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{{Infobox road
|country=IND
|name = Panagarh–Morgram Highway
|map=
|length_km= 171
|direction_a=
|terminus_a= [[Panagarh]] on [[National Highway 19 (India)|NH 19]]
|junction=
|direction_b=
|terminus_b= [[Morgram]] on [[National Highway 12 (India)|NH 12]]
|formed=
|history=
|states= [[West Bengal]]
|cities=
|destinations=[[Ilambazar]]–[[Dubrajpur]]–[[Suri, Birbhum|Suri]]–[[Rampurhat]]
}}

'''Panagarh–Morgram Highway''' runs from the junction with [[National Highway 19 (India)|NH 19]] at [[Panagarh]] Darjeeling Mor to [[National Highway 12 (India)|NH 12]] at [[Morgram]]. It passes through [[Kanksa]], [[Ilambazar]], [[Hetampur]], [[Dubrajpur]], [[Suri, Birbhum|Suri]], [[Rampurhat]], [[Nalhati]] and Lohapur. It is mostly a two lane (30 feet wide) highway with a total length of {{convert|171|km}}. Panagarh to Suri is {{convert|71|km}} and Suri to Morgram is {{convert|100|km}}.Panagarh to Rampurhat distance is 120Km and Morgram to Rampurhat is 35 Km<ref>{{cite web|url =http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/travelogues/51791-hyderabad-guwahati-memorable-trip-2.html |title = Hyderabad to Guwahati - Memorable Trip - Page 2 - Team-BHP |access-date = 2009-02-13}}</ref> The Dubrajpur-Morgram sector is part of [[National Highway 14 (India)|NH 14]] and the Dubrajpur-Panagarh sector is part of [[State Highway 14 (West Bengal)|SH 14]].<ref name="renumber">{{cite web|url=http://dorth.gov.in/writereaddata/sublinkimages/finaldoc6143316640.pdf|title=Rationalisation of Numbering Systems of National Highways|publisher=[[Department of Road Transport and Highways]]|access-date=5 November 2016|location=New Delhi|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160201124738/http://dorth.gov.in/writereaddata/sublinkimages/finaldoc6143316640.pdf|archive-date=1 February 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=police>{{cite web| url = http://www.wbtrafficpolice.com/state-highways.php |title = List of State Highways in West Bengal | publisher= West Bengal Traffic Police | access-date = 5 November 2016}}</ref>

==Junctions==
At [[Ilambazar]], it meets the [[Bolpur]]-[[Santiniketan]] Road. A little after Ilambazar it meets the road from [[Jaydev Kenduli]], {{convert|7|km}} off the highway. At Dubrajpur it meets two roads – one coming from [[Raniganj]] Punjabi Mor and an alternative road coming from [[Suri, Birbhum| Suri]] via [[Bakreshwar]]. At [[Suri, Birbhum| Suri]], the headquarters of [[Birbhum district]], several roads converge – one from [[Bolpur]]-[[Santiniketan]] ([[State Highway 6 (West Bengal)| State Highway 6]]), one from [[Sainthia]], and an alternative road from [[Dubrajpur]] via [[Bakreshwar]], which also branches off to [[Rajnagar, Birbhum|Rajnagar]]([[State Highway 6 (West Bengal)| State Highway 6]]). The road to [[Dumka]] via [[Massanjore Dam]] meets it at [[Saharakuri]]. [[Tarapith]] is {{convert|12|km}} off the highway and the Tarapith Road meets it just before [[Rampurhat]].

==Rivers==
The highway crosses [[Ajay River]] just before entering Ilambazar, [[Bakreshwar River]] after Dubrajpur, goes over the Tilpara Barrage across the [[Mayurakshi River]], Dwarka River before Rampurhat and the Brahmani river before Nalhati.

==Cost==
The highway from Ilambazar to Moragram was constructed by AFCONS at a cost of $150-million funded by [[Asian Development Bank]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.thestatesman.net/page.arcview.php?clid=1&id=9669&usrsess=1| title = $210 m ADB loan for north-south corridor | access-date = 2007-09-17 | publisher =The Statesman, 28 May 2001 }} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Wikivoyage-inline|Santiniketan}}
* {{Wikivoyage-inline|Kendubillo}}
* {{Wikivoyage-inline|Bakreshwar}}
* {{Wikivoyage-inline|Massanjore}}
* {{Wikivoyage-inline|Tarapith}}

==See also==
* [[List of National Highways in India]]
* [[List of National Highways in India (by Highway Number)]]
* [[National Highways Development Project]]

{{National and State Highways in West Bengal}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Panagarh-Morgram Highway}}
[[Category:Roads in West Bengal]]
[[Category:State Highways in West Bengal]]

Panagarh–Morgram Highway - Revision history

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