The Howrah Bridge is a bridge that spans the Hooghly River in West Bengal, India. It was originally named the New Howrah Bridge because it links the city of Howrah to its twin city, Kolkata (Calcutta). On 14 June 1965 it was renamed Rabindra Setu, after Rabindranath Tagore a great poet and the first Indian Nobel laureate. However it is still popularly known as the Howrah Bridge.
The bridge is one of the four on the Hooghly River and is a famous symbol of Kolkata and West Bengal. The other bridges are the Vidyasagar Setu (popularly called the Second Hooghly Bridge), the Vivekananda Setu and the newly built engineering marvel Nivedita Setu. Apart from bearing the stormy weather of the Bay of Bengal region, it successfully bears the weight of a daily traffic of approximately 80,000 vehicles [1] and, possibly, more than 1,000,000 pedestrians. It is the sixth longest bridge of its type in the world.[2]
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Howrah bridge was built to link the two cities of Howrah and Kolkata (Calcutta). Refer to link below for more information.
Howrah Bridge
Howrah Bridge was created in 1874.
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Howrah Bridge - 1958 is rated/received certificates of: India:U UK:PG
Yes, it is a cantilever bridge and it is one of the finest of such cantilever bridges of the world.Please see related links for some of the Howrah bridge technical details.
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first of all its not haora , its howrah. And it is present in Howrah in west bengal in India . It was the world's largest cantilever bridge..
The Howrah bridge in India is made of steel and is riveted, rather than having nuts and bolts in its construction. It is a cantilever, floating bridge.
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