The Second Hooghly River Bridge, Calcutta

A bridge across the River Hooghly of 823 m, is under construction in the metropolitan area of Calcutta in West Bengal, an eastern coastal state. It is a cable-stayed bridge with a 457.20 m main span, and two end spans of 182.88 m each. The bridge provides for a navigational clearance in the main span of the order of 33.87 m to 34.38 m. The bridge has two three-lane carriageways of 12.3 m each, divided by a median strip of 1.7 m, and 2.5 m wide footpaths on either side.