Kolkata to Shantiniketan - Indian Roadie Preferred Route, Motoring Route, Driving Route

Indian Roadie Preferred Route, Motoring Route, Driving Route for road trip from 

Kolkata to Shantiniketan 

(Kolkata_Shantiniketan): 

Kolkata - Dankuni Toll Plaza - Singur - Palsit Toll Plaza - Shaktigarh - Bardhaman bypass - Panagarh bypass (Exit NH19, turn right, RA: Durgapur, Asansol, Varanasi) - Ilambazar - Bolpur/ Shantiniketan. 

Distance: 

Approximately 190 kms from Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata. 

Avoid driving/ riding via Bardhaman, Gushkara, especially during the monsoon. 

The attached photos are of Bhedia underpass on Bardhaman - Bolpur via Gushkara State Highway route during monsoons in September 2023. 

Photo courtesy: Subhajit Ghosh. 

Abbreviations in use in Motoring Routes Of India, Indian Roadie Preferred Route, Motoring Route, Driving Route:

RA = Road Ahead.

ROR = Road on Right.

ROL = Road on Left.

NH = National Highway.

SH = State Highway.

NE = National Expressway.  

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