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===Bridges=== [[File:Howrah Bridge-Rabindra Setu.jpg|right|thumb|200px|[[Howrah Bridge]]]] Howrah and Kolkata are separated by the [[Hooghly River]]/[[Ganges]] and connected by four bridges across the river. These are the: *[[Howrah Bridge]], also known as ''Rabindra Setu'' *[[Vidyasagar Setu]], also known as the ''second Hooghly Bridge'' *[[Vivekananda Setu]], also known as ''Bally Bridge'' *[[Nivedita Setu]], also known as ''Second Bally Bridge'' The [[cantilever|cantilever style]] [[Howrah Bridge]] and the [[Cable-stayed bridge|cable-stayed]] [[Vidyasagar Setu]] are counted among the longest bridges in the world within their types.<ref name="NSBA-longbridge">{{Cite web |url=http://www.aisc.org/Content/ContentGroups/Documents/NSBA5/20_NSBA_LongestSpans.PDF |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020601114245/http://www.aisc.org/Content/ContentGroups/Documents/NSBA5/20_NSBA_LongestSpans.PDF |url-status=dead |archive-date=1 June 2002 |title=National Steel Bridge Alliance: World's Longest Bridge Spans |last=Durkee |first=Jackson |publisher=American Institute of Steel Construction, Inc |date=24 May 1999 |access-date=4 January 2009}}</ref>
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