The british era howrah bridge that serves as a crucial gateway ti kolkata - ferrying one lakh plus vechicles and over 1.5 lakh pedestrains daily is celebrating 75th anniversary . here are sime instresting and lesser known fact about the iconic stucture.
:- one of the busiest bridge in the country howrah bridge connects the twin cities of kolkata and howrah on either side of river hoogly in bengal.
:- the 26, 500- tonne structure that finds mentions in rudyard kippling work was thrown open to public of calcutta as the city was then called, in the dead of night. A tramcar rolling down from the city end to the station howrah bridge an icon in steel brought out by tata steel.
Its the sixth longest bridge of its type in the world