Jubilee Bridge (India)

Bridge in India

For other bridges with the name Jubilee Bridge, see Jubilee Bridge (disambiguation).

The Old (and now abandoned) Jubilee Bridge New Jubilee Bridge under construction in 2015 A view of Jubilee Bridge from the Hooghly Imambara complex

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 Golden Jubilee 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.[1] 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 the 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.

## Replacement and retirement

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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 sections 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 the 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 in around 2004. It is the first continuous truss bridge in India.

Jubilee Bridge with Sampreeti Bridge in the background

## References

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1. ^ Frederick Arthur Crisp Visitation of England and Wales, Volume 14, London (1906)

## External links

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* India Railways Fan Club gallery

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Hooghly district topics

General|

* Basilica of the Holy Rosary, Bandel
* Battle of Chinsurah
* Brindaban Chandra's Math
* Rathayatra of Mahesh
* Singur Tata Nano controversy
* Hooghly Jail

Subdivisions|

* Arambagh
* Chandannagar
* Chinsurah
* Srirampore

Territories|

* Bhurshut
* Dandabhukti
* Gauda
* Rarh

Municipal corporations
and municipalities|

* Arambagh Municipality
* Baidyabati Municipality
* Bansberia Municipality
* Bhadreswar Municipality
* Champdany Municipality
* Chandernagore Municipal Corporation
* Dankuni Municipality
* Hooghly Chinsurah Municipality
* Konnagar Municipality
* Rishra Municipality
* Serampore Municipality
* Tarakeswar Municipality
* Uttarpara Kotrung Municipality

Community development
blocks|

| Arambag subdivision|

* Arambagh
* Khanakul I
* Khanakul II
* Goghat I
* Goghat II
* Pursurah

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Chandannagore subdivision|

* Haripal
* Singur
* Tarakeswar

Chinsurah subdivision|

* Balagarh
* Chinsurah Mogra
* Dhaniakhali
* Pandua
* Polba Dadpur

Srirampore subdivision|

* Chanditala I
* Chanditala II
* Jangipara
* Sreerampur Uttarpara

Rivers|

* Damodar
* Dwarakeswar
* Hooghly
* Mundeswari
* Saraswati – dried up

Transport|

* NH 2
* NH 6
* Grand Trunk Road
* Martin's Light Railways
* East Indian Railway Company
* Eastern Railway zone
* Kolkata Suburban Railway
* Howrah–Delhi main line
* Howrah–Bardhaman main line
* Howrah–Bardhaman chord
* Sheoraphuli–Bishnupur branch line
* Jubilee Bridge
* Vivekananda Setu
* Nivedita Setu

Railway stations|

* Balarambati
* Bandel Junction
* Baruipara
* Dankuni Junction
* Hooghly
* Kamarkundu
* Seoraphuli Junction
* Tarakeswar

Institutes of higher learning|

* Rani Rashmoni Green University
* Furfura Fatehia Senior Madrasah
* Serampore College
* Hooghly Madrasah
* Academy of Technology
* Supreme Knowledge Foundation Group of Institutions
* Hooghly Engineering and Technology College

Lok Sabha constituencies|

* Arambagh
* Hooghly
* Srerampur

Vidhan Sabha constituencies|

* Uttarpara
* Sreerampur
* Champdani
* Singur
* Chandannagar
* Chunchura
* Balagarh
* Pandua
* Saptagram
* Chanditala
* Jangipara
* Haripal
* Dhanekhali
* Tarakeswar
* Pursurah
* Arambag
* Goghat
* Khanakul

Former
Vidhan Sabha constituencies|

* Polba
* Bansberia

See also|

* Cities, towns and locations in Hooghly district
* People from Hooghly district
* Villages in Hooghly district
* Damodar Valley

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North 24 Parganas district topics

General|

* Bibhutibhushan Wildlife Sanctuary
* Dakshineswar Kali Temple
* Gangaridai
* Air Force Station Kanchrapara
* Marichjhanpi
* Sundarbans Reserve Forest
* Sundarban National Park
* Kripamayee Kali Temple
* Baranagar Math
* Alambazar Math
* Baranagore Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama High School
* Chandraketugarh
* North 24 Parganas: minority concentrated district

Subdivisions|

* Bangaon
* Barrackpore
* Barasat Sadar
* Basirhat
* Bidhannagar

Municipalities|

* Ashoknagar Kalyangarh
* Baduria
* Baranagar
* Barasat
* Barrackpore
* Basirhat
* Bhatpara
* Bidhannagar
* Garulia
* Gobardanga
* Habra
* Halisahar
* Kamarhati
* Kanchrapara
* Khardaha
* Madhyamgram
* Naihati
* North Barrackpur
* North Dum Dum
* Panihati
* Rajarhat
* South Dum Dum
* Taki
* Titagarh

Community development blocks|

| Barasat Sadar subdivision|

* Amdanga
* Deganga
* Barasat I
* Barasat II
* Habra I
* Habra II
* Rajarhat

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Basirhat subdivision|

* Baduria
* Basirhat I
* Basirhat II
* Haroa
* Hasnabad
* Hingalganj
* Minakhan
* Sandeshkhali I
* Sandeshkhali II
* Swarupnagar

Bangaon subdivision|

* Bagdah
* Bangaon
* Gaighata

Barrackpore subdivision|

* Barrackpore I
* Barrackpore II

Rivers|

* Bidyadhari
* Hariabhanga
* Hooghly
* Ichhamati
* Kalindi
* Raimangal
* Jamuna

Transport|

* NH 12
* NH 112
* Belghoria Expressway
* Kalyani Expressway
* Barrackpore Trunk Road
* Jubilee Bridge
* Vivekananda Setu
* Nivedita Setu
* Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport
* Barasat–Basirhat light railway
* Eastern Railway
* Kolkata Suburban Railway
* Sealdah–Ranaghat line
* Sealdah–Hasnabad–Bangaon–Ranaghat line
* Lalgola and Gede branch lines

Railway stations|

* Bangaon Junction
* Barasat Junction
* Barrackpore
* Dum Dum Junction
* Hasnabad
* Kankinara
* Madhyamgram
* Naihati Junction
* Baranagar Road

Institutes of higher learning|

* Adamas University
* Amity University
* Brainware University
* Narula Institute of Technology
* Camellia Institute of Technology
* Guru Nanak Institute of Technology
* Harichand Guruchand University
* JIS University
* Indian Statistical Institute
* Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology
* Techno India University
* University of Engineering & Management (UEM), Kolkata
* Vivekananda Centenary College, Rahara
* West Bengal State University
* West Bengal University of Health Sciences
* West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences

Lok Sabha constituencies|

* Bangaon
* Barrackpore
* Barasat
* Basirhat
* Dum Dum

Vidhan Sabha constituencies|

* Bagdah
* Bangaon Uttar
* Bangaon Dakshin
* Gaighata
* Swarupnagar
* Baduria
* Habra
* Ashoknagar
* Amdanga
* Bijpur
* Naihati
* Bhatpara
* Jagatdal
* Noapara
* Barrackpur
* Khardaha
* Dum Dum Uttar
* Panihati
* Kamarhati
* Baranagar
* Dum Dum
* Rajarhat New Town
* Bidhannagar
* Rajarhat Gopalpur
* Madhyamgram
* Barasat
* Deganga
* Haroa
* Minakhan
* Sandeshkhali
* Basirhat Dakshin
* Basirhat Uttar
* Hingalganj

Former Vidhan Sabha constituencies|

* Titagarh
* Hasnabad

See also|

* Cities, towns and locations in North 24 Parganas district
* People from North 24 Parganas district

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