Howrah Bridge
General Information
| Structural Type: |
Cantilever truss bridge
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| Function / usage: |
original use: Road bridge Tramway, light or metro rail bridge current use: Road bridge |
| Other name(s): | Hooghly Bridge |
| Built: | 1937 - 1943 |
| Status: | in use |
Geographic Information & Related Structures
| Location: |
Kolkata, West Bengal, India, Asia |
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| Crosses |
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| Replaces |
Howrah Bridge (1874)
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Technical Information
Dimensions
| main span | 457.50 m | |
| tower height | 82 m | |
| span lengths | 99.125 m - 457.50 m - 99.125 m | |
| length of drop-in span | 172.02 m |
Materials
| truss |
steel
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Notes
Light rail service on the bridge has been discontinued.
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- Le pont de Howrah à Calcutta, in "Ossature métallique", July 1948 v. 13
- Bridges, Macmillan Publishing Company, New York (USA), ISBN 002517455X, 1993; pp. 92-93
- Brücken / Bridges (4th edition), Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Stuttgart (Germany), ISBN 3421025908, 1994; pp. 173
- Les grands ponts du monde: Hors d'Europe, Brissaud, Poitiers (France), ISBN 2902170688, 1990; pp. 236-237
Internal Information
| Structure-ID: | s0000304 |
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| Created: | 10/06/1999 |
| Last Updated: | 05/03/2013 |