New Jagannath Sadak


New Jagannath Sadak - The road to Jagannath Dham, Puri :
Total length: 96 km, covering three major districts of Odisha - Puri, Khurdha, and Nayagarh.
Name of the road:New Jagannath Sadak
Length:96 km
Place of coverage:Chandanpur of Puri to Sarankula of Nayagarh
Established:1996

It passes through six assembly segments. Road is from Biranarsinghpur of Puri to Sarankula of Nayagarh.
Road inaugurated: 1996 by Janaki Ballabh Patnaik, former CM, Odisha.
Road work started: 1987
Road completed: 1996.
Road connecting NH-203 with NH-5, also connects NH-203 with NH-224.
It connects Puri with Western Odisha and Southern Odisha; also connecting it with western India and southern India. Most of the road is made from concrete because the road passes through the maximum flood areas. On 9 July 2015 Union minister of Road Transport and National Highway Shree Nitin Gadkari declared New Jagannath Sadak as a National Highway.
The road plays a role in tourism and economic transportation of Odisha.
New Jagannath Sadak is one of those roads in Odisha which passes through paddy fields, rivers, hills, forests, villages, temples, big markets, and ponds.
New Jagannath sadak connects Puri with nearer tourist places like Barkul, Nirmalajhara, Gopalpur, Tara Tarini Temple, Banapur, Odagaon, Sarankul, Maninag Temple. It also connects Puri with Brahmapur, Nayagarh, Balangir, Phulbani, Kalahandi, Sonepur, Boudh and Sambalpur. New Jagannath Sadak passes through Sarankul, Raj-Ranpur, Rameswar, Nirakarpur, Jankia-Gadasahi, Bijipur and Chandanpur town.
Tourists and tourist buses from Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka are going to Puri by New Jagannath Sadak. New jagannath sadak is being developed into a two-lane carriage way for Nabakalebara.
In June 2016, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highway approved the NH declaration of New Jagannath Sadak in principle.
Some parts of this road are MDR and other parts are ODR.
A new bypass is developed on New Jagannath Sadak to bypass Biranarsinghpur village of Puri District for the smooth flow of vehicles.