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Vidyasagar Setu (commonly known as the Second Hooghly Bridge), is a bridge
Bridge

A bridge is a structure built to span a gorge, valley, road, Rail tracks, river, body of water, or any other physical obstacle, for the purpose of providing passage over the obstacle....
 over the Hooghly River in West Bengal
West Bengal

West Bengal is a States and territories of India in eastern India. With Bangladesh, which lies on its eastern border, the state forms the ethno-linguistic region of Bengal....
, India
India

India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, the List of countries by population country, and the most populous liberal democracy in the world....
. It links the city of Howrah to its twin city of Kolkata
Kolkata

, Indian renaming controversy , is the Capital of the Indian States and territories of India of West Bengal. It is located in East India on the east bank of the River Hooghly....
. The bridge is a toll bridge
Toll bridge

A toll bridge is a bridge over which traffic may pass upon payment of a toll , or fee....
 for vehicles, but is free for bicycles. It is one of the longest bridges of its type in India and one of the longest in Asia.

The bridge is named after the 19th century Bengali reformist Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar

Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar , born Ishwar Chandra Bandopadhyaya , was a Bengali people polymath and a pillar of the Bengal Renaissance. ...
.The bridge also has sister bridges over the river at different points, namely the Howrah Bridge
Howrah Bridge

The Howrah Bridge is a bridge that spans the Hooghly River in West Bengal, India. It was originally named the New Howrah Bridge because it links the city of Howrah to its twin city, Kolkata ....
 (Rabindra Setu) and the Vivekananda Setu
Vivekananda Setu

Vivekananda Setu is a bridge over the Hooghly River in West Bengal, India. It links the city of Howrah, at Bally, to its twin city of Kolkata, at Dakshineswar....
.

The Vidyasagar Setu is a cable-stayed bridge
Cable-stayed bridge

A cable-stayed bridge is a bridge that consists of one or more columns , with cables supporting the bridge deck.There are two major classes of cable-stayed bridges: In a harp design, the cables are made nearly parallel by attaching cables to various points on the tower so that the height of attachment of each cable on the tower is sim...
, with a main span of a little over 457 metres, and a deck 35 metres wide.






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Vidyasagar Setu (commonly known as the Second Hooghly Bridge), is a bridge
Bridge

A bridge is a structure built to span a gorge, valley, road, Rail tracks, river, body of water, or any other physical obstacle, for the purpose of providing passage over the obstacle....
 over the Hooghly River in West Bengal
West Bengal

West Bengal is a States and territories of India in eastern India. With Bangladesh, which lies on its eastern border, the state forms the ethno-linguistic region of Bengal....
, India
India

India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, the List of countries by population country, and the most populous liberal democracy in the world....
. It links the city of Howrah to its twin city of Kolkata
Kolkata

, Indian renaming controversy , is the Capital of the Indian States and territories of India of West Bengal. It is located in East India on the east bank of the River Hooghly....
. The bridge is a toll bridge
Toll bridge

A toll bridge is a bridge over which traffic may pass upon payment of a toll , or fee....
 for vehicles, but is free for bicycles. It is one of the longest bridges of its type in India and one of the longest in Asia.

The bridge is named after the 19th century Bengali reformist Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar

Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar , born Ishwar Chandra Bandopadhyaya , was a Bengali people polymath and a pillar of the Bengal Renaissance. ...
.The bridge also has sister bridges over the river at different points, namely the Howrah Bridge
Howrah Bridge

The Howrah Bridge is a bridge that spans the Hooghly River in West Bengal, India. It was originally named the New Howrah Bridge because it links the city of Howrah to its twin city, Kolkata ....
 (Rabindra Setu) and the Vivekananda Setu
Vivekananda Setu

Vivekananda Setu is a bridge over the Hooghly River in West Bengal, India. It links the city of Howrah, at Bally, to its twin city of Kolkata, at Dakshineswar....
.

The Vidyasagar Setu is a cable-stayed bridge
Cable-stayed bridge

A cable-stayed bridge is a bridge that consists of one or more columns , with cables supporting the bridge deck.There are two major classes of cable-stayed bridges: In a harp design, the cables are made nearly parallel by attaching cables to various points on the tower so that the height of attachment of each cable on the tower is sim...
, with a main span of a little over 457 metres, and a deck 35 metres wide. Construction started in 1978 and the bridge was finally inaguarated on the 10th of October, 1992. The commissioning agency was the Hooghly River Bridge Commission (HRBC) and the contractors for the construction was the consortium of Braithwaite
Braithwaite

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, Burn
Burn

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 and Jessop
Jessop

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 also called BBJ.





See also

  • List of largest cable-stayed bridges
    List of largest cable-stayed bridges

    This list of the largest cable-stayed bridges ranks the world's cable-stayed bridges by the length of main span . The length of the main span is the most common way to rank cable-stayed bridges....


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