Wednesday, 26 April 2017

Howrah Bridge

Howrah bridge is a propped cantilever bridge with  suspended span over the Hooghly River is West bengal India.

The Howrah bridge official name is Ravindra setu and maintained by Kolkata port trust.

Design is suspension type balanced cantilever and truss arch material is steel and its height is 82m (269.o ft) congest span 1500 ft.  and constitution begin 1936 and construction end 1942. Opened 3rd feb 1943

The third longest cantilever bridge at the time of its construction,the Howrah Bridge is currently the sixth longest bridge of its type in the world.

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