Eastern Metropolitan Bypass

Eastern Metropolitan Bypass
abbr. EM Bypass
Skyline along EM Bypass
Part of SH 3
Maintained byKolkata Metropolitan Development Authority
Length32 km (20 mi)
LocationGreater Kolkata (Kolkata district and South 24 Parganas district), India
Nearest Kolkata Metro station
North endUltadanga
South endKamalgazi, with an extension to Baruipur (Baruipur Bypass)
Construction
Completion1982

Eastern Metropolitan Bypass (also known as E.M. Bypass or EM Bypass) is a 32 kilometres (20 mi) long six to eight-lane major bypass road on the east side of Kolkata in the Indian state of West Bengal.[1] It connects Ultadanga (North Kolkata) to Baruipur Puratan Bazar (under Kolkata metropolitan area).[2] The road is a major link to Salt Lake and New Town. EM Bypass is part of State Highway 3.[3] EM Bypass is centered with major hotels, business parks, high residential blocks and other high-end construction and development.[1][4]

  1. ^ a b Chaudhuri, Sumita (2015). Facets of Urbanisation: Views from Anthropology. Cambridge Scholars. p. 141. ISBN 9781443878869.
  2. ^ "Bypass vrooms to Baruipur".
  3. ^ "EM Bypass".
  4. ^ Bose, Pablo Shiladitya (2014). Urban Development in India: Global Indians in the Remaking of Kolkata. Routledge. p. 97. ISBN 9781138319035.