Steel frame
Over the river.
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Howrah Bridge is a cantilever steel bridge over the Hooghly River in West Bengal, India, linking Kolkata with Howrah railway station on the opposite bank, about 2 km from central Kolkata in a straight line. It is one of the best-known symbols of Kolkata and West Bengal. The bridge opened in 1943 as the New Howrah Bridge, replacing a pontoon bridge on the same spot, and in 1965 it was renamed Rabindra Setu in honour of the Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore, the first Indian and Asian Nobel laureate, though people still call it Howrah Bridge. About 100,000 vehicles and more than 150,000 pedestrians cross it every day, making it the busiest cantilever bridge in the world, and it was the third-longest bridge of its type when built. Its grey steel girders lattice across the wide river, with ferries and wooden boats passing beneath. At sunrise and sunset its frame is mirrored in golden water, and at night it is lit in colours. Visitors walk across among the crowds of pedestrians and view it from the riverbanks or from a ferry crossing the Hooghly. Take care in the heavy crowds and keep valuables close.
Over the river.
Beneath the bridge.
At night.
Hooghly River, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Yes, for free.
Sunrise or sunset.
