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Howrah Bridge | |
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 Night view of the Howrah Bridge | |
| Coordinates | 22°35′06″N 88°20′49″E / 22.5851°N 88.3469°E |
| Carries | Strand Road, Kolkata, Roadway with pedestrians and bicycles |
| Crosses | Hooghly River |
| Locale | Howrah, Kolkata metropolitan region,  India |
| Official name | Rabindra Setu |
| Named for | Rabindranath Tagore |
| Maintained by | Kolkata Port Trust |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Suspension type balanced cantilever and truss arch |
| Material | Steel |
| Total length | 705 m (2,313.0 ft) |
| Width | 21.6 m (70.9 ft) with two footpaths of 4.6 m (15.1 ft) on either side |
| Height | 82 m (269.0 ft) |
| Longest span | 457.2 m (1,500.0 ft) |
| Clearance above | 5.8 m (19.0 ft) |
| Clearance below | 8.8 m (28.9 ft) |
| No. of lanes | 6 |
| History | |
| Designer | M/s. Rendel, Palmer and Tritton |
| Constructed by | The Braithwaite Burn & Jessop Construction Company Limited |
| Construction start | 1936 |
| Construction end | 1942 |
| Opened | 3 February 1943 |
| Statistics | |
| Daily traffic | Approx. 100,000 vehicles with more than 150,000 pedestrians |
| Toll | No |
| Location | |
 Interactive map of Howrah Bridge | |
Look up "Howrah_Bridge" on WikipediaWikipedia Categories
- Howrah Bridge
- Pontoon bridges
- Bridges in Kolkata
- Cantilever bridges
- Transport in Howrah
- Transport in Kolkata
- Bridges in West Bengal
- Bridges completed in 1874
- Bridges completed in 1943
- 1943 establishments in India
- Tourist attractions in Howrah
- Buildings and structures in Howrah
- Use British English from March 2016
- Buildings and structures in Howrah district
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