List of longest bridges in West Bengal
This is a list of West Bengal’s bridges longer than 500 metres (1,640 ft) sorted by their full length above water.
| Name | Spanning | Feet | Completed /Opened |
Traffic | State | City | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| River Name | meters | |||||||
| Parama Island Flyover | 4,500 | 14,800 | 2015 | Flyover | West Bengal | Kolkata | ||
| Farakka Barrage[1] | Ganges | 2,240 | 7,350 | 1975 | Rail-cum-road | West Bengal | Farakka | |
| Jangalkanya Setu | Subarnarekha river | 1,472 | 4,829 | 2016 | Road | West Bengal | Nayagram | |
| Ishwar Gupta Setu | Hooghly river | 1,004 | 3,294 | 1989 | Road | West Bengal | Bansberia-Kalyani | |
| Vivekananda Setu | Hooghly River | 900 | 3,000 | 1932 | Rail-cum-road | West Bengal | Dakshineswar–Bally | |
| Vidyasagar Setu | Hooghly River | 822.96 | 2,700.0 | 1992 | Road | West Bengal | Kolkata–Howrah | |
| Nivedita Setu[2] | Hooghly River | 880 | 2,890 | 2007 | Road | West Bengal | Dakshineswar–Bally | |
| Lalgarh Setu | Kangsabaty River | 750 | 2,460 | 2016 | Road | West Bengal | Lalgar | |
| Howrah Bridge (Ravindra Setu)[3] | Hooghly River | 705 | 2,313 | 1943 | Road | West Bengal | Kolkata | |
| Durgapur barrage | Damodar River | 692 | 2,270 | Road | West Bengal | |||
| Matla Setu | Matla River | 664 | 2,178 | 2009 | Road | West Bengal | Canning, North 24 Parganas | |
References
- ↑ Salman, Salman M. A.; Uprety, Kishor (2002). Conflict and cooperation on South Asia's international rivers: a legal perspective. World Bank Publications. pp. 135–136. ISBN 978-0-8213-5352-3. Retrieved 2011-07-05.
- ↑ "Famous Bridges of India – Nivedita Setu". India Travel News. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2011-07-06.
- ↑ "Howrah Bridge". Structurae. Retrieved 2011-07-05.
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