Vivekananda Setu

Vivekananda Setu is a bridge over the in , India. It links the city of , at , to , at . Completed in 1931, it is a multispan truss bridge that was built to primarily to provide direct road and rail connectivity between the and the major railhead at on the West bank of the .
Wikipedia
Photo: Palrana, Public domain.
  • Type: Bridge
  • Description: steel multi-span road and railway bridge opened 1930 across the Hooghly River linking the twin cities of Howrah and Kolkata in West Bengal, India
  • Also known as: “Bally Bridge” and “Willingdon Bridge”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Nivedita Setu and Dakshineswar Kali Temple.

Bridge
Photo: Jonoikobangali, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a multi-span extradosed bridge spanning the , connecting Bally, with , . It runs parallel to and about 50m downstream of the old Vivekananda Setu, opened in 1932.

Hindu temple
Photo: Bibek Raj Pandeya, CC BY-SA 4.0.
or Dakshineswar Kalibari is a Hindu navaratna style temple in , Kolkata, West Bengal, India, on the eastern bank of the . is situated 430 metres northeast of Vivekananda Setu.

Railway station
Photo: Pinakpani, CC BY 4.0.
is a station of Eastern Railway in . It is 15 km away from and 7 km from Dankuni Junction on the Sealdah–Dankuni line of Eastern Railway. is situated 610 metres west of Vivekananda Setu.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dakshineswar and Uttarpara.

Photo: Sukanta Pal, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a suburb north of , in the district of . Considered the twin of by locals, the suburb is famous for the riverside Kali temple.

is an industrial town on the western bank of the Hooghly River, in the of . Close to , was a major automobile hub with India's first car factory, and although the city faced decline from the 1990s till the 2020s, it has been revived as a major manufacturing hub for metro vehicles in India.

Photo: Kinjal bose 78, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a laid-back town north of city, in the district of southern . It is home to the Belur Math, headquarters of the Ramakrishna Mission.

Vivekananda Setu

Latitude
22.65297° or 22° 39′ 11″ north
Longitude
88.35387° or 88° 21′ 14″ east
Open location code
7MJCM933+5G
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1095307808
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­bridge
Wiki­data ID
Q844900
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In Other Languages

From Bavarian to Telugu—“Vivekananda Setu” goes by many names.
  • Bavarian: “Vivekananda Setu”
  • Bengali: “Vivekananda Setu”
  • Bengali: “বিবেকানন্দ সেতু”
  • Dutch: “Vivekananda Setu”
  • French: “Vivekananda Setu”
  • German: “Vivekananda Setu”
  • Hindi: “Vivekananda Setu”
  • Hindi: “बाली ब्रिज”
  • Hindi: “विवेकानंद सेतु”
  • Hindi: “विवेकानन्द सेतु”
  • Malayalam: “വിവേകാനന്ദ സേതു”
  • Oriya: “Vivekananda Setu”
  • Oriya: “ବାଲୀ ବ୍ରିଜ”
  • Oriya: “ବିବେକାନନ୍ଦ ସେତୁ”
  • Panjabi: “Vivekananda Setu”
  • Panjabi: “ਵਿਵੇਕਾਨੰਦ ਸੇਤੂ”
  • Santali: “ᱵᱤᱵᱮᱠᱟᱱᱚᱱᱫᱚ ᱥᱮᱛᱩ”
  • Telugu: “Vivekananda Setu”
  • Telugu: “వివేకానంద సేతు”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Panchavati Park and Raja Peary Mohon College.

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