Gouranga Bridge

Gouranga Bridge

গৌরাঙ্গ সেতু
Gouranga Bridge; গৌরাঙ্গ সেতু
	Gouranga Bridge
Coordinates	23°23′09″N 88°22′00″E / 23.385928°N 88.366555°ECoordinates: 23°23′09″N 88°22′00″E / 23.385928°N 88.366555°E
Carries	Motor vehicles, pedestrians and bicycles
Crosses	Bhagirathi River
Locale	Nabadwip, Nadia, West Bengal, India
Official name	Gouranga Setu
Named for	Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
Owner	PWD
Maintained by	PWD Burdwan Division-I (till 2016); PWD Nadia Division-I (since 2016)
Characteristics
Design	Bored piling method
Material	Concrete
Total length	558 m (1,831 ft)
History
Constructed by	Gammon India Limited
Construction start	1972
Construction end	January 1983
Opened	January 16, 1983; 38 years ago
Statistics
Daily traffic	Goods and passenger cars
Toll	Yes
Location

Gouranga Bridge is a 588 m (1,929 ft) long Road bridge that crosses the Bhagirathi River in between Nabadwip and Krishnanager, Nadia in West Bengal.^[2] It is the part of State highway 8.^[3]

History[]

In 1972, the then Minister of Public Works, Bhola Sen, laid the foundation stone of the Gouranga Bridge to connect Nabadwip and Krishnanagar. Gammon India Limited took the responsibility to construct the bridge.^[4] On 16 January 1973, Minister of Public Works of Left Front Government, Jatin Chakraborty inaugurated the bridge. The bridge is built in the Class-A stage in terms of carrying load according to the importance and demand of the connecting cities.^[3]

References[]

^ Public Works Department, Government of West Bengal (2020-12-16). "Collection of Toll on Shree Gouranga Setu over river Bhagirathi at Nabadwip in the District of Nadia" (PDF). wbpwd.gov.in.
^ People, India Parliament House of the; Sabha, India Parliament Lok (1998). Lok Sabha Debates. Lok Sabha Secretariat. p. 347.
^ ^a ^b "পায়ের নীচেই বালি সরছে গৌরাঙ্গ সেতুর". anandabazar.com (in Bengali). 2018-09-12. Retrieved 2020-12-04.
^ Governor, MJF Lion Uday Narayan Shaw, District (2020-09-23). Lions 322C1 District Directory (2020-21): Digital Edition. Signpost Celfon. In Technology.

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[1] Public Works Department, Government of West Bengal (2020-12-16). "Collection of Toll on Shree Gouranga Setu over river Bhagirathi at Nabadwip in the District of Nadia" (PDF). wbpwd.gov.in.

[2] People, India Parliament House of the; Sabha, India Parliament Lok (1998). Lok Sabha Debates. Lok Sabha Secretariat. p. 347.

[:0-3] "পায়ের নীচেই বালি সরছে গৌরাঙ্গ সেতুর". anandabazar.com (in Bengali). 2018-09-12. Retrieved 2020-12-04.

[4] Governor, MJF Lion Uday Narayan Shaw, District (2020-09-23). Lions 322C1 District Directory (2020-21): Digital Edition. Signpost Celfon. In Technology.

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