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. Description VIP Road runs from Ultadanga (Hudco More) to Jessore Road in Dum Dum, ending near the entrance of the DumDum/Kolkata Airport, the sole airport serving the metropolis. Several locations lie along this road, such as Ultadanga, Lake Town, Bangur Avenue, Dum Dum Park, Kestopur, Baguiati, Teghoria and Kaikhali. In fact, the growth of VIP Road has facilitated the growth of these localities after independence. These localities have an extremely high population density. The stretch of VIP Road to the north of Baguiati is home to numerous residential complexes, hotels and shopping malls. VIP Road provides access to the planned township of New Town via Rajarhat Main Road at Baguiati Jora Mandir and Biswa Bangla Sarani at Haldiram (Teghoria). Belghoria Expressway, which provides access to NH 16 and NH 19, begins 2 km north of the junction with Jessore Road. VIP Road runs just north of Salt Lake Sector 1 and is well-connected to it by several footbridges and . Lake Town Footbridge leads to the part of Salt Lake from where one can easily reach 4 no tank. Similarly, the footbridge at Kestopur leads to Baishakhi bus stop in Salt Lake. Landmarks Eastern Paper Mills, Lake Town Kolkata Time Zone Tower a 30 metre Big Ben replica, Lake Town Famous Baguiati Bazaar Big Bazaar, Baguiati Bazaar Kolkata and Vishal Mega Mart, Baguiati Haldiram Bhujiawala Pure Foods, Teghoria 2CBPO Military Camp Dumdum/Kolkata Airport Legacy VIP Road was renamed after the great revolutionary poet Kazi Nazrul Islam. In popular culture Feluda (aka Pradosh Chandra Mitter) and his friend Jatayu (aka Lal Mohon Ganguly) and Felu's cousin Topshe (aka Tapesh Ranjan Mitter) are seen in a taxi driving down VIP Road towards Dum Dum Airport in a taxi in