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[[File:Bridge at Teesta.jpg|thumb|300px|The Coronation Bridge (previous image)]]<br />
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The '''Coronation Bridge''', also known as the '''[[Sevoke]] Roadway 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)].'' This bridge runs parallel to [[Sevoke Railway Bridge]] which is around 2&nbsp;km away from coronation bridge in [[Teesta|River Teesta]].<br />
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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.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1040805/asp/siliguri/story_3584709.asp |title=The Telegraph - North Bengal & Sikkim |access-date=11 February 2011 |archive-date=29 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629124159/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1040805/asp/siliguri/story_3584709.asp |url-status=dead }}</ref> The foundation stone of the bridge was laid by [[John Anderson, 1st Viscount Waverley|John Anderson]], the-then Governor of Bengal in 1937.<br />
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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. <br />
John Chambers, the last British executive Engineer of the Darjeeling Division [[Department of Public Works (West Bengal)|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. <br />
[[File:Coronation Bridge 01.jpg|thumb|The Coronation Bridge (At present, 2021)]]<br />
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