Barrackpore Trunk Road

The {{Convert|18.1|km|mi|abbr=off|adj=on}}{{Cite web|title=List of roads maintained by different divisions in North 24 Parganas District|url=http://wbpwd.gov.in/files/contents/road_list_of_pwd_04112017.pdf|url-status=live|access-date=31 May 2021|website=West Bengal Public Works Department|page=22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602213827/http://wbpwd.gov.in/files/contents/road_list_of_pwd_04112017.pdf |archive-date=2 June 2021 }} trunk road starts from the Shyambazar 5-point crossing in North Kolkata, goes straight northward and ends at Naihati Station Road, near the office of the Naihati Municipality. It serves the Tala, Sinthee, Cossipore, Baranagar, Dunlop, Belghoria, Kamarhati, Agarpara, Panihati, Sodepur, Sukchar, Khardaha. Titagarh , Barrackpore, Palta, Ichapur, Shyamnagar, Jagaddal, Bhatpara and Naihati areas under the municipalities of Naihati, Bhatpara, Garulia, North Barrackpore, Barrackpore, Titagarh , Khardaha, Panihati, Kamarhati, Baranagar and Kolkata Municipal Corporation.{{Cite web|title=Barrackpore City Police|url=https://barrackporecitypolice.in/map.php|access-date=2021-05-29|website=barrackporecitypolice.in}} The West Bengal State Highway 1 and State Highway 2 runs through BT Road.{{Cite web|title=District Highway Road Map|url=https://wbhdcl.gov.in/home/road_map|url-status=live|access-date=1 June 2021|website=West Bengal Highway Development Corporation Limited|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150308140234/http://www.wbhdcl.gov.in:80/home/road_map |archive-date=8 March 2015 }} It is mainly a six-lane road of {{Convert|21|m|ft|abbr=on}} width, between Shyambazar and Kamarhati, except some parts having four lanes. The traffic volume on the trunk road fewer than 7,000 passenger car units a day in the late 1990s, which had increased to 12,000 passenger car units a day in 2010. A six-lane flyover is planned between Tallah Bridge and Dunlop to decongest the BT Road.{{Cite web|date=22 Sep 2017|title=High bet on BT Road|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/high-bet-on-bt-road/cid/1407369|url-status=live|access-date=2021-06-03|website=The Telegraph|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210603150359/https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/high-bet-on-bt-road/cid/1407369 |archive-date=3 June 2021 }}File:Barrackpore Trunk Road - Dunlop - Kolkata 2012-04-11 9450.JPG More]]Dunlop More is a T-shaped major intersection in the route. There, it passes under the Belghoria Expressway (AH1). The branched out road from BT Road at Dunlop joins the Belghoria Expressway, which further connects with National Highways 16 and 19 on the other side of Hooghly River. It also has a one-way flyover from the branched road, which joins BT Road on the Shyambazar-facing lane.{{Cite web|date=1 Oct 2012|title=Faster flow promise in flyover unveil|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/faster-flow-promise-in-flyover-unveil/cid/1279659|url-status=live|access-date=2021-06-03|website=The Telegraph|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210501105242/https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/faster-flow-promise-in-flyover-unveil/cid/1279659 |archive-date=1 May 2021 }} Barrackpore Trunk Road passes under Kolkata Metro Blue Line and Chord Link Line (Kolkata Suburban Railway) and has an interchange facility with Baranagar metro station{{Cite web|date=3 Jan 2010|title=Mamata paves way for Metro's northern journey|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/mamata-paves-way-for-metros-northern-journey/articleshow/5406431.cms|url-status=live|access-date=2021-06-03|website=The Times of India|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191224060601/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Mamata-paves-way-for-Metros-northern-journey/articleshow/5406431.cms |archive-date=24 December 2019 }} and Baranagar Road railway station{{Cite web|last=|first=|title=BARN/Baranagar Road|url=https://indiarailinfo.com/station/map/baranagar-road-barn/7697|url-status=live|access-date=2021-06-03|website=indiarailinfo.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021191547/http://indiarailinfo.com/station/map/baranagar-road-barn/7697 |archive-date=21 October 2012 }} respectively, at Dunlop.{{Cite web|date=2021-06-01|title=Barrackpore Trunk Road|url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Chiria+More+Barrackpore/22.6020233,88.3736109/@22.6819586,88.3026229,12z/am=t/data=!3m1!4b1!4m9!4m8!1m5!1m1!1s0x39f89bcb281a159f:0x649ddb91833c1a99!2m2!1d88.3662078!2d22.7615723!1m0!3e2?shorturl=1|url-status=live|access-date=2021-06-01|website=Google Maps|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211001171013/https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Chiria+More+Barrackpore/22.6020233,88.3736109/@22.6819586,88.3026229,12z/am=t/data=!3m1!4b1!4m9!4m8!1m5!1m1!1s0x39f89bcb281a159f:0x649ddb91833c1a99!2m2!1d88.3662078!2d22.7615723!1m0!3e2?shorturl=1 |archive-date=1 October 2021 }}

Barrackpore was the first British cantonment in India, set up in 1772.{{Cite web|date=2017-02-18|title=18th century BT Road's transformation documented|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/art-and-culture/18th-century-bt-roads-transformation-documented-4531694/|access-date=2021-05-29|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=Official Website of Barrackpore Sub Division|url=http://www.barrackpore.gov.in/HTM/sdobkp_Admin_CANTONMENT.htm|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-31|website=barrackpore.gov.in|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070808202816/http://www.barrackpore.gov.in:80/HTM/sdobkp_Admin_CANTONMENT.htm |archive-date=8 August 2007 }} To connect it with the then country capital, Calcutta, the trunk road was built in 1775; it was the first metalled road in India and is also one of the busiest roads in the country.{{Cite web|date=2017-02-22|title=Around the City of Joy|url=https://www.thestatesman.com/travel/around-the-city-of-joy-1487763341.html|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-29|website=The Statesman|location=New Delhi|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170306182017/http://www.thestatesman.com:80/travel/around-the-city-of-joy-1487763341.html |archive-date=6 March 2017 }}{{Cite web|date=18 February 2017|title='Reinvention' of India's oldest metalled road|url=https://www.thestatesman.com/books-education/reinvention-of-india-s-oldest-metalled-road-1487414535.html|url-status=live|access-date=30 Aug 2021|website=The Statesman|issn=0972-0219|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170222181424/http://www.thestatesman.com/books-education/reinvention-of-india-s-oldest-metalled-road-1487414535.html |archive-date=22 February 2017 }}

Later the areas including Khardah, Sodepur and Titagarh, along BT Road grew into industrial zones. Some of the notable mills included Mohini Mills in Belghoria, Basanti Cotton Mills in Khardah Jute Mill/ But during the late 1970–80s, deindustrialization began under the then Chief Minister Jyoti Basu's tenure in the state.{{Cite book|last=Patnaik|first=Prabhat|url=http://14.139.211.59/bitstream/123456789/1553/11/11_chapter_06.pdf|title=Re-envisioning Socialism|publisher=Columbia University Press|year=2012|isbn=978-8189487966|pages=194|access-date=30 Aug 2021}} This led to a shift from heavy industries to small and cottage industries, with many of the industrial developments on the road closing. Gradually, property developers took up the vacant lands and built housing infrastructure along the road.{{Cite web|last=Chakraborty|first=Tapas|date=2021-04-24|title=Industrial workers on Kolkata's outskirts resigned to their fate|url=https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/india/industrial-workers-on-kolkatas-outskirts-resigned-to-their-fate|access-date=2021-05-31|website=National Herald|language=en}} The announcement of metro projects also increased the demand of residential properties.{{Cite book|url=https://www.nkrealtors.com/tmp/realties15-05-14.pdf|title=real-ties|publisher=N. K. Realtors (P) Ltd.|year=2014|volume=10|location=Kolkata|publication-date=April 2014|pages=8|access-date=3 June 2021|issue=1}}

Some major institutes and campuses including Indian Statistical Institute, a Statistical Laboratory set up by Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis in Kolkata;{{Cite web|title=ISI Kolkata Campus|url=https://www.isical.ac.in/~theophys-07/venue.html|url-status=live|access-date=30 May 2021|website=isical.ac.in|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602212511/https://www.isical.ac.in/~theophys-07/venue.html |archive-date=2 June 2021 }} Rabindra Bharati University, a public research university;{{Cite web|title=Contact|url=http://www.rbu.ac.in/home/post/98f13708210194c475687be6106a3b84|url-status=live|access-date=2021-06-01|website=rbu.ac.in|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170619071451/http://www.rbu.ac.in:80/home/post/98f13708210194c475687be6106a3b84 |archive-date=19 June 2017 }} College of Medicine & Sagore Dutta Hospital, a referral government hospital, medical college and research institute;{{Cite web|title=Contact us|url=http://www.cmsdh.edu.in/contact-us|url-status=live|access-date=2021-06-01|website=cmsdh.edu.in|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171112112001/http://www.cmsdh.edu.in:80/contact-us |archive-date=12 November 2017 }} University of Calcutta BT Road Campus, a collegiate public state research university;{{Cite web|title=B.T. Road Campus|url=https://www.caluniv.ac.in/campuses/campus-5.html|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-29|website=caluniv.ac.in|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210603150401/https://www.caluniv.ac.in/campuses/campus-5.html |archive-date=3 June 2021 }} are situated on Barrackpore Trunk Road.

Other notable landmarks along the route include the Bengal Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals, Panihati factory;{{Cite web|last=|title=Contact Information|url=https://bengalchemicals.co.in/contact/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-29|website=Bengal Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd.|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160603155208/http://bengalchemicals.co.in:80/contact/ |archive-date=3 June 2016 }} NCERT Production-cum-Distribution Centre, Panihati;{{Cite web|title=Activities of the Department|url=https://ncert.nic.in/division/pd/activities.php|url-status=live|access-date=1 June 2021|website=ncert.nic.in|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602212743/https://ncert.nic.in/division/pd/activities.php |archive-date=2 June 2021 }} Texmaco Rail & Engineering Limited, Belgharia;{{Cite web|title=Texmaco Rail & Engineering Limited|url=https://www.texmaco.in/webfiles/contact-us.html|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-29|website=texmaco.in|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602213055/https://www.texmaco.in/webfiles/contact-us.html |archive-date=2 June 2021 }} and CESC Titagarh generating station.{{Cite web|title=About Us|url=https://www.cesc.co.in/?page_id=509|url-status=live|access-date=1 Jun 2021|website=cesc.co.in|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150324050003/https://www.cesc.co.in/?page_id=509 |archive-date=24 March 2015 }}

File:Baranagar Road railway station in Sealda to Dankuni line 03.jpg and Baranagar metro station (behind)]]

The Baranagar–Barrackpore metro line (or Pink Line) is a {{convert|12.5|km|mi|abbr=on}} northward extension of the Kolkata Metro network along BT Road with Baranagar metro station serving as the interchange between Blue and Pink Lines. It was sanctioned at a cost of {{INRConvert|2069.6|c|lk=on|year=2010}} in the 2010–2011 budget. This line was meant to enable a quick commute from the northernmost suburbs to South Kolkata.{{Cite web|date=8 May 2014|title=Road Ahead….. Projects sanctioned|url=https://mtp.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0,1,304,375,379|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190217143720/https://mtp.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0,1,304,375,379|archive-date=17 February 2019|access-date=19 May 2020|website=mtp.indianrailways.gov.in}}{{cite news|last=Mandal|first=Sanjay|date=26 February 2015|title=Going going... RIP Barrackpore Metro|work=The Telegraph|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/going-going-rip-barrackpore-metro/cid/1488172|access-date=29 July 2020}}

Although the work never started as the Government of West Bengal had proposed for realignment of the line via Kalyani Expressway, due to the presence of arterial water pipelines under BT Road, that supply water to Kolkata. The construction work might damage the water pipelines, cutting off the city's water supply. It might also create huge traffic congestion on the busy road.{{Cite web|last=Bandyopadhyay|first=Krishnendu|date=16 May 2018|title=Metro: Metro iffy about state's Barrackpore route plan|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/metro-iffy-about-states-barrackpore-route-plan/articleshow/64183476.cms|url-status=live|access-date=2020-02-28|website=The Times of India|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180517012749/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/metro-iffy-about-states-barrackpore-route-plan/articleshow/64183476.cms |archive-date=17 May 2018 }}{{Cite web|last=Mandal|first=Sanjay|date=16 Jan 2018|title=Barrackpore Metro 'detour' to Kalyani|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/barrackpore-metro-detour-to-kalyani/cid/1408534|url-status=live|access-date=2020-02-28|website=The Telegraph|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200228103436/https://www.telegraphindia.com/states/west-bengal/barrackpore-metro-detour-to-kalyani/cid/1408534 |archive-date=28 February 2020 }} As of 2021, only Shyambazar and Baranagar metro station are connected with the trunk road.

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Potable water pipeline connections from Palta Waterworks to Kolkata, along the BT Road, existed since the late 1860s. After the construction of the Tala tank, it was joined with {{convert|42|in|cm|abbr=unit}} diameter cast iron pipes.{{Cite web|date=|title=Water Supply in Old Days|url=http://kmwsa.gov.in/html/retros.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120604003439/http://kmwsa.gov.in/html/retros.html|archive-date=2012-06-04|access-date=2021-05-14|website=kmwsa.gov.in}}{{Cite book|last=Zohar|first=Zvi|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F73wpAIoH9IC&q=%22Tala+Tank%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA20|title=Rabbinic Creativity in the Modern Middle East|date=2013-06-20|publisher=Bloomsbury|isbn=978-1-4725-1150-8|pages=20|language=en|access-date=14 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210512183252/https://books.google.com/books?id=F73wpAIoH9IC&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA20&dq=%22Tala+Tank%22+-wikipedia&hl=en|archive-date=12 May 2021|url-status=live}} There are six pipelines of {{convert|42-70|in|cm|abbr=unit}} diameter, under BT Road connecting the Tala reservoir with Palta.{{Cite web|last=Mandal|first=Sanjay|date=15 May 2018|title=Govt wants to scrap BT Road Metro route|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/govt-wants-to-scrap-bt-road-metro-route/cid/1416944|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-29|website=The Telegraph|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602212630/https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/govt-wants-to-scrap-bt-road-metro-route/cid/1416944 |archive-date=2 June 2021 }} It also carries water pipes of other municipalities including Sodepur and Panihati.

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File:Shyambazar Five-point Crossing - Kolkata 2012-05-19 3059.JPG 5-point crossing]]

The entire route is in West Bengal.

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• Jessore Road
• National Highway 12 (India)
• Dakshineswar

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