The Howrah Bridge or the Rabindra Setu The old Howrah Bridge a floating pontoon Bridge was opened in October 1874 and made over to Port Commissioners who managed and maintained it.

Pontoon bridge howrah. Figure 1Howrah Bridge The first bridge to serve this ever-growing city was a pontoon bridge Figure 2 designed by Sir Bradford Leslie with a removable central section of 60m 200ft that allowed steam-powered watercrafts to cross over to upstream moorings. The Howrah Bridge was initially a pontoon style bridge built in 1874 under the British Colonial rule for linking the administrative belt of Kolkata with the Industrial belt of Howrah located on the two banks of River Hooghly. Howrah Pontoon Bridge From Graces Guide.

It was built using timber on pontoon. Commissioned in 1943 the bridge was originally named the New Howrah Bridge because it. The Howrah Bridge in Kolkata joins two twins town at the bank of the Ganges named Kolkata and Howrah.

Howrah Bridge also known as Rabindra setu is a cantilever bridge that connects the twin city of Kolkata and Howrah. Designed by the late Sir Bradford Leslie it had a total length of 1528 feet between centers of abutments and provided a 48 feet roadway and two 7 feet footways. Later in the 1800s a pontoon bridge or floating bridge was built between Howrah and Kolkata.

An Episode on ANCIENT HOWRAH under the web series IT ALL HAPPENED IN HOWRAH Created by Cinema for a Cause Direction Narration. The bridge had hinged shore spans since Hooghly River is subjected to tides. A pontoon bridge is a collection of specialized shallow draft boats or floats connected together to cross a river or canal with a track or deck attached on top.

That bridge had the capability to unfasten so that ferry and ocean steamers can cross it. The famous Floating Pontoon Bridge the old Howrah Bridge was built in 1874 by Sir Bradford Leslie. Connecting Kolkata with its neighbouring industrial city of Howrah over the Hooghly river the bridge will celebrate its 75th birthday next year.

In 1862 when India was under British rule the Government of Bengal first started looking into the feasibility of building a bridge connecting Kolkata and Howrah. But it wasnt strong enough to handle the huge traffic between the two cities or to weather the frequent storms in the area. The older Pontoon bridge was built in 1874 and opened for the public on 17 October the same year.