Connecting the railway terminus and suburb of Howrah on one side of the river Hooghly with Kolkata proper on the other, the majestic cantilever bridge has long been synonymous with the metropolis.

Built in the British era, the cantilever bridge was opened to the people in 1943 replacing a pontoon bridge at the same location and linking Kolkata and Howrah. The Howrah Bridge, at the time of ...

the Howrah Bridge Act was passed in 1926 and again amended in 1935. Soon, the government sanctioned a significant budget. Based on the Mukherjee Committee report, it was decided to build a ...

The iconic Howrah Bridge will be closed for five hours beginning late Saturday till the wee hours of Sunday for a comprehensive health check-up that will be undertaken by the Kolkata Port Trust ...

Construction of the balanced cantilever Howrah Bridge started in 1935 and was completed in 1942. Mr. Raman said the SPMP was also trying an overhaul of the bascule bridge, another engineering ...

The latest health check-up will be conducted by RITES Ltd, a public sector undertaking that is tasked with the maintenance of the Howrah Bridge. The bridge, a suspension-type balanced cantilever ...

This year, the iconic Howrah Bridge in Kolkata has been given a vibrant makeover, with a team of artists painting it with traditional Bengal 'alpana' designs. To make it more eye-catching ...

The 80-year-old iconic Howrah Bridge, which connects the twin ... The comprehensive health checkup of the cantilever bridge will be done in consultation with IIT Chennai, Kolkata port chairman ...