Vidyasagar Setu



Also known as the Second Hooghly Bridge named after the educationist reformer Pandit Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar , is a toll bridge over the Hooghly River in West Bengal, India, linking the cities of Kolkata.

With a total length of 823 metres (2,700 ft), Vidyasagar Setu is the longest cable–stayed bridge in India and one of the longest in Asia. It was the second bridge to be built across the Hooghly River; the first, the Howrah Bridge (also known as Rabindra Setu) 3.7 kilometres (2.3 mi) to the north, was completed in 1943.