Howrah Bridge

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Howrah Bridge is an iconic cantilever bridge spanning the Hooghly River in Kolkata, India, renowned as a major transportation lifeline and architectural symbol of the city.

Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form As subject As object
Rabindra Setu 0 2
Vidyasagar Setu 0 1
Vivekananda Setu 0 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cantilever bridge
landmark
road bridge
tourist attraction
alsoKnownAs Gateway to Kolkata
carries buses
motor vehicles
pedestrians
taxis
trams
connects Howrah
Howrah
surface form: Howrah district

Calcutta
surface form: Kolkata

Kolkata district
constructionCompleted 1942
crosses Hooghly River
crossesBetween Burrabazar area
Howrah station area
designedAs riveted steel structure
designType balanced cantilever
doesNotCarry railway tracks
featuredIn Bengali films
Indian films
photography
postcards
footpathWidth about 15 feet each
governedBy Howrah Bridge Act
hasFootpaths 2 footpaths
hasLanes 8 road lanes
heritageStatus iconic structure of Kolkata
length about 705 metres
lighting decorative illumination at night
locatedIn India
Calcutta
surface form: Kolkata

West Bengal
locatedNear B.B.D. Bagh
Howrah Junction railway station
mainSpanLength about 457 metres
maintainedBy Kolkata Port Trust
Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port, Kolkata
material steel
namedAfter Rabindranath Tagore
officialName Howrah Bridge self-linksurface differs
surface form: Rabindra Setu
opened 1943
replaced Old pontoon bridge over Hooghly River
symbolOf Bengal engineering heritage
Calcutta
surface form: Kolkata
traffic one of the busiest cantilever bridges in the world
width about 71 feet

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Howrah bridge Howrah Bridge
this entity surface form: Rabindra Setu
Hooghly River crossedBy Howrah Bridge
Hooghly River crossedBy Howrah Bridge
this entity surface form: Vidyasagar Setu
Hooghly River crossedBy Howrah Bridge
this entity surface form: Vivekananda Setu
Calcutta hasLandmark Howrah Bridge
Howrah hasLandmark Howrah Bridge
Howrah knownFor Howrah Bridge
Howrah Bridge officialName Howrah Bridge self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Rabindra Setu