A pontoon bridge crosses the Hooghly
Before the present bridge, a floating pontoon bridge handled the crossing. River traffic and increasing urban movement made a more permanent solution necessary.
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Move from a river crossing problem to one of Kolkata’s most recognizable pieces of infrastructure.
Before the present bridge, a floating pontoon bridge handled the crossing. River traffic and increasing urban movement made a more permanent solution necessary.
Aha will show a draggable historical comparison here only when a sourced archival image and a sourced current view are available. Until then, the dated record stays textual and verifiable.
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Inspect evidence ↗mediaFerry Howrah Bridge.jpg · CC BY-SA 4.0
Inspect evidence ↗mediaHowrah Bridge-1945 02.jpg · CC BY-SA 3.0
Inspect evidence ↗mediaHowrah Bridge 02.jpg · CC BY-SA 3.0
Inspect evidence ↗mediaHowrah Bridge Act, 1871.jpg · Public domain
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