The road acts as a major link between places in and around Kolkata, especially Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport and Barasat.

The road meets commuter (suburban) rail link at Barasat Junction railway station.

Several locations lie between Patipukur and Barasat on Jessore Road such as Patipukur Railway Station, Lake Town, Bangur Avenue, Dum Dum Park, Nagerbazar, Birati, Madhyamgram, Barasat etc.

[2] For building the massive road, the HM Government awarded him the title of "Chowdhury" .

[citation needed] Allen Ginsberg wrote a poem "September on Jessore Road" after visiting refugee camps in 1971: Millions of babies watching the skies Bellies swollen, with big round eyes On Jessore Road—long bamboo huts...[3][4][5]