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[[File:Bridge at Teesta.jpg|thumb|300px|Coronation Bridge]] | [[File:Bridge at Teesta.jpg|thumb|300px|The Coronation Bridge (previous image) ]] | ||
The '''Coronation Bridge''', also known as the '''[[Sevoke]] Bridge''', in [[West Bengal]], [[India]], spans across the [[Teesta River]], connecting the districts of [[Darjeeling district|Darjeeling]] and [[Kalimpong district|Kalimpong]]. The bridge is a part of the [[National Highway 17 (India)|National Highway 17]] ''[NH 31 (old)].'' | The '''Coronation Bridge''', also known as the '''[[Sevoke]] Bridge''', in [[West Bengal]], [[India]], spans across the [[Teesta River]], connecting the districts of [[Darjeeling district|Darjeeling]] and [[Kalimpong district|Kalimpong]]. The bridge is a part of the [[National Highway 17 (India)|National Highway 17]] ''[NH 31 (old)].'' | ||
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Locals call the bridge ''Baghpool'', meaning ''tiger bridge'', because of the two tiger statues (bagh actually means tiger) at one entrance of the bridge. | Locals call the bridge ''Baghpool'', meaning ''tiger bridge'', because of the two tiger statues (bagh actually means tiger) at one entrance of the bridge. | ||
John Chambers, the last British executive Engineer of the Darjeeling Division Public Works Department (PWD), carried out the design, drawing and planning of the bridge. Messrs J.C. Gammon, from [[Mumbai|Bombay]], was the contractor. The bridge was built on the [[Reinforced Concrete]] system. Since it was not possible to obtain support from the Teesta river bed due to the depth and current of water, the entire bridge was supported by a fixed arch, which had its two ends fixed on rock layers on either side of the river. | John Chambers, the last British executive Engineer of the Darjeeling Division Public Works Department (PWD), carried out the design, drawing and planning of the bridge. Messrs J.C. Gammon, from [[Mumbai|Bombay]], was the contractor. The bridge was built on the [[Reinforced Concrete]] system. Since it was not possible to obtain support from the Teesta river bed due to the depth and current of water, the entire bridge was supported by a fixed arch, which had its two ends fixed on rock layers on either side of the river. | ||
[[File: | [[File:Coronation Bridge 01.jpg|thumb|The Coronation Bridge (At present, 2021) ]] | ||
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Revision as of 17:11, 19 May 2021
The Coronation Bridge, also known as the Sevoke Bridge, in West Bengal, India, spans across the Teesta River, connecting the districts of Darjeeling and Kalimpong. The bridge is a part of the National Highway 17 [NH 31 (old)].
It was named to commemorate the coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in 1937 and was completed in 1941 at a cost of Rs 6 lakhs.[1] The foundation stone of the bridge was laid by John Anderson, the-then Governor of Bengal in 1937.
Locals call the bridge Baghpool, meaning tiger bridge, because of the two tiger statues (bagh actually means tiger) at one entrance of the bridge. John Chambers, the last British executive Engineer of the Darjeeling Division Public Works Department (PWD), carried out the design, drawing and planning of the bridge. Messrs J.C. Gammon, from Bombay, was the contractor. The bridge was built on the Reinforced Concrete system. Since it was not possible to obtain support from the Teesta river bed due to the depth and current of water, the entire bridge was supported by a fixed arch, which had its two ends fixed on rock layers on either side of the river.
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