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| name = Gouranga Bridge<br />
| native_name = গৌরাঙ্গ সেতু<br />
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| image = Gouranga Bridge 1.jpg<br />
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| caption = Gouranga Bridge<br />
| coordinates = {{ coord|23.385928|N|88.366555|E|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}<br />
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| carries = Motor vehicles, pedestrians and bicycles<br />
| crosses = [[Bhagirathi River]]<br />
| locale = [[Nabadwip]], [[Nadia district|Nadia]], [[West Bengal]], India<br />
| official_name = Gouranga Setu<br />
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| named_for = [[Chaitanya Mahaprabhu]]<br />
| owner = PWD<br />
| maint = PWD Burdwan Division-I (till 2016)<br/>PWD Nadia Division-I (since 2016)<br />
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| length = {{Convert|558|m|ft|abbr=on}}<br />
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| builder = [[Gammon India|Gammon India Limited]]<br />
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| begin = 1972<br />
| complete = January 1983<br />
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| open = {{start date and age|1983|01|16|mf=yes}}<br />
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| traffic = Goods and passenger cars<br />
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'''Gouranga Bridge''' is a 588 m (1,929 ft) long [[Bridge|Road bridge]] that crosses the [[Bhagirathi River]] in between [[Nabadwip]] and [[Krishnanagar, Nadia|Krishnanager]], [[Nadia district|Nadia]] in [[West Bengal]].<ref>{{Cite book|last1=People|first1=India Parliament House of the|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ILdXAAAAMAAJ&q=nabadwip+gouranga+bridge|title=Lok Sabha Debates|last2=Sabha|first2=India Parliament Lok|date=1998|publisher=Lok Sabha Secretariat.|isbn=|location=|pages=347|language=en}}</ref> It is the part of [[State Highway 8 (West Bengal)|State highway 8]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2018-09-12|title=পায়ের নীচেই বালি সরছে গৌরাঙ্গ সেতুর|url=https://www.anandabazar.com/amp/district/nadia-murshidabad/condition-of-gauranga-bridge-at-nabadwip-1.862655|access-date=2020-12-04|website=anandabazar.com|language=bn}}</ref><br />
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==History==<br />
In 1972, the then Minister of Public Works, Bhola Sen, laid the foundation stone of the Gouranga Bridge to connect [[Nabadwip]] and [[Krishnanagar, Nadia|Krishnanagar]]. [[Gammon India|Gammon India Limited]] took the responsibility to construct the bridge.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Governor|first=MJF Lion Uday Narayan Shaw, District|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2pD-DwAAQBAJ&q=%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%AA+%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%8C%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%99%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%97+%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%81&pg=PT14|title=Lions 322C1 District Directory (2020-21): Digital Edition|date=2020-09-23|publisher=Signpost Celfon. In Technology|language=en}}</ref> On 16 January 1973, Minister of Public Works of [[Left Front (West Bengal) | Left Front Government]], Jatin Chakraborty inaugurated the bridge. The bridge is built in the '' Class-A '' stage in terms of carrying load according to the importance and demand of the connecting cities.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Bridges completed in 1983]]<br />
[[Category:Bridges in West Bengal]]<br />
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