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The History Of Howrah Bridge

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                                  The iconic Howrah Bridge became seventy-five on Saturday. On the night time of February 3, 1943, the bridge — believed to be the goal of the Imperial Japanese Army Air Force — used to be open to the public. A quick records of the shape that displays the pulse of the city: . The Howrah Bridge Act, 1926, used to be enacted to supply for construction, protection and manage of a new bridge throughout the river Hooghly between Kolkata and Howrah The Commissioners for the Port of Calcutta had been made the Commissioners for the bridge The Kolkata Port Trust is now the custodian of the bridge It is 2,150 ft long, with a clear span of 1,500 feet, and the best possible factor is 300 ft above floor level A tramcar used to be the first car to roll down from the city-end to the station-end It used to be the 1/3 greatest cantilever bridge at the time of its launch Consulting enginee...