Ellis Bridge
The Ellis Bridge is a century-old bridge in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. It bridges the western and eastern parts of the city across the Sabarmati River. This bowstring arch truss bridge was the first bridge in Ahmedabad, constructed in 1892.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Railway station
- Description: river bridge in Ahmedabad, India
- Also known as: “Sabyasachi Chakrabarty” and “Swami Vivekanand Bridge”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Villa Shodhan and Sheth Mangaldas Girdhardas Memorial Hall.
Villa Shodhan
Photo: gabriel florimon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Villa Shodhan is a modernist villa located in Ahmedabad, India. Designed by the Swiss architect Le Corbusier, it was built between 1951 and 1956. Building on his previous projects whilst integrating the traditional features of Ahmedabad design, the villa symbolizes Le Corbusier's domestic architecture. Villa Shodhan is situated 230 metres southwest of Ellis Bridge.
Sheth Mangaldas Girdhardas Memorial Hall
Town hall
Photo: Muhammad Mahdi Karim, GFDL.
The Ahmedabad Town Hall, officially Sheth Mangaldas Girdhardas Memorial Hall, is an auditorium in Ahmedabad, India. It is named after Mangaldas Girdhardas, a textile industrialist. Built in 1930s and renovated twice, it is now abandoned. Sheth Mangaldas Girdhardas Memorial Hall is situated 460 metres southeast of Ellis Bridge.
M. J. Library
Library
Photo: Kalyan Shah, CC BY-SA 3.0.
M. J. Library or Sheth Maneklal Jethabhai Pustakalaya is a public library in Ellisbridge, Ahmedabad, India. M. J. Library is situated 400 metres southeast of Ellis Bridge.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ahmedabad and Paldi.
Ahmedabad
Photo: Hardik jadeja, Public domain.
Ahmedabad is the seventh largest city in India with a population of 8.5 million. Although it is the commercial hub of one of the most prosperous states of India, Gujarat, it's not the state capital, which is its twin city of Gandhinagar, 30 km to the north.
Paldi
Suburb
Paldi is an area located in South Western Ahmedabad, India. Corporate offices and city centres of many national and international companies like ICICI Bank, Royal Bank of Scotland, Religare, Claris, Gujarat Gas are located within Paldi.
Jamalpur
Suburb
Jamalpur is a city and a notified area in Ahmedabad district in the Indian state of Gujarat. Jamalpur is part of the Jamalpur-Khadia constituency and it is a Muslim-dominated area.
Ellis Bridge
- Categories: truss bridge and transportation
- Location: Sabarmati, Ahmadabad, Gujarat, Western India, India, South Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Japanese—“Ellis Bridge” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Ellis Bridge”
- Gujarati: “એલિસ બ્રિજ”
- Gujarati: “સ્વામી વિવેકાનંદ પુલ”
- Japanese: “エリス橋”
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