The Second Ishwar Gupta Setu is an under-construction Extradosed

Cable-stayed bridge A cable-stayed bridge has one or more ''towers'' (or ''pylons''), from which wire rope, cables support the bridge deck. A distinctive feature are the cables or wikt:stay#Etymology 3, stays, which run directly from the tower to the deck, norm ...

spanning the

Hooghly River The Hooghly River (, also spelled ''Hoogli'' or ''Hugli'') is the westernmost distributary of the Ganges, situated in West Bengal, India. It is known in its upper reaches as the Bhagirathi. The Bhagirathi splits off from the main branch of the G ...

, connecting Kalyani with

Bansberia Bansberia is a city and a municipality of Hooghly district in the Indian States and territories of India, state of West Bengal. It is about away from Kolkata, at the western end of the Iswar Gupta Setu (Kalyani, West Bengal, Kalyani-Bansberia) ...

Kolkata Metropolitan Region The Kolkata Metropolitan Area (abbreviated KMA; formerly Calcutta Metropolitan Area), also known as Greater Kolkata, is the urban agglomeration of the city of Kolkata (Calcutta) in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the third most populous ...

. It will be one of the most important Roadway Bridges of the

Kolkata metropolitan region The Kolkata Metropolitan Area (abbreviated KMA; formerly Calcutta Metropolitan Area), also known as Greater Kolkata, is the urban agglomeration of the city of Kolkata (Calcutta) in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the third most populous ...

, as it will be the fifth Roadway bridge crossing the

within this Metropolitan area, alongside

Vidyasagar Setu Vidyasagar Setu, also known as the Second Hooghly Bridge, is an Cable-stayed bridge, cable-stayed six-laned toll bridge over the Hooghly River in West Bengal, India, linking the cities of Kolkata and Howrah. Opened in 1992, Vidyasagar Setu was ...

Howrah Bridge The Howrah Bridge is a balanced steel bridge over the Hooghly River in West Bengal, India. Commissioned in 1943, the bridge was originally named the New Howrah Bridge, because it replaced a pontoon bridge at the same location linking the both ...

Nivedita Setu Nivedita Setu is a multi-span extradosed bridge spanning the Hooghly River, connecting Bally, Howrah with Dakshineswar, Kolkata. It runs parallel to and about 50m downstream of the old Vivekananda Setu, opened in 1932. The bridge is named af ...

and

Vivekananda Setu Vivekananda Setu (also called Willingdon Bridge and Bally Bridge) is a bridge over the Hooghly River in West Bengal, India. It links the city of Howrah, at Bally, to Kolkata, at Dakshineswar. Completed in 1931, it is a multispan truss bridge ...

. It will facilitate crucial connectivity between the eastern and western parts of the

. The bridge is being constructed by

Larsen & Toubro Larsen & Toubro Limited, abbreviated as L&T, is an Indian multinational conglomerate, with interests in industrial technology, heavy industry, engineering, construction, manufacturing, power, information technology, defence and financial se ...

, to the design of

RITES RITES Ltd, formerly known as Rail India Technical and Economic Service Limited, is an Indian public sector undertaking and engineering consultancy corporation, specializing in the field of transport infrastructure. Established in 1974 by the In ...

and is part of the

Kalyani Expressway Kalyani Expressway is a , 4-6 laned, tolled expressway in the state of West Bengal, India. It connects Kolkata with its satellite city Kalyani and declared as an expressway by Government of West Bengal. The road starts from Belghoria Expre ...

, under the jurisdiction of

West Bengal Highway Development Corporation West Bengal Highway Development Corporation Limited (WBHDCL) is a state agency of the Government of West Bengal established in 2012, for development, implementation and construction of State Highways and other important roads in the state of We ...

. The concept of building a bridge across the

was conceived in 2016. The original plan was to build a bridge as an alternative to the old Ishwar Gupta Setu, which would connect Delhi Road and State Highway 6 with

and National Highway 12. The Pylons of the bridge will lean outward from the deck, and they will be constructed using

Concrete Concrete is a composite material composed of aggregate bound together with a fluid cement that cures to a solid over time. It is the second-most-used substance (after water), the most–widely used building material, and the most-manufactur ...

. The deck of the bridge consists of 7 Spans.

History

Plans

The first bridge across the Hooghly River between Banshberia and Kalyani was constructed in 1989, but in the 2010s, structural defects and structural weaknesses were noticed in the bridge. A proposal for a new bridge to replace the old one was first raised in 2014. The approval of this bridge project was given by the

Government of West Bengal The Government of West Bengal, also known as the West Bengal Government, is the Administrative division, principal administrative authority of the States and union territories of India, Indian state of West Bengal, created by the Constitution ...

in 2015. The bridge was planned as part of the 21 km long road project connecting Delhi Road and National Highway 12. A competition was held for preparation of Detailed Project Report (DPR) for the bridge, where the engineering merits of the proposals were examined by

Rail India Technical and Economic Service RITES Ltd, formerly known as Rail India Technical and Economic Service Limited, is an Indian public sector undertaking and engineering consultancy corporation, specializing in the field of transport infrastructure. Established in 1974 by the In ...

. Denmark's

COWI COWI A/S is an international consulting group, specializing in engineering, environmental science and economics, with headquarters located in Lyngby, Denmark. It has been involved in more than 50,000 projects in 175 countries and has approximat ...

agency was selected to prepare the Detailed Project Report (DPR).

IIT Kharagpur The Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT Kharagpur or IIT-KGP) is a public institute of technology, research university, and autonomous institute established by the Government of India in Kharagpur, West Bengal. Founded in 1951, the in ...

IIT Madras The Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras or IIT-M) is a public technical university located in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It is one of the eight public Institutes of Eminence of India. As an Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), ...

and

IIT Kanpur The Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IIT- Kanpur or IIT-K) is a public institute of technology located in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. As an Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), it was declared an Institute of National Importance by th ...

were appointed as consultants for the bridge. Seismic aspects were seriously considered in approving the design.

Construction

A ceremony to mark the construction works was held in 2018.

Description

Architectural features

The second Ishwar Gupta Bridge is an extadosed

cable-stayed A cable-stayed bridge has one or more ''towers'' (or ''pylons''), from which cables support the bridge deck. A distinctive feature are the cables or stays, which run directly from the tower to the deck, normally forming a fan-like pattern o ...

bridge. 6 concrete-built pylons hold the cables. The bridge consists of a steel-framed concrete deck including two carriageways, with a total length of 714 meters (2,343 ft). The total width of the two deck

carriageways A carriageway (British English) or roadway (North American English) is a width of road on which a vehicle is not restricted by any physical barriers or separation to move laterally. A carriageway generally consists of a number of traffic lane ...

is 35 meters (115 ft).

References

{{Reflist Bridges in West Bengal Cable-stayed bridges in India