Vidyasagar Setu
Vidyasagar Setu
Vidyasagar Setu normally famous as the Second Hooghly Bridge, is a bridge over the Hooghly River in West Bengal, India. It links the city of Howrah to its twin city of Kolkata. The bridge is a toll bridge for all vehicles. It is one of the longest bridges of its type in India and one of the longest in Asia.The bridge is named later the 19th century Bengali reformist Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar.
The Vidyasagar Setu is a cable-stayed bridge, with a main bridge of a little above 457 metres, and a deck 35 metres broad. Construction started in 1978 and the bridge was finally inaguarated on the 10th of October, 1992. The commissioning agency was the Hooghly River Bridge Commission (HRBC) and the contractors for the construction was the consortium of Braithwaite, Burn and Jessop also called BBJ. The bridge also has sister bridges over the river at different points, namely the Howrah Bridge (Rabindra Setu), the Vivekananda Setu and the Nivedita Setu.
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