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SECOND VIVEKANANDA BRIDGE TOLLWAY
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The proposed trans-river Second Vivekananda Bridge Tollway on NH-2 shall provide a critical missing
eastern link of the Golden Quadrilateral component of the Prime Minister's ongoing flagship National
Highways Development Project (NHDP). Currently, both the NH-2 and NH-6, carrying vital National Highways
traffic from the rest of the country into eastern India, including the twin-cities of Kolkata and Howrah, converge near
the proposed project site on the western banks of the River Hooghly, and the traffic then disperses through the
existing Vivekananda bridge, a rail-cum-road facility built in 1931, to various destinations across the river, into the
Kolkata Metropolitan Area, industrial belts, port, airport, eastern expressways and NH-34/NH-35.
Currently three bridges span the River Hooghly, besides the existing
Vivekananda Bridge, which is on the northern fringes of the Kolkata
Metropolitan Core (KMC) area:
•Kalyani Bridge (or Ishwar Gupta Setu), was built in the late 1980's and is situated 40-kms upstream from the
existing Vivekananda bridge (travel distance on surface streets), near the northern boundary of the Kolkata
Metropolitan Area (KMA) and well outside the KMC.
•Howrah Bridge (or Rabindra Setu) was built in 1943, and is located within the city proper, about 18-kms south of the
SVB (travel distance on surface streets). To ease off severe traffic congestion on the existing historic landmark
bridge, commercial vehicles are allowed to use the bridge only during the night, after 10 p.m. and before 8 a.m.
•Second Hooghly Bridge (or Vidyasagar Setu), the most recent river crossing opened to traffic in 1993, and is
located 8-kms further south of the Howrah Bridge (travel distance on surface streets). This is a six-lane cablestayed toll bridge constructed by The Hooghly River Bridge Commissioners, a Statutory Organization under the
Government of West Bengal (GOWB).
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