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- Howrah Bridge is located in Kolkata, West Bengal.
- It is extremely popular and extremely beautiful, visited by many foreigners.
- The bridge is about 457 m. The bridge was designed by M/s. Rendell, Palmer and Tritton, Consulting Engineers.
- It took 8 years to complete the bridge.
- A fact to keep in mind is that parts of this bridge were built in England and then shipped to India to be assembled.
- On June 14, 1965, the bridge was renamed.
- It is called Rabindra Setu.
- The inspiration behind the renaming was after the great Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore.
- It is still popularly known as Howrah Bridge.
- This bridge is one of the busiest cantilever bridges in the world.
