Vidyasagar Setu

The Vidyasagar Setu, popularly known as the second Hooghly Bridge is a suspension bridge across the river Hooghly. The bridge has 9 lanes of traffic routes enabling it to handle nearly 85,000 vehicles daily. It is one of the longest bridge of its type in India and Asia.

This bridge took nearly 22 years to complete with construction starting in 1978 and finally was opened to the traffic on 10th October 1992. The Bridge is supported by 121 wire cables and is 457 meters long and 115 meters wide standing on four pylons.

Named after the great son and scholar of Bengal 'Shri Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar', it is the third largest cable-stayed bridge of the world and is an excellent example of the sophisticated engineering marvel.

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