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Vidyasagar Setu, also known as the Second Hooghly Bridge, is a toll bridge over the Hooghly River in West Bengal, India, linking the cities of Kolkata (previously known as Calcutta) and Howrah.

Vidyasagar Setu
Coordinates	22°33′25″N 88°19′40″E
Carries	Two-way with 3 general-purpose lanes in each direction
Crosses	Hooghly River
Locale	Kolkata and Howrah, West Bengal
Official name	Vidyasagar Setu
Other name(s)	Second Hooghly Bridge
Maintained by	Hooghly River Bridge Commissioners
Characteristics
Design	Cable-stayed bridge
Total length	822.96 metres (2,700 ft)
Width	35 metres (115 ft)
Longest span	457.2 metres (1,500 ft)
Clearance below	26 metres (85 ft)
History
Constructed by	The Braithwaite Burn and Jessop Construction Company Limited
Opened	10 October 1992
Statistics
Daily traffic	45,000 - 61,000 vehicles (February 2008)
Toll	Yes, toll bridge
Vidyasagar Setu Location in West Bengal

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Map of Vidyasagar Setu

With a total length of 823 metres (2,700 ft), Vidyasagar Setu is the longest cable–stayed bridge in India, as 3rd Narmada Bridge in Gujarat^[1] is an extradosed bridge. It was the second bridge to be built across the Hooghly River; the first, the Howrah Bridge (also known as Rabindra Setu) 3.7 kilometres (2.3 mi) to the north, was completed in 1943. Named after the educationist reformer Pandit Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, it cost ₹3.88 billion to build. The project was a joint effort between the public and private sectors, under the control of the Hooghly River Bridge Commissioners (HRBC)^[2]

Initially, under the toll collection regime of the HRBC, daily traffic was recorded to be a minimum of 28,000 vehicles and a maximum of 39,000 vehicles in 2000, but fell to a maximum of around 30,000 vehicles by December 2002, when the management of the toll plaza was handed over to a private firm. Subsequently, the daily traffic reached a minimum of 45,000 vehicles and a maximum of 61,000 vehicles by early 2008, against a maximum capacity of 85,000 vehicles per day. The original management of the toll revenue collection by HRBC was consequently criticized for corruption and significant loss of revenue.^[3]