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| Native name | কাজী নজরুল ইসলাম সরণি (Bengali) |
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| Former name(s) | VIP Road |
| Maintained by | Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation, South Dumdum Municipality and Kolkata Municipal Corporation |
| Length | 8.1 km (5.0 mi) |
| Location | Greater Kolkata (North 24 Parganas district and Kolkata district), India |
| Nearest Kolkata Metro station | Biman Bandar(under construction), VIP Road(under construction) |
| north end | Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport Gate no. 1 |
| south end | Ultadanga |
| Construction | |
| Completion | 1962 |
VIP Road (officially Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue) is a major thoroughfare connecting the city of Kolkata with Dumdum/Kolkata Airport. Located in the North-Eastern outskirts of the city, it was built in 1962 to provide speedy connection with the city and its sole airport. VIP Road is part of State Highway 3. To reduce traffic jams especially in the crossings of Kestopur and Baguiati, a flyover is constructed over the stretch between Dum Dum Park and Raghunathpur, which opened in March 2015. Another flyover connecting VIP Road with EM Bypass was opened in 2011, reducing traffic bottlenecks at Ultadanga crossing. This road is renamed after Kazi Nazrul Islam, a famous Bengali poet from India.