NH53, NH49, NH16: the Surat–Kolkata road reference
Between the two local stages, the conventional trunk reference is Surat → Dhule → Nagpur → Raipur → Sambalpur → Deogarh → Baharagora → Kharagpur → Kolkata on NH53, NH49, NH16.
The reference passes Gujarat → Maharashtra → Chhattisgarh → Odisha → Jharkhand → West Bengal; any feeder transfer is a separate handover, not a border depot implied by this page.
With the named waypoints retained, the example road length is around 1,900 km (cross-country, 1,600+ km). Allow for any local collection and delivery transfers as well as the trunk movement. Check which stages the team includes when quoting the transit estimate.


