Gouranga Bridge | |
Native Name: | গৌরাঙ্গ সেতু |
Native Name Lang: | bn |
Coordinates: | 23.3859°N 88.3666°W |
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 |
Maint: | PWD Burdwan Division-I (till 2016) PWD Nadia Division-I (since 2016) |
Design: | Bored piling method |
Material: | Concrete |
Length: | 558m (1,831feet) |
Builder: | Gammon India Limited |
Begin: | 1972 |
Complete: | January 1983 |
Traffic: | Goods and passenger cars |
Toll: | Yes[1] |
Gouranga Bridge is a 588 m (1,929 ft) long Road bridge that crosses the Bhagirathi River in between Nabadwip and Krishnanagar, Nadia in West Bengal.[2] It is the part of State highway 8.[3]
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 1983, 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.