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.
The Coronation Bridge (At present, 2021)
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coronation, bridge, also, known, sevoke, roadway, bridge, west, bengal, india, spans, across, teesta, river, connecting, districts, darjeeling, kalimpong, bridge, part, national, highway, this, bridge, runs, parallel, sevoke, railway, bridge, which, around, aw. The Coronation Bridge also known as the Sevoke Roadway 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 This bridge runs parallel to Sevoke Railway Bridge which is around 2 km away from coronation bridge in River Teesta The Coronation Bridge previous image 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 The Coronation Bridge At present 2021 References edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Coronation Bridge India The Telegraph North Bengal amp Sikkim Archived from the original on 29 June 2011 Retrieved 11 February 2011 26 54 10 N 88 28 24 E 26 902855 N 88 473265 E 26 902855 88 473265 nbsp This article about a bridge in India is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Coronation Bridge amp oldid 1176978625, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
