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Wednesday, February 7, 2018

Kolkata's Howrah Bridge Celebrates 75th Anniversary Feb 03,1943 - Feb 03,2018



On the night of February 3, 1943, the inauguration of the Howrah bridge took place without any fanfare when a lone tramcar rolled down from the Kolkata city end to the Howrah Railway station end .

The fear of Japanese bombing during the raging Second World War loomed large over the Howrah Bridge as the city had been bombed in December of 1942. One of the bombs, which missed the shinning steel structure, can still be found at the Kolkata Police Museum at Manicktala.

With the engineering marvel turning 75 this year, the Kolkata Port Trust (KPT) has a number of plans to celebrate the iconic structure. One of the projects envisages a shelter for lakhs of pedestrians who cross the bridge on foot everyday.

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