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Braithwaite, Burn & Jessop Construction Company: best known for bridge building. Starting from Calcutta's famous Howrah Bridge to the present – Vidyasagar Setu – one of Asia's largest Cable Stayed Bridge – BBJ & Construction Co Ltd has been involved in the design and construction of many varieties of Bridges in India. Also the expertise ...
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, which are located at the opposite banks of each other.
The Hooghly River Bridge Commissioners (HRBC) office is a statutory organization under the Department of Transport (West Bengal), [1] established in 1969 for the construction of Vidyasagar Setu. In 1961, the Kolkata Metropolitan Planning Organization was set up through a resolution of the Development and Planning Department to develop a ...
The bridge seen with the Prinsep Ghat. Population and commercial activity grew rapidly after India gained independence in August 1947. The only link across the Hooghly River, the Howrah Bridge between Howrah and Kolkata, was subject to much traffic congestion, with over 85,000 vehicles every day.
Bridge And Roof Company (India) Limited is a Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSE) of the Government of India, based in Kolkata, India. [1] The company began in 1920. Bridge And Roof Co. (India) Ltd., is a construction organization, encompassing industrial and infrastructure sectors in India as well as a
Nabanna নবান্ন Alternative names HRBC Building General information Status Operational Type Administrative building Location Howrah, West Bengal, India Address 325, Sarat Chatterjee Road, Shibpur, Howrah-711102 Inaugurated 5 October 2013 ; 11 years ago (2013-10-05) Technical details Floor count 14 Nabanna is a building in the city of Howrah (neighborhood of Kolkata) in Howrah ...
The famous Dakshineswar Kali Temple is situated on the banks of the Hooghly River near the bridge. [3] The bridge is one of the four bridges linking Howrah and Kolkata. A new road bridge, the Nivedita Setu, was constructed 50 m (160 ft) downstream in 2007 due to weakening of the Vivekanada Setu caused by its ageing. [3] [4]
Kolkata–Howrah: Kolaghat Rail Bridge [8] Rupnarayan River: 804 2,638 1900 Rail Kolaghat–Deulti: Mejia Bridge [12] [13] Damodar River: 800 2,625 1996 Rail-cum-road Raniganj–Mejia: Chapaguri Rail Bridge [5] Torsha River: 777 2,550 2015 Rail Chapaguri (Cooch Behar) Howrah Bridge (Rabindra Setu) [14] Hooghly River: 705 2,313 1943: Road ...