Vidyasagar Setu, also known as second Hooghly Bridge, a Golden Gate Bridge which connects the twin cities of Kolkata and Howrah. With 9 lanes of traffic routes the bridge is capable of handling more than 85,000 vehicles every day.
The Vidyasagar Setu is a cable stayed bridge, with a main span of little over 457 meters and 35 meters wide.The construction work took 22 years and cost Rs. 3.88 billion and finally it was opened to traffic officially on 10th October 1992. It is a most sophisticated engineering marvel and the world's third largest cable-stayed bridge. Supported by 121 wire cables.
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