=868-881|url=http://www.moef.nic.in/sites/default/files/nlcp/G%20-%20Pollution%20Abatement/G-1.pdf|access-date=10 May 2018}}</ref> The construction disrupted part of the [[East Kolkata Wetlands]].<ref name="world-lake-conference-2007" /><ref name="untamed-urbanism">{{cite book|last1=Allen|first1=Adriana|last2=Lampis|first2=Andrea|last3=Swilling|first3=Mark|title=Untamed Urbanisms|date=2015|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781317599104|page=41}}</ref><ref name="urban-development-in-india" />

At one point in 2010 the road was officially named ''Jyoti Basu Sarani'' after [[Jyoti Basu]].<ref name="2018-week-statue">{{cite news|last1=Banerjee|first1=Rabi|title=Antidote to statue vandalism: When Jyoti Basu resisted attempt to erect his statue|url=https://www.theweek.in/news/india/2018/03/08/statue-vandalism-when-jyoti-basu-resisted-cpim-attempt-erect-his-statue-west-bengal-lenin.html|access-date=9 May 2018|publisher=The Week|date=8 March 2018}}</ref> The road was further renamed ''[[Biswa Bangla Sarani]]'' by the Chief Minister [[Mamata Banerjee]] in 2011.<ref name="2018-week-statue" />

The road is undergoing expansion under the [[Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission|JNNURM]].{{citation-needed|date=May 2018}}

==Connectors and overpasses==
{{Refimprove section|date=May 2018}}

A number of 'connectors' or connecting roads link the bypass to major hubs of the city all along its route. From north to south, these are: {{citation-needed|date=May 2018}}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Junction type !! Area !! Connected locations !! Notes
|-
| Junction || Bagmari Road || [[Ultadanga]] - goes towards [[Hatibagan]] & [[Shobhabazar]] as [[Aurobindo Sarani]] ||
|-
| [[Overpass|Flyover]] || Ultadanga Flyover || [[Kolkata Airport|Dumdum/Kolkata Airport]] from south through [[VIP Road]] ||
|-
| Junction || Maniktala Road || [[Maniktala]], [[Kankurgachi]] - goes towards [[Howrah]] via [[Girish Park]] & [[Posta, Burrabazar|Posta]] as [[Vivekananda Road]] ||
|-
| Junction || Narkeldanga Road || [[Rajabazar, Kolkata|Rajabazar]], [[Phoolbagan]] & Kadapara ||
|-
| Junction || Beleghata Road || [[Sealdah Station]], [[Beleghata]], Chingrighata - goes towards [[Howrah]] via [[Burrabazar]] as [[Mahatma Gandhi Road, Kolkata|MG Road]]||
|-
| [[Overpass|Flyover]] || Chingrighata Flyover || Chingrighata to [[Salt Lake City, Kolkata|Salt Lake]] and [[New Town, Kolkata|New Town]] ||
|-
| Junction || JBS Haldane Avenue || [[Park Circus]], [[Science City Kolkata|Science City]] & [[Bantala]] - goes towards [[Howrah]] via [[Rabindra Sadan]] & [[Hastings]] as [[AJC Bose Road]] ||
|-
| [[Overpass|Flyover]] || [[Maa Flyover]] || [[Park Circus]] to [[Science City Kolkata|Science City]] & Beleghata Metropolitan - connected with [[AJC Bose Road|AJC Bose Road Flyover]] towards [[Howrah]] ||
|-
| Junction || Bondel Road || [[Ballygunj]], [[Tiljala]] & VIP Nagar - goes towards Hazra, [[Alipore]] & Mominpur as Hazra Road||
|-
| Junction || [[Rash Behari Avenue]] || [[Kalighat]], [[Deshapriya Park]], [[Gariahat Road|Gariahat]], [[Kasba (Kolkata)|Kasba]], [[Anandapur, Kolkata|Anandapur]] & Nonadanga - goes towards [[Chetla]] & Majherhat ||
|-
| Junction || [[Prince Anwar Shah Road]] || [[Dhakuria]], [[Jodhpur Park]], Selimpur, [[Lake Gardens]], [[Garfa]] & Kalikapur - goes towards [[New Alipore]] & [[Taratala]] as Tollygunje Circular Road ||
|-
| Junction || Ajaynagar-Santoshpur Avenue & Eastern Park Road || [[Santoshpur, Kolkata|Santoshpur]] and [[Jadavpur]] Via Santoshpur Jora Bridge crossing, [[Ajoy Nagar]], Purbalok & [[Mukundapur, Kolkata|Mukundapur]] ||
|-
| Junction || Garia || [[Baishnabghata Patuli Township]], [[Garia]] ||
|-
| Junction || Garia Station Road || [[Garia railway station]], [[Dhalai Bridge|Briji]], Shitala Mandir Bus Stand of Garia ||
|-
| Junction || Pepsi || [[Mahamayatala]] & Kandarpopur town ||
|-
| [[Overpass|Flyover]] || Kamalgazi Flyover || [[Kamalgazi]] to [[Narendrapur]] towards [[Rajpur Sonarpur]] ||
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| Junction || Sonarpur Station Road || [[Kamalgazi]] & [[Sonarpur railway station]] ||
|-
| Junction || Dr. B. C. Roy road || Kalitala with [[Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Road]] - goes towards [[Rajpur Sonarpur|Rajpur]] Municipal Market ||
|-
| Junction || Baruipur-Amtala Road || [[Baruipur]] with Julpia - goes towards [[Amtala]] ||
|}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Mani Square Mall - Eastern Metropolitan Bypass - Kolkata 2017-05-10 7560.JPG|[[Mani Square]], [[Kankurgachi]]
File:Raikva - Apartment Building - Eastern Metropolitan Bypass - Kolkata 2017-05-10 7552.JPG|Raikva Building, [[Beliaghata]]
File:Silver Arcade - Kolkata 2011-01-17 0235.JPG|Silver Arcade, [[Dhapa, India|Dhapa]]
File:JW Marriott Hotel and Vivara Serviced Apartments Under Construction - Eastern Metropolitan Bypass - Kolkata 2016-08-25 6265.JPG|JW Marriott Hotel, [[Dhapa, India|Dhapa]]
File:ITC Sonar Kolkata (1).jpg|ITC Sonar facade, [[Dhapa, India|Dhapa]]
File:ITC Sonar - Hotel - Northern Block Under Construction - Eastern Metropolitan Bypass - Kolkata 2016-06-23 5029.JPG|ITC Sonar Hotel (Northern Block) along with [[Maa Flyover]], [[Dhapa, India|Dhapa]]
File:Science City Kolkata 4643.JPG|[[Science City Kolkata|Science City]], Parama Island
File:Science city IMG 20141014 125502596 HDR.jpg|Rainy day view of [[Science City Kolkata|Science City]], Parama Island
File:Forum Atmosphere - Residential Complex Under Construction - Kolkata 2016-09-02 6742.JPG|[[Atmosphere (Kolkata)]], [[Topsia|East Topsia]]
File:Landmark Hotel - Eastern Metropolitan Bypass - Kolkata 2016-08-30 6536.JPG|Landmark Hotel, [[Topsia|East Topsia]]
File:Shrachi and Emami Tower - 686 and 687 Anandapur - Eastern Metropolitan Bypass - Kolkata 2016-08-25 6121.JPG|Shrachi and Emami Tower, East Kolkata Township
File:Ruby General Hospital - Kolkata 2012-01-21 8426.JPG|Ruby Hospital, East Kolkata Township
File:Gateway Hotel - Ruby Island - Kolkata 2012-10-09 1618.JPG|Taj Vivanta (Gateway) Hotel, East Kolkata Township
File:Kalikapur Road - EM Bypass - Kolkata 2010-09-15 7560.JPG|Kalikapur Abhishikta
File:Metro Cash & Carry India Private Limited - Kalikapur - Eastern Metropolitan Bypass - Kolkata 2013-09-18 0248.JPG|[[Metro Cash & Carry|Metro Cash & Carry India Private Limited]], [[Mukundapur, Kolkata|Mukundapur]]
File:Medica Superspecialty Hospital - 127 Mukundapur - EM Bypass - Kolkata 20180428154601.jpg|[[Medica Superspecialty Hospital, Kolkata|Medica Superspecialty Hospital]], [[Mukundapur, Kolkata|Mukundapur]]
File:AMRI Hospital - 230 Barakhola Lane - Mukundapur - EM Bypass - Kolkata 20180428171637.jpg|[[AMRI Hospital]], [[Mukundapur, Kolkata|Mukundapur]]
File:RTIICS_-_Buiding_Image.jpg|[[Rabindranath Tagore International Institute of Cardiac Sciences]], [[Mukundapur, Kolkata|Mukundapur]]
File:Metropolis Mall - Hiland Park - Eastern Metropolitan Bypass - Kolkata 2016-06-23 5104.JPG|Metropolis Mall, [[Hiland Park, Kolkata|Hiland Park]]
File:Eastern Metropolitan Bypass - Patuli - Kolkata 2012-01-21 8598.JPG|EM Bypass at [[Baishnabghata Patuli Township|Patuli]] Crossing
</gallery>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category|Eastern Metropolitan Bypass}}
* [http://www.rediff.com/money/2004/may/01malls.htm Commercial Development of E.M. Bypass]

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