Howrah Bridge

The Howrah Bridge is a balanced steel bridge over the in , . Commissioned in 1943, the bridge was originally named the New Howrah Bridge, because it replaced a pontoon bridge at the same location linking both sides of Kolkata.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: cantilever bridge in Kolkata, India
  • Also known as: “New Howrah Bridge” and “Rabindra Setu”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Howrah Station and Burra Bazar railway station.

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, also known as Howrah Junction, is a major railway station of , which not only connects the city to the rest of , but also acts as a major stopover to connect different destinations of and beyond.

Railway station
is a Kolkata Suburban Railway station in , . It serves the local areas of and M.G. Road in , , India. The station has one platform only. Its station code is BZB. is situated 720 metres northeast of Howrah Bridge.

Railway station
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B.B.D Bag railway station is a Kolkata Suburban Railway station in . It serves the local areas of and Fairly Place in the , , India. is situated 1 km south of Howrah Bridge.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Jorasanko and B. B. D. Bagh.

Suburb
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is a neighbourhood of North Kolkata, in , West Bengal, India. It is so called because of the two wooden or bamboo bridges that spanned a small stream at this point.

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, short of Benoy-Badal-Dinesh Bagh, is the colonial-era precinct of . Formerly known as Dalhousie Square or simply Dalhousie, the precinct takes a visitor back to the British Raj era with nostalgic overtones.

Suburb
is a neighbourhood of North Kolkata in in the state of . it is named after famous Bengali Theatre personnel Girish Chandra Ghosh.

Howrah Bridge

Latitude
22.58509° or 22° 35′ 6″ north
Longitude
88.3468° or 88° 20′ 49″ east
Open location code
7MJCH8PW+2P
Open­Street­Map ID
way 325369042
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­bridge
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q739641
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Howrah Bridge” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جسر هوراه”
  • Bengali: “রবীন্দ্র সেতু”
  • Bengali: “হাওড়া সেতু”
  • Bhojpuri: “हबड़ा के पुल”
  • Bhojpuri: “हबड़ा पुल”
  • Bhojpuri: “हाबड़ा के पुल”
  • Bhojpuri: “हावड़ा पुल”
  • Bhojpuri: “हावड़ा ब्रिज”
  • Bulgarian: “Мост Хаура”
  • Bulgarian: “Хаура”
  • Chinese: “豪拉大桥”
  • Czech: “Howrah Bridge”
  • Czech: “Rabíndra setu”
  • Dutch: “Haorabrug”
  • French: “pont de Howrah”
  • French: “Pont de Howrah”
  • German: “Howrah Bridge”
  • Hebrew: “גשר האורה”
  • Hindi: “रवीन्द्र सेतु”
  • Italian: “ponte di Howrah”
  • Italian: “Ponte di Howrah”
  • Japanese: “ハウラー橋”
  • Kashmiri: “ہاوڑہ کٔدٕل”
  • Malayalam: “ഹൗറ പാലം”
  • Marathi: “रवींद्र सेतु”
  • Marathi: “हावडा ब्रिज”
  • Oriya: “ରବିନ୍ଦ୍ର ସେତୁ”
  • Oriya: “ହାଓଡ଼ା ପୋଲ”
  • Oriya: “ହାଓଡ଼ା ବ୍ରିଜ”
  • Panjabi: “ਹਾਵਡ਼ਾ ਬ੍ਰਿਜ”
  • Santali: “ᱦᱟᱣᱲᱟ ᱯᱚᱞ”
  • Santali: “ᱦᱟᱣᱲᱟ ᱵᱨᱤᱡᱽ”
  • Slovenian: “Most Howrah”
  • Spanish: “puente de Howrah”
  • Spanish: “Puente de Howrah”
  • Tamil: “ஹௌரா பாலம்”
  • Telugu: “హౌరా వంతెన”
  • Thai: “สะพานหาวฑา”
  • Thai: “สะพานหาวรา”
  • Urdu: “ہاوڑہ پل”
  • Welsh: “Pont Howrah”
  • Western Panjabi: “ہاوڑہ پل”
  • “हावड़ा ब्रिज”

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