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The Howrah Bridge is a balanced steel bridge over the Hooghly River in West Bengal, India. Commissioned in 1943, [ 9 ] [ 11 ] the bridge was originally named the New Howrah Bridge, because it replaced a pontoon bridge at the same location linking the both sides of cities of Kolkata.
Howrah Bridge is a 1958 Indian Hindi-language crime thriller film directed by Shakti Samanta.The music for the film was composed by O. P. Nayyar.The plot focuses on Prem Kumar (played by Ashok Kumar), a businessman from Rangoon, who travels to Calcutta to try and track down his brother's murderers.
The bridge was constructed at a total cost of ₹ 1.14 crore (equivalent to ₹ 348 crore or US$40 million in 2023) The first train that ran across the bridge was named Jagmal Raja Howrah Express by the British, acknowledging the feat of Rai Bahadur Jagmal Raja. The bridge cost over ₹ 1 crore (US$120,000) in those years. [5]
Howrah (/ ˈ h aʊ r ə /; Bengali: [ˈɦao̯ɽa]; alternatively spelled as Haora) [12] is a city [13] [3] in the Indian state of West Bengal, located on the western bank of the Hooghly River, opposite to its twin city of Kolkata. [3]
Vivekananda Setu (Willingdon Bridge / Bally Bridge) Hooghly River: 900 2,952 1932: Rail-cum-road: Dakshineswar–Bally,Howrah: Nivedita Setu [11] Hooghly River: 880 2,887 2007: Road: Dakshineswar–Bally,Howrah: Vidyasagar Setu: Hooghly River: 823 2,700 1992: Road: Kolkata–Howrah: Kolaghat Rail Bridge [8] Rupnarayan River: 804 2,638 1900 Rail ...
A ferry operating between Howrah and Kolkata with Howrah Bridge (Rabindra Setu) in background The Bhāgirathi-Hooghly river system is an essential lifeline for the people of West Bengal. It was through this river that the East India company sailed into Bengal and established their trade settlement, Calcutta, the capital of British India.
Vidyasagar Setu, also known as the Second Hooghly Bridge, is an 822.96-metre-long (2,700 ft) cable-stayed six-laned toll bridge over the Hooghly River in West Bengal, India, linking the cities of Kolkata and Howrah.
Howrah Bridge: 457 (1,500) 1943 Kolkata, West Bengal, India: 8 Veterans Memorial Bridge: 445 (1,460) 1995 Gramercy, Louisiana, United States: 9 Tokyo Gate Bridge: 440 (1,443) 2012 Tokyo, Japan: 10 San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge (east Bay span) 427 (1,400) 1936 (demolished 2016) San Francisco, California, United States: 11 J. C. Van Horne Bridge