Jessore Road

Jessore Road
Route information
Part of AH1
Length	121 km (75 mi)
Existed	British period–present
Major junctions
Tourist loop around Ashoknagar
West end	Shyambazar, Kolkata, India
Major intersections	Ashok Nagar, Habra, Gaighata, Bangaon, Petrapole, Benapole, Thakurnagar East Side from Gaighata, Navaron, Jhikargacha.
East end	Jessore, Bangladesh
Location
Countries	India, Bangladesh
Highway system
Asian Highway Network

Jessore Road is an International road connecting Shyambazar through Dum Dum in Kolkata, India to Jessore in Bangladesh. While the Dum Dum-Barasat sector is now part of NH 12, the Barasat-Petrapole sector is now part of NH 112.^[1] It continues in Bangladesh as N706 from Benapole to Jessore. The whole road is the part of Asian Highway 1. The road acts as a major link between places in and around Kolkata, especially Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport and Barasat. The road meets commuter (suburban) rail link at Barasat Junction railway station. Metro stations on this road include Shyambazar, Belgachia and Jessore Road.

Several locations lie between Patipukur and Barasat on Jessore Road such as Patipukur Railway Station, Lake Town, Bangur Avenue, Dum Dum Park, Nagerbazar, Dum Dum Cant., Birati, Madhyamgram, Barasat etc. According to legend, the road was made by Kai Prasad Poddar, a landlord in Jessore.^[2] For building the massive road, the HM Government awarded him the title of "Chowdhury". ^{[citation needed]}

Allen Ginsberg wrote a poem "September on Jessore Road" after visiting refugee camps in 1971:

External videos
Jessore Road by Mousumi Voumik in Bengali

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