"Howrah Bridge Howrah Bridge is a bridge with a suspended span over the Hooghly River in West Bengal, India. Commissioned in 1943, the bridge was originally named the New Howrah Bridge, because it replaced a pontoon bridge at the same location linking the two cities of Howrah and Kolkata (Calcutta). On 14 June 1965 it was renamed Rabindra Setu after the great Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore, who was the first Indian and Asian Nobel laureate. It is still popularly known as the Howrah Bridge. The bridge is one of four on the Hooghly River and is a famous symbol of"
"Howrah was the 3rd-longest cantilever bridge in the world, behind Pont de Québec () in Canada and Forth Bridge () in Scotland. It has since been surpassed by three bridges, making it the sixth-longest cantilever bridge in the world in 2013. It is a suspension type balanced cantilever bridge, with a central span between centers of main towers and a suspended span of . The main towers are high above the monoliths and apart at the top. The anchor arms are each, while the cantilever arms are each. The bridge deck hangs from panel points in the lower chord of"
"report, a global tender was floated. The lowest bid came from a German company, but due to increasing political tensions between Germany and Great Britain in 1935, it was not given the contract. The Braithwaite, Burn & Jessop Construction Co. was awarded the construction contract that year. The New Howrah Bridge Act was amended in 1935 to reflect this, and construction of the bridge started the next year. The bridge does not have nuts and bolts, but was formed by riveting the whole structure. It consumed 26,500 tons of steel, out of which 23,000 tons of high-tensile alloy steel, known"
"Legislative department of the then Government of Bengal passed the Howrah Bridge Act in the year 1871 under the Bengal Act IX of 1871, empowering the Lieutenant-Governor to have the bridge constructed with Government capital under the aegis of the Port Commissioners. Eventually a contract was signed with Sir Bradford Leslie to construct a pontoon bridge. Different parts were constructed in England and shipped to Calcutta, where they were assembled. The assembling period was fraught with problems. The bridge was considerably damaged by the great cyclone on 20 March 1874. A steamer named ""Egeria"" broke from her moorings and collided"
"London Bridge (New South Wales) London Bridge is a limestone karst in the Australian state of New South Wales near Canberra which consists of a limestone arch hollowed out by Burra Creek, a tributary of the Queanbeyan River of the Molonglo River. It is now isolated as a meander cutoff. It was first discovered by the European explorers Captain Mark Currie, Brigadier Major John Ovens, Joseph Wild and accompanied by two nameless aboriginal guides in 1822. It was in danger of being flooded by the construction of the London Bridge Dam but owing to its limited catchment, the Australian Government"
"constructed Googong Dam instead. London Bridge is located within the boundaries of the Burra Creek Nature Reserve. London Bridge (New South Wales) London Bridge is a limestone karst in the Australian state of New South Wales near Canberra which consists of a limestone arch hollowed out by Burra Creek, a tributary of the Queanbeyan River of the Molonglo River. It is now isolated as a meander cutoff. It was first discovered by the European explorers Captain Mark Currie, Brigadier Major John Ovens, Joseph Wild and accompanied by two nameless aboriginal guides in 1822. It was in danger of being flooded"
"Vidyasagar Setu <mapframe latitude=""22.5696"" longitude=""88.3302"" zoom=""13"" width=""400"" height=""300"" align=""right"" text=""Location of Vidyasagar Setu in Kolkata.""> </mapframe> Vidyasagar Setu (""Bidyasagôr Setu""), also known as the Second Hooghly Bridge (""Dwitiyô Hugli Setu""), is a toll bridge over the Hooghly River in West Bengal, India, linking the cities of Kolkata (previously known as Calcutta) and Howrah. With a total length of , Vidyasagar Setu is the longest cable–stayed bridge in India. As 3rd Narmada Bridge in Gujarat . is an Extradosed bridge. It was the second bridge to be built across the Hooghly River; the first, the Howrah Bridge (also known as Rabindra"
"Dankuni Junction railway station Dankuni is a railway junction station on the Howrah-Bardhaman chord and is located in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is linked with both Howrah and Sealdah. The Howrah–Bardhaman chord, a shorter link to Bardhaman from Howrah than the Howrah–Bardhaman Main Line, was constructed in 1917. In 1932, the Calcutta chord line was built over the Willingdon Bridge joining Dum Dum and Dankuni. Howrah–Bardhaman chord was electrified in 1964–66. Trial production has started in the Diesel Component Factory at Dankuni. Built at a cost of Rs. 84.21 crores, it was inaugurated by"
"Howrah–Bardhaman chord The Howrah–Bardhaman chord is a broad-gauge rail line connecting Howrah and Bardhaman. The railway line operates in Howrah, Hooghly and Purba Bardhaman districts in the state of West Bengal. It is part of the Howrah-Gaya-Delhi line, Howrah-Allahabad-Mumbai line and the Kolkata Suburban Railway system. The Howrah–Bardhaman chord, a shorter link to Bardhaman from Howrah than the Howrah–Bardhaman main line, was constructed in 1917. In 1932, the Calcutta chord line was built over the then Willingdon Bridge (now Vivekananda Setu) joining Dum Dum with Dankuni. Dhaniakhali station on the Howrah–Bardhaman chord line was added in December 2003. Howrah–Bardhaman chord"
"Harahan Bridge The Harahan Bridge is a cantilevered through truss bridge that carries two rail lines and a pedestrian bridge across the Mississippi River between West Memphis, Arkansas and Memphis, Tennessee. The bridge is owned and operated by Union Pacific Railroad and is the longest pedestrian/bicycle bridge in the United States. It was built with roadways cantilevered off the sides of the main structure for vehicles. These roadways are owned by the cities of Memphis, Tennessee and Crittenden County, Arkansas, and were used from 1917-1949, until the Memphis & Arkansas Bridge opened 400 feet south of the Harahan. The bridge"
"during the trip) and Suriname on 8 April 1874 carrying Indian indentured labourers. Howrah (ship) The Howrah was an iron hulled sailing ship of 1,098 tons, built at Sunderland in 1864 by Pile, Spence and Company. She arrived in Fiji on 26 June 1884 carrying 575 passengers. The ""Howrah"" was chartered for three voyages from England to New Zealand. During one of these voyages, although she made the passage in 96 days, she encountered some very rough weather and ten passengers died. The ""Howrah"" was also used to carry indentured labourers to the West Indies. She arrived in British Guiana"
"Kharaba Bridge The Kharaba Bridge is a Roman bridge in the village of Kharaba in the fertile Hauran region of Syria, close to the city of Bosra (ancient Bostra). The bridge crosses the Wadi Zeidi, a tributary of the Yarmuk, 3.5 km northwest of Bosra. It has three semi-circular arches, each 3.8 m clear, that rest on 2.4 m wide piers with a height of 2.5 m to the springing level. The bridge width is 4.52 m. At the eastern side exists a small squarish floodway which is supported by a column with capital. The vaults and the covering are"
"Hawthorn Bridge The Hawthorn Bridge is a wrought iron truss bridge across the Yarra River, east of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The bridge connects Bridge Road and Burwood Road. It is a substantial riveted, wrought-iron, lattice-truss bridge with bluestone abutments and piers, designed by Francis Bell and is the oldest extant bridge over the Yarra River and is one of the oldest metal bridges in Australia. This crossing was one of the earliest Yarra River crossing points and a major communication route in early Melbourne. The present bridge was constructed in the early wave of major new infrastructure funded by the"
"Queen's New Year Honours, being knighted by the Queen at Buckingham Palace on 7 March 1969. He was appointed a first class engineer member of the Smeatonian Society of Civil Engineers in 1969. Shirley-Smith was also an author and wrote ""The World's Great Bridges"" and the ""Encyclopædia Britannica"" article on bridges. In 1971 he lived in Orpington in Kent. Shirley-Smith died on 10 February 1981. Hubert Shirley-Smith Sir Hubert Shirley-Smith, CBE, BSc, MICE (13 October 1901 – 10 February 1981) was a British civil engineer. Shirley-Smith is perhaps most famous for helping to design the Howrah Bridge in Calcutta for"
"Howrah Bridge (film) Howrah Bridge is a 1958 film directed by Shakti Samanta. Its name is a reference to Howrah Bridge, which connects Howrah to Kolkata over the Hooghly River. It features the well known Hindi song ""Mera Naam Chin Chin Chu"" which was re-used in the film ""Salaam Bombay!"". This song was sung by Geeta Dutt and picturised on Helen. Director Samanta also said that the sensuous club number ""Aaiye Meherbaan"" picturized on Madhubala was also very memorable. The Music Director is O. P. Nayyar. The songs of this film were penned by the famous lyricist and Urdu poet"
"Vivekananda Setu Vivekananda Setu (also called Willingdon Bridge and Bally Bridge) 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. Completed in December 1932, it is a multispan steel bridge and was built to provide road and rail links between the Calcutta Port and its hinterland. It is long. The famous Dakshineswar Temple is situated on the banks of the Hooghly River near the Bally Bridge. The bridge is one of 4 bridges linking Howrah and Kolkata. The bridge was originally named"
"Howrah (ship) The Howrah was an iron hulled sailing ship of 1,098 tons, built at Sunderland in 1864 by Pile, Spence and Company. She arrived in Fiji on 26 June 1884 carrying 575 passengers. The ""Howrah"" was chartered for three voyages from England to New Zealand. During one of these voyages, although she made the passage in 96 days, she encountered some very rough weather and ten passengers died. The ""Howrah"" was also used to carry indentured labourers to the West Indies. She arrived in British Guiana on 13 Feb 1869, Trinidad on 3 March 1873 carrying 449 (13 died"
"Bridge was built with eight spans laid at distance of 300 ft each. The length of bridge is almost half mile with 10 km approach roads on both sides. The foundation laid with well-sinking 100 ft down the river beds, girding, erection of abutments, arching was all done by Jagmal Raja. This work also was over Rs. one crore. This Railway bridge is also important in annals of History of Railway in India because the Railway for the first time crossed over River Hooghly and reached Calcutta at Sealdah Terminus, which was commissioned in 1862. The other Howrah Terminus was"
"Bridge at Nimreh The Bridge at Nimreh is a Roman bridge in the vicinity of Shahba (ancient Philippopolis), Syria, dating to the 3rd or 4th century AD. Its transversal arch construction derives from old building traditions of the Hauran region and is arguably unique in Roman bridge building. The Bridge at Nimreh is located in the Hauran (ancient name: ""Auranitis""), a mountainous volcanic region c. 80 km southeast from Damascus in the transitional zone between agricultural land and the desert. Due to fertile soils and sufficient rainfalls, the area yielded in Roman times particularly high returns, which could be transported"
"Euharlee Covered Bridge The Euharlee Covered Bridge, also known as the Euharlee Creek Covered Bridge or rarely the Lowry Bridge, is a wooden Town lattice covered bridge crossing Euharlee Creek in Euharlee, Georgia, United States, a small town west of Cartersville. The bridge was built after the raging creek swept away an old bridge on the property of Daniel Lowry. The collapse of the bridge killed one man. A new bridge was built using some materials provided by Lowry. The bridge was built in 1886 by Horace King's son Washington King and Johnathan H. Burke. The bridge spans 138 feet."
"cantilever bridge of India, the Howrah Bridge, the construction of which began in 1936 and completed in 1942. The same company Braithwate, Burn & Jessop also won the contract for the construction of Vidyasagar Setu in 1972 completed in 1993, the first cable-stayed bridge in India. Further, in 1959, it manufactured the first Electrical Multiple Unit coach for Indian Railways. In 1956 it supplied radial gate for Nagarjuna Sagar Dam later on in 1976 it again pioneered for manufacturing Caisson gates for Haldia Dock Project, first time in India. New cars used by the tram system in Kolkata was delivered"
"in 48 between kerbs. The bridge serves as the gateway to Kolkata, connecting it to the Howrah Station, which is one of the four intercity train stations serving Howrah and Kolkata. As such, it carries the near entirety of the traffic to and from the station, taking its average daily traffic close to nearly 150,000 pedestrians and 100,000 vehicles. In 1946 a census was taken to take a count of the daily traffic, it amounted to 27,400 vehicles, 121,100 pedestrians and 2,997 cattle. The bulk of the vehicular traffic comes from buses and cars. Prior to 1993 the bridge used"
"branch of the Grand Trunk Road – this was built, starting 1804, by the Public Works Department of the British administration. The road starts at the Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden and connects to the main road near Chandannagar. Howrah also connects the metropolitan region to the national highways – NH 2 and NH 6 are connected to Vidyasagar Setu via the Kona Expressway. Howrah and Kolkata are separated by the Hooghli River, and connected by four bridges on the river Ganges. These are the: The cantilever style Howrah Bridge and the cable-stayed Vidyasagar Setu are counted among"
"Kadamtala Kadamtala is a residential as well as semi-industrial area in the central part of Howrah City in Howrah District in the Presidency Division of south of West Bengal. This area was a part of bhurshut kingdom. This area was mainly developed under British occupation when ceded by Nawab of Murshidabad after the Battle of Plassey. With the establishment of the Howrah Railway Terminus in 1854 started the most important phase of its industrial development. Flour mills were established in 1855, followed by jute mills and around the 1870s, there were five mills near Howrah station.[11] The Howrah–Shalimar Railway Section"
"predominantly built with black greenish basalt ashlar; overall, the ancient structure is still in a fairly good condition. There are at least two more Roman bridges crossing the Wadi Zeidi: the Gemarrin Bridge and one at At-Tayyibeh. Kharaba Bridge The Kharaba Bridge is a Roman bridge in the village of Kharaba in the fertile Hauran region of Syria, close to the city of Bosra (ancient Bostra). The bridge crosses the Wadi Zeidi, a tributary of the Yarmuk, 3.5 km northwest of Bosra. It has three semi-circular arches, each 3.8 m clear, that rest on 2.4 m wide piers with a"
"Foresthill Bridge The Foresthill Bridge, also referred to as the Auburn-Foresthill Bridge or the Auburn Bridge, is a road bridge crossing over the North Fork American River in Placer County and the Sierra Nevada foothills, in eastern California. It is the highest bridge by deck height in California, the fourth highest in the United States, and the fiftieth highest in the world at above the river. Originally constructed to replace a river-level crossing of the American River that would have been flooded by the reservoir that would have been created by the unbuilt Auburn Dam, the deck of the steel"
"Hubert Shirley-Smith Sir Hubert Shirley-Smith, CBE, BSc, MICE (13 October 1901 – 10 February 1981) was a British civil engineer. Shirley-Smith is perhaps most famous for helping to design the Howrah Bridge in Calcutta for the Indian Public Works Department in 1943. He also served in the Engineer and Railway Staff Corps, an unpaid, volunteer Territorial Army unit which provides engineering expertise to the British Army and was gazetted as a Major of that corps on 6 October 1953 In 1962 he worked as site agent for the ADC bridge company during construction of the Forth Road Bridge. He served"
"Delhi Bridge The Delhi Bridge, also known as the East Delhi Bridge, is a one-lane, wrought iron Pratt through truss bridge that carries East Delhi Road over the Huron River in Washtenaw County, Michigan. The bridge was completed October 12, 1883 to replace a wooden span built in 1851. In 1917, the bridge was severely damaged by a tornado but was rebuilt. After it was closed to traffic in 2005 for being unsafe, the bridge was renovated and reopened in 2009. The bridge is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Delhi Bridge was built by the Wrought"
"of Memphis, to be used ""without toll for all time."" On April 10, 1913, Ralph Modjeski was instructed to prepare plans for the bridge in Memphis. A ""force"" of draftsmen was employed to detail drawings for the substructure and superstructure of the bridge. On May 13, 1913, plans were submitted by the railroad to the U.S. Engineer for approval by the war department. Of the Harahan's total length of 4,972 feet, 1,194 feet lie in Tennessee, and 3,778 feet lie in Arkansas. This was based on the state line being set in the center of the Mississippi river during low"
"Construction of the bridge, which is supported by 3 pillars, started in early 2012 and completed on 23 December 2012. The metropolitan administration claims the bridge was built in 288 days which is a record. It cost . The bridge, which was initially planned to be made of concrete, was constructed of steel by Braithwaite Burn & Jessop Construction Company (BBJ), Kolkata, who also fabricated the Howrah Bridge. The steel girders were pre-fabricated at BBJ's Heavy Plant Yard in Kolkata. The bridge was then disassembled and transported over the course of a week to the site. Another notable bridge on"
"announced that an anonymous donor had pledged $5 million to illuminate the bridge. The Harahan Bridge became the second illuminated brige in Memphis, the only one to be illuminated by LED (although plans are in the works to re-light the Hernando Desoto Bridge upstream with LED's). Harahan Bridge The Harahan Bridge is a cantilevered through truss bridge that carries two rail lines and a pedestrian bridge across the Mississippi River between West Memphis, Arkansas and Memphis, Tennessee. The bridge is owned and operated by Union Pacific Railroad and is the longest pedestrian/bicycle bridge in the United States. It was built"
"three other bridges on the Hooghly River connecting Kolkata with Howrah district: Vivekananda Setu built in 1932, (road-cum-rail bridge) the first to be commissioned, and which had become old and needed repairs; Howrah Bridge, a cantilever bridge commissioned in 1943, now renamed as Rabindra Setu (since 1965 in honour of the Noble Laurette Rabindranath Tagore); and Nivedita Setu (named after Sister Nivedita), also known as the Second Vivekananda Setu, which is downstream of the old Vivekananda Setu and was commissioned on 4 June 2007. Kona Expressway and Vidyasagar Setu experienced an exponential rise in the volume of traffic over a"
"White Bridge White Bridge () or Bridge of love (мост љубави/most ljubavi), is a bridge in Vranje, over the Vranje river, in southeastern Serbia. It is located in the old quarters of the city, in the Devet Jugovića Street. It was constructed with white stone and dates from 1844, during the Ottoman administration, and is one of the main symbols of Vranje. The bridge is also featured on the city coat of arms. Legend holds that the bridge was built in memory of the unhappy love between Aisha, a Turkish (Muslim) girl, and Stojan, a Serbian (Christian) shepherd. The daughter"