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The Vidyasagar Setu (Second Hooghly Bridge) will be closed for about 16 hours on Sunday for maintenance work. Traffic along the bridge will be closed from 5 AM to 9 PM. The maintenance, undertaken by the Hooghly River Bridge Commissioners Authority, includes the replacement of stays and down cables, and bearings.

The Commissioner of Police, IPS Manoj Kumar Verma, announced in a post on X (formerly Twitter). To ease the passenger congestion, the Kolkata Police has also announced alternative routes that will be in place when repair works are going on. 

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Meanwhile, the Howrah Police Commission has issued alternative routes for freight and non-freight movements on Sunday, November 9:

  • All non-goods vehicles will have to use the Howrah Bridge (Rabindra Setu), Nivedita Setu, or the Old Bally Bridge (Vivekananda Setu) to move towards Kolkata.

  • Goods vehicles coming from Kolaghat (NH16) will have to take the Dhulagarh-Nibra-Salap-Pakuria-CCR Bridge-Nivedita Setu to enter Kolkata.

  • Goods vehicles coming from Dankuni will have to use the Nivedita Setu to enter Kolkata.

  • Vehicles coming from Kolkata towards Howrah will have to use the Howrah Bridge or the Nivedita Setu.

  • Non-goods vehicles coming towards Kolaghat will have to follow the following route: Kazipara-GT Road-Bataitala-Andul Road-Alampur-NH16-Dhulagarh-Ranihati.

  • Non-goods vehicles coming towards Dankuni have to take the following route: Hang Sang Crossing-Kona Expressway-NH16-Pakuria-CCR Bridge-Maitypara/Dankuni.

  • Additionally, vehicles may also be diverted from Mandirtala, Betaitala Crossing, and Sarasibala School Crossing. 

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Kolkata Traffic Advisory: Alternate Routes

- All vehicles coming from AJC Bose Road from Zeerut Island side will be diverted from Turf View via grade road towards Hastings Crossing to avail St. George's Gate Road- Strand Road- Howrah Bridge. Alternatively, vehicles can take the right turn from Hastings Crossing for KP Road. 

- Vehicular movement coming along KP Road from the J&N Island side for Vidyasagar Setu will be diverted from 11 Furlong Gate towards Hastings Crossing via St George's Road-Strand Road-Howrah Bridge.

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- Traffic flow from CGR Road from the Khidderpore side will be diverted from Hastings Crossing to take a left turn to avail St George's Gate Road - Strand Road - Howrah Bridge.

- Additionally, traffic flow from KP Road, through the Vidyasagar Setu via ramp at Y-Point near Ghora Pass, will be diverted towards the 11 Furlong Gate via KP Road-Red Road for Howrah Bridge. 

- Vehicular traffic will also be diverted through arterial roads as and when required.

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