HOOGHLY GHAT RAIL BRIDGE - Chinsurah

It's a new connector rail bridge between Hooghly Ghat & Garifa railway station.

nice bridge which connects between two district Hooghly and N24.prgs

This bridge is really very beautiful...

Hoogly river will be seen with beautiful riverside from this bridge..

The Jubilee Bridge (Bengali: জুবিলি ব্রিজ) is a former rail bridge over the Hooghly River between Naihati and Bandel in West Bengal, India. It provided an important connection between Garifa railway station and Hooghly Ghat railway station. The Jubilee Bridge was opened on 16 February 1885 in the fiftieth, or jubilee, year of the reign of Queen Victoria. Construction began in 1882 and was completed in 1887. The Chief Engineer in charge of construction works was Lt Col Arthur John Barry, nephew of Sir John Wolfe-Barry, project engineer of the London Tower Bridge. The Bridge was designed by Sir Bradford Leslie, Chief Engineer in India and Alexander Meadows Rendel. Its steel was manufactured by Hawks Crawshay of Gateshead in England and James Goodwin of Motherwell in Scotland. Bradford Leslie also designed the floating pontoon bridge across the Hooghly in Calcutta, which was replaced by the Howrah Bridge in 1942 and the Gorai River Railway Bridge near Kushtia in Bangladesh. He was a son of the American painter Charles Robert Leslie, ultimately Professor of Painting at the Royal Academy in London. The Jubilee Bridge is noteworthy in that it is a cantilever truss bridge, constructed entirely by riveting, without any nuts or bolts used in the construction. The Jubilee Bridge was decommissioned from service on 17 April 2016, the last train to pass through it being 13141/Teesta Torsha Express. At the same time rail traffic was diverted through Sampreeti Bridge, the new bridge between Bandel and Naihati section of the Eastern Railway, that has been constructed beside the Jubilee Bridge. Jubilee bridge served the people for 129 years, and several generations used the service to cross the River Hooghly. The bridge has the distinction of being first permanent crossing over the Hooghly, which had been considered unbridgeable owing to difficult foundation conditions at that time. The new bridge, Sampreeti Bridge, was inaugurated in 2016 after work started on around 2004. It is the first continuous truss bridge in India.

Awesome structure..It has one path for men to walk.I saw someone who are on the above path and taking selfie.This bridge is a rail connection between Naihati and Bandel.At the end of this bridge there is a station called 'Hooghly Ghat'.

Very fine bridge...Well maintained by railway and railway staffs... And still going fine.... Which connects Garifa Railway station to Hooghly Ghat railway station and a very old bridge... Also known as Jubilee Bridge one of the tourist attractions in West Bengal...

Hooghly Ghat Rail Bridge (Sampreeti Bridge) is a railway bridge on Hooghly River... It's an unique structure... Made of Steel & concrete... Situated in the Naihati-Bandel branch line in West Bengal... It has been built as an alternative of the Jubilee Bridge (India)... So this Sampreeti Bridge is also known as "New Jubilee Bridge"... There are 2 railway tracks in parallel in the bridge which directly connects Hooghly district to the North 24 Parganas district... It's a combination of different types of truss bridges.. Those are- Through truss bridge, Continuous truss bridge, Truss arch bridge. The scenic beauty of this place is awesome... From the green meadows on the banks of the river, the bridge looks magnificent... You'll never know how you have spent an hour feeling the cool breeze of the river and observing this pleasant natural and architectural beauty....