Howrah Bridge
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Address | Howrah, West Bengal 700001, India |
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Total length | 705 m |
Construction started | 1935 |
Body of water | Hooghly River |
Locations | Howrah |
Kolkata | |
West Bengal | |
Did you know | Rabindra Setu is the sixth-longest cantilever bridge by main span at 457 meter (1,500 feet). |
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ID | 1395138 |
About Howrah Bridge
Howrah Bridge is a bridge with a suspended span over the Hooghly River in West Bengal, India. Commissioned in 1943, the bridge was originally named the New Howrah Bridge, because it replaced a pontoon bridge at the same location linking the two cities of Howrah and Kolkata.
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