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This is a '''list of expressways in the [[India]]n state of [[West Bengal]].''' The list is divided into following categories:
*'''National Expressway''': Built by [[National Highways Authority of India|NHAI]], these expressways connect two or more different [[States and union territories of India|states]] and have been declared as "National Expressways" (NE) by [[Government of India]].
*'''Intrastate Expressway''': Built by [[National Highways Authority of India|NHAI]], these expressways run entirely through the state ([[West Bengal]]) and connects areas within the state. These are declared as expressways by [[Government of India]].
*'''Bypass Expressway''': Built by [[National Highways Authority of India|NHAI]], these expressways runs through the outskirts or metropolitan area of a city to bypass the city core. West Bengal has bypass expressways only around Kolkata. These are declared as expressways by [[Government of India]].
*'''State Expressway''': Built by the [[West Bengal Highway Development Corporation]] ([[West Bengal Highway Development Corporation|WBHDCL]]) and declared as expressways by [[Government of West Bengal]], not by [[Government of India]]. Although, they have similar characteristics as NHAI expressways.

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Legends
|-
| {{legend inline|#fafafa|Fully operational}} {{legend inline|#FFFFc5|Under construction}} {{legend inline|#bcffc5|Partially operational and partially under construction}} {{legend inline|#D3D3D3|Planned but construction not started}} {{legend inline|grey|Proposed}}
|}

==National Expressways by NHAI==
{{Static row numbers}}
{| class="wikitable sortable collapsible static-row-numbers""
!Name
! Mark
! Part of
! Endpoints in WB
! data-sort-type="number" |Length (km)
!Lanes
! Status
! Ref(s)

|-
|style="background:#ffffc5;"| Kharagpur-Burdwan-Moregram Expressway
|NE-9
| [[Kharagpur–Siliguri Economic Corridor|EC14]]
| [[Kharagpur]] to Moregram
|230
|4
|Under construction (as of 2026)
|<ref>https://www.ashokabuildcon.com/ppp-projects.php</ref>

|-
|style="background-color:#d3d3d3;"| [[Varanasi–Kolkata Expressway]]
| NE-8
| NH-319B
| [[Purulia]] to [[Kolkata]]
| 242
|6
| Under construction (as of 2026)
|<ref>https://www.maritimegateway.com/four-greenfield-expressways-in-west-bengal/</ref>

|-
| style="background:#d3d3d3"| Kharagpur Visakhapatnam Expressway
|
|
| [[Kharagpur]]
|
|6
| Tender released (as of September 2024)
|<ref>https://www.news18.com/news/india/patna-kolkata-expressway-to-pass-through-5-districts-of-bihar-4675919.html</ref>

|-
|style="background:grey;"|Katihar-Kishanganj-Siliguri-Guwahati Expressway
| NE-10
|
| [[Siliguri]]
|
|
| Planned (as of 2024)
|<ref>https://www.news18.com/news/india/patna-kolkata-expressway-to-pass-through-5-districts-of-bihar-4675919.html</ref>

|-
|style="background:grey;"|Patna Kolkata Expressway
|
|
| [[Kolkata]]
|
|
| Planned (as of 2024)
|<ref>https://www.news18.com/news/india/patna-kolkata-expressway-to-pass-through-5-districts-of-bihar-4675919.html</ref>

|-
|style="background:grey;"|[[Gorakhpur–Siliguri Expressway]]
|
|
| [[Uttar Dinajpur district|Uttar Dinajpur]] to [[Siliguri]]
|519
|4
| Land acquisition in process (as of 2026)
|<ref>https://www.maritimegateway.com/four-greenfield-expressways-in-west-bengal/</ref>

|-
|style="background:grey;"|[[Haldia–Raxaul Expressway]]
|
|
| [[Haldia]]
|650
|
| Land acquisition in process (as of 2026)
|<ref>https://www.maritimegateway.com/four-greenfield-expressways-in-west-bengal/</ref>

|}

==Intrastate Expressways by NHAI==
{{Static row numbers}}
{| class="wikitable sortable collapsible static-row-numbers""
!Name
! Part of
! Endpoints
! data-sort-type="number" |Length (km)
!Lanes
! Status
!Ref(s)

|-
|style="background:#bcffc5;"| [[National Highway 19 (India)|Durgapur Expressway]]
| [[File:Tabliczka AH1.svg|30px|thumb|[[AH1]]]] <br>[[File:NH19-IN.svg|thumb|39x39px|[[National Highway 19 (India)|NH19]]]]
|[[Dankuni]] - [[Durgapur subdivision|Durgapur]]
|168
| 6
| Almost operational (except some intersections) as of 2024
|<ref>https://www.anandabazar.com/west-bengal/howrah-hoogly/survey-has-started-to-make-the-durgapur-expressway-six-lane-1.891801</ref>

|-
|style="background:#bcffc5;"| [[Kona Expressway]]
| [[File:NH12-IN.svg|30px|thumb|[[National Highway 12 (India)|NH12]]]]
| [[Hastings, Kolkata|Hastings]], [[Kolkata]] - [[National Highway 16 (India)|NH16]], [[Nibra]], [[Howrah district|Howrah]]
|11
| 6
| At grade road operational and elevated corridor under construction (as of 2024)
|<ref>https://www.timesnownews.com/kolkata/kolkata-6-lane-elevated-superhighway-to-come-up-on-kona-expressway-to-decongest-choke-points-article-99355140</ref>
|}

==Bypass Expressways (by NHAI)==
{{Static row numbers}}
{| class="wikitable sortable collapsible static-row-numbers""
!Name
! Part of
! Endpoints in WB
! data-sort-type="number" |Length (km)
!Lanes
! Status
! Ref(s)
|-
|[[Belghoria Expressway]]
| [[File:Tabliczka AH1.svg|30px|thumb|[[AH1]]]] <br> [[File:NH12-IN.svg|30px|thumb|[[National Highway 12 (India)|NH12]]]]
| [[Dankuni]] to [[Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport|Kolkata airport]]
|16
|4
| Fully operational
|<ref>https://archive.today/20120710010231/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-01-23/kolkata/30654983_1_nh-6-kona-expressway-kolkata-airport</ref>
|}

==State expressways by WBHDCL==
{{Static row numbers}}
{| class="wikitable sortable collapsible static-row-numbers""
! Name
! Part of
! Endpoints in WB
! data-sort-type="number" |Length (km)
!Lanes
! Status
! Ref(s)
|-
|style="background:#bcffc5;"|[[Kalyani Expressway]]
|
| [[Belghoria Expressway|NH12]] at [[Nimta]], [[Kolkata metropolitan region|Kolkata]] - [[Ishwar Gupta Setu]], [[Kalyani, West Bengal|Kalyani]]
|42
|4-6
|Partially operational (as of 2024)
|}

==See also==
*[[Expressways in India]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Expressways in India]]
[[Category:Roads in West Bengal]]

List of expressways in West Bengal - Revision history

BennyHubbs95 at 03:38, 14 April 2026