📍 Landmark📍 Architecture📍 Riverside

Howrah Bridge

Kolkata, West Bengal, India

4.7 (0)

Overview

The iconic 1943 cantilever bridge over the Hooghly — 705 m of riveted steel carrying a hundred thousand vehicles and countless stories daily.

Why visit: Kolkata's defining silhouette, best at dawn from the flower market below.

History: Built without nuts or bolts, entirely riveted, it was commissioned during WWII and renamed Rabindra Setu in 1965.

Things to do

›Walk across at sunrise
›Mallick Ghat flower market
›Ferry under the bridge

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Travel Information

Best time

Oct–Mar

Entry fee

Free

Est. budget

Free–₹200

Duration

1–2 hrs

Nearby attractions

Within

1.2 km

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College Street Boi Para

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Kumartuli Potters' Quarter

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Eden Gardens

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📍 Museum

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Indian Museum Kolkata

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📍 Nightlife

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Park Street Kolkata

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Prinsep Ghat

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Mother House Kolkata

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Birla Planetarium Kolkata

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St. Paul's Cathedral Kolkata

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