Ishwar Gupta Setu

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| native_name = Kalyani-Bansberia Bridge

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| image = Ishwar Gupta Setu over the Hooghly River 02.jpg

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| caption = Ishwar Gupta Setu in 2022

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| carries = Motor vehicles, pedestrians and bicycles

| crosses = Hooghly River

| locale = Bansberia, Hooghly, Kolkata Metropolitan Area, West Bengal, India

| official_name = First Iswar Gupta Setu

| other_name = Kalyani Bridge

| named_for = Ishwar Chandra Gupta

| owner = PWD

| maint = PWD (Roads) Pipulpati, Hooghly Division-II

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| design = Balanced Cantilever Bridge

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Ishwar Gupta Setu ({{Langx|bn|ঈশ্বর গুপ্ত সেতু}}) is a {{Convert|1056.25|m|ft|abbr=on}} long road bridge that crosses the Hooghly River in Bansberia, Hooghly and Kalyani, Nadia in West Bengal, India. The Kalyani Expressway crosses the bridge, connecting National Highway 12 with National Highway 19.{{Cite web|url=http://www.millenniumpost.in/kolkata/construction-of-iswar-gupta-setu-to-commence-soon-289166|title=Construction of Iswar Gupta Setu to commence soon|last=Millennium-Post|website=www.millenniumpost.in|access-date=2019-02-15}}

History

The Ishwar Gupta Setu was named after the famous poet Ishwar Chandra Gupta. This bridge was commissioned in 1978 and was built between 1981 and 1989 to reduce the traffic of Hooghly and Nadia district. On 6 October 1989, Jyoti Basu, the former Chief Minister of West Bengal, inaugurated the bridge in Kalyani.{{Cite web|last=Network|first=N. F. N.|title=Ishwar Gupta Bridge Closed Again After Fresh Cracks|url=https://newsfromnadia.in/ishwar-gupta-bridge-closed-fresh-cracks-detected/|access-date=2020-09-03|website=News from Nadia|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|title=36 years on, price of strike catches up|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/36-years-on-price-of-strike-catches-up/cid/1458213|access-date=2020-09-03|website=www.telegraphindia.com}} Due to damage to the existing bridge, a new Ishwar Gupta Setu is currently under construction by the West Bengal Highway Development Corporation.{{Cite web|last=Network|first=N. F. N.|title=New Ishwar Gupta Bridge To Add Beauty To 21Km Long Mogra-Barojaguli Flyover|url=https://newsfromnadia.in/new-ishwar-gupta-bridge-to-add-beauty-to-21km-long-mogra-barojaguli-flyover/|access-date=2020-09-03|website=News from Nadia|language=en-US}}

Gallery

Ishwar Gupta Setu, Road bridge on Hooghly River 03.jpg

Ishwar Gupta Setu, Road bridge on Hooghly River 05.jpg

Ishwar Gupta Setu, Road bridge on Hooghly River 09.jpg

Ishwar Gupta Setu over the Hooghly River 07.jpg

References

Category:Bridges in West Bengal

Category:Buildings and structures in Hooghly district

Category:Bridges completed in 1989

Category:20th-century architecture in India