File:বিদ্যাসাগর সেতু.jpg
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INTRODUCTION : - Vidyasagar Setu , also known as the Second Hooghly Bridge , is a bridge over the river - Hooghly in West Bengal . It links the city of Kolkata to Howrah. The bridge is a toll bridge for all vehicles . At a total length of 822.96 m , it is the longest cable-stayed bridge in India and one of the longest in Asia . It was built at a cost of Rs 388 crores and commissioned on October 10 , 1992 . It was the second bridge to be built across the Hooghly River , after the Howrah Bridge . The bridge is named after the 19th century Bengali educationist reformer Pandit Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar . (Photo captured on 12th August , 2011 and edited on 17th April , 2011 and sorry for wrong EXIF details) HISTORY : - After India became independent in 1947 , there was rapid growth not only in commercial activity but also in population . The only link across the Hooghly River , the Howrah Bridge between Howrah and Kolkata was subject to very large traffic pressure which necessitated planning for a new bridge across the river so that it could connect to the major cities of Mumbai (Bombay) , Delhi and Chennai (Madras) through the national highways located close to the bridge . The foundation stone for the bridge was laid by Indira Gandhi on May 20 , 1972 . The actual work on the cable-stayed (then the longest span bridge of this type of bridge in the world) started on July 3 , 1979 , with the construction of the well curb on the Calcutta bank end . The bridge was commissioned on October 10, 1992, when it was the first cable-stayed bridge in India, the largest in Asia and the third largest in the world . It thus took 20 years to complete , although seven of those years saw no construction . SIGNIFICANCE : - The Vidyasagar Setu has been built to reduce the pressure of the Rabindra setu , which made it a significant mega structure . |
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| Author | Smeet Chowdhury |
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This image was originally posted to Flickr by Smeet Chowdhury at https://flickr.com/photos/50628848@N07/6938668054 (archive). It was reviewed on 21 July 2019 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-2.0. |
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