Howrah Bridge (cantilever bridge)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Howrah_Bridge_(cantilever_bridge)
GPTKB entity
Statements (33)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:bridge
gptkbp:buildingCompleted 1942
gptkbp:carries road traffic
gptkbp:connects gptkb:Kolkata
gptkb:Howrah
gptkbp:constructionStartYear 1936
gptkbp:country gptkb:India
gptkbp:crosses gptkb:Hooghly_River
gptkbp:dailyPedestrianTraffic over 150,000 pedestrians
gptkbp:dailyTraffic over 100,000 vehicles
gptkbp:designer gptkb:Rendel,_Palmer_and_Tritton
gptkbp:engineer gptkb:Braithwaite,_Burn_&_Jessop_Construction_Company
gptkbp:featuredIn gptkb:literature
films
gptkbp:heritageStatus heritage bridge
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Howrah Bridge (cantilever bridge)
gptkbp:length 705 meters
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Kolkata
gptkbp:maintainedBy gptkb:Kolkata_Port_Trust
gptkbp:material gptkb:steel
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Rabindranath_Tagore
gptkbp:notableFor no nuts and bolts used
riveted structure
gptkbp:numberOfLanes 4
gptkbp:numberOfSpans 457 meters
gptkbp:officialName gptkb:Rabindra_Setu
gptkbp:opened 1943
gptkbp:openToPublic 3 February 1943
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Asian_Highway_45
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:bridge
gptkbp:width 71 feet
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Floating_pontoon_bridge_at_Calcutta
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8