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	Vidyasagar Setu - Kolkata Vidyasagar Bridge - Golden Gate Bridge of Kolkata (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Located 2 km.to the south of Howrah Bridge, the Vidyasagar Setu is Kolkata's newest suspension bridge across the Hooghly.
		Vidyasagar Setu, also known as second Hooghly Bridge, a Golden Gate Bridge which connects the twin cities of Kolkata and Howrah.
		The Vidyasagar Setu or the second Hooghly Bridge spans over the Hooghly River linking Calcutta to its twin city of Howrah and on to Mumbai, Chennai and Delhi.
	www.kolkata-india.com /travel/vidyasagarsetu.html (279 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Vidyasagar Setu
		Vidyasagar Setu (commonly known as the Second Howrah Bridge or Second Hooghly Bridge) is a bridge over the Hooghly River in West Bengal, India.
		The bridge is named for the great son of Bengal Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar.
		It is a cable-stayed bridge, with a main span of a little over 457 metres, and a deck 35 metres wide.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Vidyasagar_Setu (195 words)

	Vidyasagar Setu kolkata, Vidyasagar Setu India, Vidyasagar Setu tour, Vidyasagar Setu picture, Vidyasagar Setu tourist ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		The Vidyasagar Setu, better known locally as the second Hoogly Bridge, stands on the river Hoogly.
		The Setu is Asia's longest and the world's third largest cable-stayed bridge.
		The Vidyasagar Setu or the second Hoogly Bridge spans over the Hoogly River linking Calcutta to its twin city of Howrah and on to Mumbai, Chennai and Delhi.
	www.tourtravelworld.com /hot_spots/kolkata/vidyasagar_setu (228 words)

	Vivekananda Setu - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Vivekananda Setu (also known as Bally Bridge) is a bridge over the Hoogli River in West Bengal, India.
		The famous Dakshineswar Temple is situated on the banks of the Hooghly river near the Bally Bridge.
		The bridge also has sister bridges over the river at different points, namely the Howrah Bridge (Rabindra Setu) and the Vidyasagar Setu.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Vivekananda_Setu (130 words)

	Pooja Morje - Tour Reports
		Vidyasagar setu (commonly known as 2nd Howrah bridge), connects the city to the other side of the river.
		Calcutta is a truly remarkable city of sweets, trams and the underground metro.Calcutta, on-the-Hooghly, retains the aura of days long gone, weaving the past and the present, the intense and the funloving into a charming fabric.
		Howrah Bridge (Rabindra Setu), was the only bridge connecting Calcutta to the other side of the river for a long time until the Vidyasagar Bridge was built.
	morje.tripod.com /east_ne.html (2066 words)

	Pooja Morje - Tour Reports
		Vidyasagar setu (commonly known as 2nd Howrah bridge), connects the city to the other side of the river.
		Calcutta is a truly remarkable city of sweets, trams and the underground metro.Calcutta, on-the-Hooghly, retains the aura of days long gone, weaving the past and the present, the intense and the funloving into a charming fabric.
		Howrah Bridge (Rabindra Setu), was the only bridge connecting Calcutta to the other side of the river for a long time until the Vidyasagar Bridge was built.
	members.tripod.com /~morje/east_ne.html (2066 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : Metro
		Rabindra Setu if you are leaving the city; Vidyasagar Setu if you are entering it.
		Having finally concluded that the load on Howrah bridge is too much for it to bear, the transport department has decided to create an alternative, viable route to the station.
		So, Vidyasagar Setu will get two more wings to facilitate the flow of commuters, especially from east and south Calcutta, to Howrah station.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1040723/asp/calcutta/story_3519443.asp (498 words)

	People Of Kolkata
		The title "Vidyasagar" which means 'ocean of knowledge', was given to him as an honor of excellence.
		Vidyasagar picked up the social reform work where Rammohan left it.
		And he not only tried to reform the social rules and regulations, he was one of the people who gave the language of Bengali a modern incarnation.
	www.hotelinkolkata.com /about-kokata/people.html (804 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta
		But the script that went awry could have been radically different had one of the country’s most celebrated directors listened to some unsolicited advice from a man (Vidyasagar Setu outpost officer-in-charge Swapan Chakraborty), whose relation with films till date had been limited to seeing the odd Amitabh Bachchan-starrer.
		Oberoi slipped on the wet Setu slope and landed in the path of one of the bikes.
		By Wednesday evening, the Setu site of the Mani Ratnam film wore a deserted look, with only a few policemen on duty wondering whether the stars would be back on Thursday.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1030717/asp/calcutta/story_2171499.asp (551 words)

	Kolkata an Enigma (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		The famous Howrah Bridge also known as the Rabindra Setu, this cantilever bridge is an engineering marvel.
		It was built in 1943 and is 97 metres (295 ft) high and 705 meters (2,150 ft) long.
		A second bridge - the Vidyasagar Setu connects south Howrah to the Kolkata Maidan.
	www.howrahbridgekolkata.nic.in /Enigma.htm (316 words)

	Bridge photos, Bridge postcards -- Bridgepix.com
		Howrah Bridge, also known as the Rabindra Setu, is a bridge over the Hoogli River in West Bengal, India.
		Vidyasagar Setu (commonly known as the Second Howrah Bridge or Second Hooghly Bridge) is a bridge over the Hooghly River in West Bengal, India.
		Vivekananda Setu (also known as Bally Bridge) is a bridge over the Hoogli River in West Bengal, India.
	www.bridgepix.com /bridgeblog/?p=186 (317 words)

	Indbazaar - Travel Now :: Travellers' Tale - India's unique metro
		From here one can also see the more recent Vidyasagar Setu, which took over 20 years to build and was finally completed in 1992 after much delay.
		Across another bridge, the Vivekanand Setu and we were at the beautiful Dakshineshwar Kali Mandir completed in 1855 in accordance with a dream of Rani Rashmoni.
		The Vivekanand Setu was built in 1951 and trains plying to Sealdah use this bridge.
	www.indbazaar.com /travel/display.asp?artid=322 (1800 words)

	A new Bengal, rising in Howrah
		The Kolkata West International City -- the result of one of India's largest foreign direct investments deals in real estate -- is being built in Howrah, one of the four districts that voted in the second of the five-phase Assembly elections.
		To get there, you just zip across the Hooghly through the Vidyasagar Setu -- built along the lines of the Golden Gate -- 12 km towards Burdwan.
		How else can you explain his/her comments claiming that vidyasagar setu is...
	www.rediff.com /election/2006/apr/22pbengal.htm (901 words)

	About Howrah - West Bengal
		The National Highways number 2 and 6 connect Howrah with the rest of the country.
		For the transportation across the Hoogly River there are the Howrah Bridge and the Vidyasagar Setu.
		The Vidyasagr Setu is often referred to as the Second Hoogly Bridge.
	www.alokemajumder.com /howrah.htm (456 words)

	West Bengal-city- Kolkata, calcutta,tourist attractions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		It is the third largest bridge in the world, has around 2 million people crossing over it daily.
		Visible from many places in Calcutta, the bridge is called 'Rabindra Setu'.
		Vidyasagar Setu is a modern day engineering marvel and is the largest cable stayed bridge in Asia.
	www.webindia123.com /city/westbengal/calcutta/kolkata/kolkata.htm (1854 words)

	PROJECTS : Millennium Park
		The idea is to bring the river back to the front of the city's landscape.
		The concept is to develop both banks of Ganga between the two Hoogly bridges, Rabindra Setu and Vidyasagar Setu.
		The plan at present, is to implement the beautification of the riverfront in three stretches by three organisations.
	www.cmdaonline.com /millenniumpark.html (290 words)

	Writers Building,Writers Building Kolkata,Writers Building Kolkata India,Writers Building Tours,Writers Building ...
		As you witness the red molten ball gracefully setting on the distant horizon and with dusk descending on the city-of-joy, the lights come on the entire Vidyasagar Setu stretch and it appears like a bejeweled bride with the glittering lights aesthetically revealing its surreal beauty.
		For instance, the climax of Bollywood blockbuster -"Yuva" was shot at Vidyasagar Setu involving super brat Vivek Oberoi riding on a high speed motor bike.
		If you are coming from downtown Kolkata, you could drive through Vidyasagar Setu all the way to the Botanical Garden which is a great place for nature based holidays, blessed as it is with a bewildering variety of flora and fauna.
	www.indfy.com /kolkata/places-to-see-in-kolkata/vidysagar-setu.html (824 words)

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		In 1932 the river was bridged further upstream near bridge Dakshineshwar by a multispan steel bridge presently known as Vivekananda Setu to provide road cum rail link between the Calcutta Port and its hinterland.
		In the course of only two decades it was found Rabindra Setu and Vivekananda Setu were too inadequate to cater to the need of growing trans river communication.
		The estimated volume of traffic towards the end of the century would be 85,000 vehicles per day with peak hour flow of about 8500 vehicles.
	www.cicogroup.com /case_s6.htm (442 words)

	The jockey apprentice course conducted by RCTC is part of racing history today
		The place where the young jockeys lived is now no more.
		It is part of the new Vidyasagar Setu.
		JS the magazine from which we take the liberty of printing this article is also no more.
	www.rctconline.com /booktext/book9.html (784 words)

	Haora.Org : News of Howrah West Bengal India Classified Gallery Durga Puja Jobs Marketing Weather and alot all together ...
		The two cities are linked by the famous Howrah Bridge (Rabindra Setu), as well as the Vidyasagar Setu (the second Howrah Bridge) and the Vivekananda Setu bridges.
		The Bengal Engineering College is also located in Shibpur; the third oldest engineering college in India, and was also the preemient institution until it was overshadowed by the Indian Institutes of Technology.
		The Shibpur area is now said to be a popular neighbourhood, with the proximity of the Vidyasagar Setu -the new bridge across the Hoogly River to Kolkata.
	www.howrah.org (1323 words)

	Howrah tour,west Bengal,howrah bridge,tourist attraction,howrah travel,tourism in howrah,tourist ...
		Besides these means of transportation the regular ferry services between the east and the west banks of the Hoogly River navigate the commuters.
		The Vidyasagar Setu Bridge connects south Howrah to Kolkotta's maidan.
		The renowned Howrah Bridge is often referred to as the Rabindra Setu.
	www.tourmyindia.com /attraction/howrah.html (521 words)

	Personal - About Me (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		I was born on 26th October, 1976 in Calcutta, India.
		When I was three years old, my family moved to Howrah, the twin city of Calcutta separated by the river Hooghley and connected by the two famous bridges - the Rabindra Setu, and the Vidyasagar Setu.
		As a kid, I went to the Santragachi Kedarnath Institution, a local vernacular school in the suburbs where I studied till 12th standard.
	www.eng.buffalo.edu /~ksamanta/personal/personal_aboutme.htm (189 words)

	IndiaPost. Heartache follows leg break (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Master filmmaker Mani Ratnam had a near flout while shootsing for his untitled film over Calcutta’s imposing Vidyasagar Setu, that arches over the Ganges or Hooghly, after witnessing an accident that fractured lead actor Vivek Oberoi’s left leg.
		But while the director seems to have recovered quickly, his lead actor will have to spend quite some time out of action to get his leg back in shape again.
		Vivek was admitted to the ICU of the Calcutta Medical Research Institute (CMRI) after fracturing his leg while shooting a fight sequence on the new Vidyasagar Setu, popularly known as the ‘Second Howrah Bridge’, which connects the twin cities of Calcutta and Howrah.
	www.indiapost.com /members/story.php?story_id=1080 (490 words)

	Prime Attractions of Kolkata
		The Rabindra Setu also known as the Howrah Bridge is one of three bridges on the river Hooghly and is a suspended bridge on pillars.
		An architectural beauty, the Vidyasagar Setu is designed on the famous San Francisco Golden Gate.
		This impressive cable stayed bridge relieves pressure on the Rabindra Setu (Howrah bridge) by acting as the second main link to the city.
	members.tripod.com /moumita_kolkatta/attraction.htm (4305 words)

	Kolkata's Golden Gate is crumbling-India-NEWS-The Times of India (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Kolkata's Golden Gate or the second Hooghly bridge, the Vidyasagar Setu, is crumbling from the bottom.
		The worst affected are the ramps at both ends of the bridge.
		Opened to traffic in October 1992, Vidyasagar Setu is going into its 14th birthday in battered and bruised condition.
	timesofindia.indiatimes.com /articleshow/1929595.cms (352 words)

	Kolkata: Now and Then: The Howrah Bridge or the Rabindra Setu
		Today the Howrah Bridge, renamed Rabindra Setu, is still the main thoroughfare for vehicles crossing over to the twin city of Howrah and other destinations across the country.
		It is to be noted that although the second bridge is fully open to traffic now, most people prefer to drive across the Howrah Bridge because Howrah station is practically just at the other end of the bridge.
		Unless the condition of this stretch of road is improved, traffic authorities will find it difficult to persuade drivers of public transport to change their routes and make a detour to reach the station.
	www.kolkatainformation.com /calhert/howrah_bridge.htm (361 words)

	Welcome to KolkataMyCity.com
		In it cantilevers project from piers and are connected by girders.
		The Howrah Bridge or Rabindra Setu can also be regarded as the 'Gateway of Kolkata'.
		It is named after one of India's great sons - Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar.
	www.kolkatamycity.com /visit_3.asp (1126 words)

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