Howrah Bridge
Coordinates22°35′06″N 88°20′49″E / 22.5851°N 88.3469°E / 22.5851; 88.3469Coordinates: 22°35′06″N 88°20′49″E / 22.5851°N 88.3469°E / 22.5851; 88.3469
Carries4 lanes of Strand Road, pedestrians and bicycles
CrossesHooghly River
LocaleHowrah and Kolkata
Official nameRabindra Setu
Maintained byKolkata Port Trust
DesignSuspension type Balanced Cantilever and truss arch
MaterialSteel
Total length705 m (2,313.0 ft)
Width71 ft (21.6 m) with two footpaths of 15 ft (4.6 m) on either side
Height82 m (269.0 ft)
Longest span1,500 ft (457.2 m)
Clearance below8.8 m (28.9 ft)
Designerand Tritton
Constructed byBraithwaite, Burn & Jessop Construction
Construction start1936 (1936)
Construction end1942 (1942)
Opened3 Feb 1943; 76 years ago (3 Feb 1943)
Daily traffic300,000 vehicles and 450,000 pedestrians
TollFree both ways