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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.
English: Howrah Bridge suspends over the Hooghly River and is a famous symbol of Kolkata (Calcutta) and West Bengal. Kolkata, Calcutta, West Bengal, India. Kolkata, Calcutta, West Bengal, India. Русский: Набережная реки Хугли.
Elévation du pont de Howrah (Howrah Bridge) - Kolkata - Inde Vector image showing the elevation, extension of the Howrah Bridge located in Kolkata, India. Date: 10 May 2010: Source: Own work from Marcel Prade – Les grands ponts du monde hors d’Europe - 1992: Author: Roulex_45
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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]
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