It connects Kolkata with its satellite city Kalyani and declared as an expressway by Government of West Bengal.

[1] The road starts from Belghoria Expressway in Nimta and ends in Bansberia of Hooghly district.

[3] The road serves as a faster connection between Kolkata and it's northern suburbs in the Kolkata metropolitan region, including Sodepur, Barrackpore, Naihati and Kalyani.

An extension of this expressway from 'Kampa More' connects it to National Highway 12 through a 6-kilometer-long,6-lane elevated corridor.

Additionally, a 6-lane extradosed cable-stayed bridge named 'Second Ishwar Gupta Setu' is being built on the expressway between Kalyani and Bansberia over the Hooghly River, which will be the 5th bridge over the Hooghly River in the Kolkata metropolitan region.