Vidyasagar Setu

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Vidyasagar Setu (Second Hooghly bridge)

Official name	Vidyasagar Setu
Carries	6 general purpose lanes
Crosses	Hooghly River
Locale	Kolkata,India
Maintained by	Hooghly River Bridge Commissioners
Design	Cable-stayed bridge
Longest span	457.20 m (2,920 ft)
Total length	2 x 182.88 m
Width	35.00 m
Vertical clearance	127.62 m
Clearance below	26 m
Opening date	October, 1992

Vidyasagar Setu (commonly known as the Second Howrah Bridge or Second Hooghly Bridge) is a bridge over the Hooghly River in West Bengal, India. It links the city of Howrah to its twin city of Kolkata. The bridge is a toll bridge for vehicles.

The bridge is named for the great son of Bengal Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar.

Approach to the bridge

The bridge also has sister bridges over the river at different points, namely the Howrah Bridge (Rabindra Setu) and the Vivekananda Setu.

It is a cable-stayed bridge, with a main span of a little over 457 metres, and a deck 35 metres wide. Construction started in 1978 and the bridge was finally inaguarated in October, 1992. The commissioning agency was the Hooghly River Bridge Commission (HRBC) and the contractors for the construction was the consortium of Braithwaite, Burn and Jessop also called BBJ.