Route
NH 316A runs 412 km from Pipili, Odisha to New Digha, West Bengal.
Crosses Odisha.
Through Pipili, Cuttack, Pattamundai, Bhadrak, Balasore, Jaleswar and New Digha.
Why it matters
NH 316A is a branch of NH 316. In the national highway numbering used since 2010, a letter after the number marks a spur or link off the main route — this one runs Pipili to New Digha, and it meets NH 316 along the way.