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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 twin cities of Howrah and Kolkata , located on opposite banks.
Location County Type Bridge No. 18 at Rock Creek: 1924, 1926 1995-02-23 Sapulpa ... Oklahoma: Mixed Truss Bridge Little Cabin Creek Bridge: 1934–1935 2009-03-04
Location County Coordinates OK-2: Bridge over Bird Creek Abandoned Pratt truss: 1915 1985 Bird Creek Avant: Osage: OK-3: Pack Saddle Bridge Replaced Parker truss: 1930 1984 US 283: South Canadian River: Roll: Roger Mills and Ellis
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.
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Howrah is located on the western bank of the Hooghly River, opposite its twin city of Kolkata. [3] Administratively Howrah lies within Howrah district and is the headquarters of the Howrah Sadar subdivision ; it is also part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA).
Completed 1994. Spans 4,086 feet (1,245 m) (the floating bridge part). Located near Bergen, Norway, the Nordhordland Bridge consists of a free-floating bridge and a high level cable-stayed bridge. The free-floating bridge has the longest laterally-unsupported span in the world. It is sometimes referred to as the Salhus Bridge. Architect's web site