Howrah Bridge

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cantilever bridge landmark road bridge tourist attraction

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.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Howrah Bridge canonical 8
Rabindra Setu 2
Vidyasagar Setu 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 (12)

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

Calcutta → hasLandmark → Howrah Bridge ⓘ
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
Howrah → knownFor → Howrah Bridge ⓘ
Howrah → hasLandmark → Howrah Bridge ⓘ
Howrah → bridge → Howrah Bridge ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rabindra Setu
Howrah Bridge → officialName → Howrah Bridge self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rabindra Setu
B.B.D. Bagh → isNear → Howrah Bridge ⓘ
Howrah Junction railway station → connectedByBridge → Howrah Bridge ⓘ
Howrah Bridge Act → appliesTo → Howrah Bridge ⓘ
Howrah Bridge Act → namedAfter → Howrah Bridge ⓘ