Rabindra Setu
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Rabindra Setu, popularly known as Howrah Bridge, is a historic cantilever bridge over the Hooghly River in Kolkata, India, serving as a vital transport link and iconic city landmark.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bridge
ⓘ
cantilever bridge ⓘ landmark ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Howrah Bridge
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New Howrah Bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| carries |
motor vehicles
ⓘ
pedestrians ⓘ |
| city |
Calcutta
ⓘ
surface form:
Kolkata
|
| connects |
Howrah
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kolkata NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| constructionCompleted | 1942 ⓘ |
| constructionPeriod | 1930s ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| crosses | Hooghly River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| design | cantilever ⓘ |
| doesNotCarry | railway traffic ⓘ |
| footpathWidth | about 1.5 metres ⓘ |
| hasFootpath | yes ⓘ |
| hasToll | no ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | historic structure ⓘ |
| length | about 705 metres ⓘ |
| lighting | illuminated at night ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
India
ⓘ
Calcutta ⓘ
surface form:
Kolkata
West Bengal ⓘ |
| locatedOver | Hooghly River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainSpanLength | about 457 metres ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | Kolkata Port Trust NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| material | steel ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Rabindranath Tagore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearbyLandmark |
B.B.D. Bagh area of Kolkata
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Howrah railway station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfLanes | 8 ⓘ |
| opened | 1943 ⓘ |
| openedToTraffic | February 1943 ⓘ |
| partOf | Kolkata metropolitan area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| replaced | Old Howrah Bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| riverBank1 | Howrah side ⓘ |
| riverBank2 | Kolkata side ⓘ |
| significance |
iconic symbol of Kolkata
ⓘ
major transport link between Howrah and Kolkata ⓘ |
| state | West Bengal ⓘ |
| traffic | one of the busiest cantilever bridges in the world ⓘ |
| usage |
pedestrian movement
ⓘ
road transport ⓘ |
| width | about 22 metres ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.