Hooghly, a tributary of the Ganges, runs through Kolkata.Many bridges are there in the city, I am gonna present the most important ones among them.

The Vidyasagar Setu bridge.

http://img151.exs.cx/img151/6011/hooghlypanokolkata35pj.jpg

http://irccal.nic.in/images/Vidyasagar_Setu_3.jpg

http://img123.echo.cx/img123/6637/bridgesvidyasagarsetu1ex.jpg

http://home.att.net/~bappu_dg/kolkatastrand.jpg

The following images are courtesy of SSC India forumer Supdipta and Sayanti

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v284/sudipta/Trip2Howrah/Vsetu6.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v284/sudipta/Trip2Howrah/Vsetu9.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v284/sudipta/Trip2Howrah/Vsetu10.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v284/sudipta/Trip2Howrah/Vsetu11.jpg



The Howrah bridge.

http://img123.echo.cx/img123/2290/bridgeshoogleybridge4fc.jpg

http://img247.echo.cx/img247/5600/howrahbridgeferry3jx.jpg



Vivekananda Bridge.

http://img123.echo.cx/img123/3479/bridgesvivekanandasetu3ha.jpg

http://img231.echo.cx/img231/4808/jubileebrhoogly9do.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v284/sudipta/Dakshineshwar/Dakkhineshwar-riverside2.jpg


More Kolkata pics in the following two threads.

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=211960

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=212067

great pictures..very nice..

cool pics

ooh yeah...the few parts of Calcutta that actually meet international standards.

Actually, the whole city wouldn't be all tha bad if it wasn't for all the refugees. (nothing against them tho, after all they're in Calcutta cause their government back home persecutes them).

The Vidyasagar Setu bridge is the best one at the moment, but I'm really looking forward to the Second Vivekananda Bridge, as it will be the LONGEST CABLE-StAYED BRIDGE IN ASIA. i hope it will reflect well on a city that the media always portrays as a hellhole populated by beggars...

There is another bridge u/c in Kolkata, called the Second Vivekanada Setu Bridge.

Here's the render.

http://www.pbbulletin.com/Volume20_Issue_4/images/svb_bridge_lg.jpg

Here are some pics of the construction. Photo from Luckystreak, of SSC India.

http://img239.exs.cx/img239/3638/306103308tfdwhlfs9if.jpg

http://img59.exs.cx/img59/5485/306217125jwovnyfs6jx.jpg

http://img143.exs.cx/img143/3540/306224866hydmwbfs9kr.jpg

http://img212.exs.cx/img212/5189/308546699cumnaafs1ja.jpg

http://images.fotopic.net/?iid=y7ooxf&outx=600&noresize=1&nostamp=1

Here's some info about it.

http://telegraphindia.com/1040402/images/02target.jpg

http://img247.echo.cx/img247/5600/howrahbridgeferry3jx.jpg

I LOVE THIS BRIDGE! :) I've always been intrigued by it... perhaps because it looks like a bridge with its piers cut off at the shin! :) :) :)

One more pic of the 2nd Vivekananda bridge.

http://en.structurae.de/files/photos/f000009/secondhooghly01.jpg

Here's one for you Cheese...

http://www.varp.net/Photos/Calcutta/calcutta-21.jpg

http://www.varp.net/Photos/Calcutta/calcutta-25.jpg

http://en.structurae.de/files/photos/2011/howrah_bridge_1980.jpg

http://www.varp.net/Photos/Calcutta/calcutta-20.jpg

http://www.varp.net/Photos/Calcutta/calcutta-19.jpg

http://www.geocities.com/indiancustoms/image/photo/IMGP0172.jpg

Thanks! :)

I heard somewhere the Howrah bridge is one of the most heavily trafficked in the world as far as pedestrains, is that right? :cheers:

Thanks! :)

I heard somewhere the Howrah bridge is one of the most heavily trafficked in the world as far as pedestrains, is that right? :cheers:

I am not sure about that :dunno:. Maybe u could ask the question in the Indian forums. The thread in the following link is where we discuss abt brides and all. Maybe somebody can answer u there :).

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?p=4123943#post4123943

http://img75.echo.cx/img75/7081/17186511o0cy.jpg

http://img153.echo.cx/img153/9301/15609626hooglyriverdusk8dn.jpg

The pics are amazing. Good work guys. :)

Awesome bridges, especially the cable-stayed one.

nice pix