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Vidyasagar Setu opens

1992 CE · India, Asia · Technology

Vidyasagar Setu opens
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Vidyasagar Setu, also known as the Second Hooghly Bridge, is an 822. 96-metre-long (2,700 ft) cable-stayed six-laned toll bridge over the Hooghly River in West Bengal, India, linking the cities of Kolkata and Howrah. Opened in 1992, Vidyasagar Setu was the first and longest cable-stayed bridge in India at the time of its inauguration.

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