Howrah Bridge was renamed Rabindra Setu in 1965 as a tribute to Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore.
This bridge is built with 26 thousand 500 tons of steel, this steel was supplied by Tata Steel Company.
There are no nuts and bolts in this bridge.
This bridge has been illuminated by Tapas Sen, the famous lighting artist of the theater world.
About 1,50,000 pedestrians and 1,00,000 vehicles cross the bridge every day.
The longest span is 447 meters long.
Total length of Howrah Bridge is 750 meters.