- Vidyasagar Setu
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bridge_name= Vidyasagar Setu
(Second Hooghly bridge)
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carries= 6 general purpose lanes
crosses=Hooghly River
locale=Calcutta ,West Bengal
maint=Hooghly River Bridge Commissioners
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design=Cable hanging bridge
mainspan= convert|457.2|m|ft|0
length= convert|823|m|ft|0
width= convert|35|m|ft|0
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below= convert|26|m|ft|0
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open= 10th October, 1992
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coordinates=Vidyasagar Setu (commonly known as the Second Hooghly Bridge), is a
bridge over theHooghly River inWest Bengal ,India . It links the city ofHowrah to its twin city ofKolkata . The bridge is atoll bridge for vehicles. Free for Bikes. It is the longest bridge of its type in India and one of the longest in Asia.The bridge is named after the 19th century Bengali reformist
Shri Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar .The bridge also has sister bridges over the river at different points, namely theHowrah Bridge (Rabindra Setu) and theVivekananda Setu .The Vidyasagar Setu is a
cable-stayed bridge , with a main span of a little over 457 metres, and a deck 35 metres wide. Construction started in1978 and the bridge was finally inaguarated on the 10th of October,1992 . The commissioning agency was theHooghly River Bridge Commission (HRBC) and the contractors for the construction was the consortium ofBraithwaite ,Burn andJessop also called BBJ.External links
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