Talk:Howrah Bridge

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is the howrah bridge retractable?

No

[edit] Image

Any one have a picture of the newly illuminated bridge? Pls add. Amartyabag ^TALK2ME 13:37, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Bridge width

In the text the width is stated as 97 meters, when it is in fact 97 feet. Please correct the mistake.

Cattle no more travels on the bridge. It used to in the past. Please incorporate the same.

[edit] Busiest in the world?

Nope. The GWB in New York City carries roughly twice as much traffic. I'm removing that from the photo caption. Also, the 59th St. Bridge, also in NYC, carries more traffic and is also a cantilever bridge. Let's try to find some citations for calling the Howrah Bridge the "busiest". Ayengar (talk) 00:55, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

I agree. The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge also carries more vehicles. And I SERIOUSLY DOUBT that four million pedestrians cross the bridge every day. Is that done in the two fifteen-foot wide sidewalks on the bridge? A credible reference is needed for this claim. - SCgatorFan (talk) 00:40, 22 April 2008 (UTC)