Outer Ring Road, Patna

The Outer Ring Road is a proposed 140 kilometer, 6-lane ring road expressway encircling the capital city of Patna, Bihar, India.[1]

Outer Ring Road, Patna
Route information
Length140 km (87 mi)
Location
CountryIndia
StatesBihar
Highway system

History

The area of Patna SCR (State Capital Region) will be spread over three districts of Patna, Vaishali and Saran district with this 4/6 lane highway project which has a length of 140 km and cost of 4800 crore. The expanses of Patna city will also reach the north of the Ganges river. Not only this, the way to spread the city of Patna on both sides of the Gandak river will open. It has been instructed to finalize the southern part of its DPR Ganga by July 31, 2019 and the northern part till September 15, 2019.[2][3]

Route map

The new alignment of Patna Ring Road from Kanohli-Naubatpur-Ramnagar-Kachchidaragarh-Bidupur-Chaksikander crossing the Sarai NH-77 and SH-74 towards the north of the city of Hajipur, then crossing the Gandak river, NH-19, Dighwara There will be a new bridge on the Ganges River from Sherpur to Kanohali.[4] The esitmated cost to build this ring-road is Rs 15000 crores.[5]

Timeline
  • August 2017: Bihar Government approved Patna outer ring road.[6]
  • October 2018: Central Government approved Patna outer ring road.[7]

Patna inner ring road

There is also DPR proposed for 65-km Patna inner ring road that includes a bridge between Dighwara in Saran district to Sherpur in Patna district and Kanhauli to Lakhna in Bihta-Sarmera road. The proposed alignment Patna ring road project is Bihta- Naubatpur- Dumri- Daniyawa- Kachchi Dargah- Bidupur- Hajipur- Sonepur- Digha- Bihta.[8]

See also

References
  1. "Centre gives nod to four-lane bridge parallel to J P Setu". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 9 September 2017. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
  2. "कन्हौली से कच्ची दरगाह वाया लखना की जगह रामनगर होकर बनेगा पटना रिंग रोड".
  3. "बिदुपुर से बिहटा वाया दीदारगंज-दीघा का सफर 1.5 घंटे में".
  4. "पटना एलाइनमेंट बदला, कन्हौली से कच्ची दरगाह वाया लखना की जगह रामनगर होकर बनेगा रिंग रोड". Archived from the original on 10 June 2019. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
  5. Monu, Sanjay Kumar (10 January 2022). "Government Plans to Build Ring Road in 6 Bihar Districts". Muzcorner. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  6. "Nitish clears Patna's new outer ring road plan; new 4-lane bridge on Ganga gets nod". 30 August 2017. Archived from the original on 14 January 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
  7. "Centre approves ring road, elevated highway projects | Patna News - Times of India". The Times of India.
  8. "Nitin Gadkari nod for new bridge over Ganga in Patna". The Times of India.
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