Suspension Bridges Crossing Circular Canal

This is a list of all 7 bridges from the suspension bridge inventory crossing Circular Canal. Please note that different rivers with the same name will be grouped together. For example, selecting 'Bear Creek' shows bridges across several different Bear Creeks. Also, similarly named rivers are grouped separately. For example, 'River Dee' (UK) bridges are grouped separately from 'Dee River' (Australia) bridges. Wherever you see a Bridgemeister ID number click it to isolate the bridge on its own page.

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1830: Barrackpore

Kolkata, West Bengal, India - Circular Canal
Bridgemeister ID:3560 (added 2019-12-26)
Year Completed:1830
Name:Barrackpore
Also Known As:Barrackpoor, Shambazar
Location:Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Crossing:Circular Canal
Principals:James Prinsep, Captain Hugh Baker
References:ISB
Use:Vehicular (three-lane)
Status:Removed
Main Cables:Chain (iron)
Suspended Spans:1
Main Span:1 x 30.5 meters (100 feet)
Deck width:30 feet

Notes:

  • ISB describes its location: "...is situated half a mile from the mouth of the Circular Canal on the great road to Barrackpoor."

1830: Boitakhana

Kolkata, West Bengal, India - Circular Canal
Bridgemeister ID:3565 (added 2019-12-26)
Year Completed:1830
Name:Boitakhana
Also Known As:Baliaghata
Location:Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Crossing:Circular Canal
Principals:James Prinsep
References:ISB
Use:Vehicular
Status:Removed
Main Cables:Chain (iron)
Suspended Spans:1
Main Span:1 x 30.5 meters (100 feet)
Deck width:18 feet

Notes:

  • ISB describes its location: "is the last or most southerly [of the chain suspension bridges] on the Circular Canal, being distant 3-1/2 miles from its mouth and a quarter of a mile from its junction with the Baliaghata and Circular Canals. It forms the principal line of communication between Calcutta (by the Lall-Bazar, Bow-Bazar and Boitakhana Streets,) Sealda, Soora and Baliaghata."

1830: Maniktola

Kolkata, West Bengal, India - Circular Canal
Bridgemeister ID:3563 (added 2019-12-26)
Year Completed:1830
Name:Maniktola
Location:Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Crossing:Circular Canal
Principals:Captain Thomas Prinsep
References:ISB
Use:Vehicular
Status:Removed
Main Cables:Chain (iron)
Suspended Spans:1
Main Span:1 x 30.5 meters (100 feet)
Deck width:18 feet

Notes:

  • ISB describes its location: "is situated 2-1/4 miles from the mouth of the Circular Canal, and is three quarters of a mile due east of the new Church in Cornwallis Square."

1830: Narkooldunga

Kolkata, West Bengal, India - Circular Canal
Bridgemeister ID:3564 (added 2019-12-26)
Year Completed:1830
Name:Narkooldunga
Location:Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Crossing:Circular Canal
Principals:Captain Thomas Prinsep
Use:Vehicular
Status:Removed
Main Cables:Chain (iron)
Suspended Spans:1
Main Span:1 x 30.5 meters (100 feet)
Deck width:18 feet

Notes:

  • ISB describes its location: "situated 2-3/4 miles from the mouth of the Circular Canal, and forming a most useful line of communication due eastward from the New Mint and the Raja or Burdwan's Bazar, by Cotton Street and Muchooa Bazar Street, in a direct line by Raja Ramlochun's Road toward the western shores of the Saltwater lake."

1831: Dumdum

Kolkata, West Bengal, India - Circular Canal
Bridgemeister ID:3561 (added 2019-12-26)
Year Completed:1831
Name:Dumdum
Location:Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Crossing:Circular Canal
Principals:J. Prinsep, Captain John Thomson
References:ISB
Use:Vehicular
Status:Removed
Main Cables:Chain (iron)
Suspended Spans:1
Main Span:1 x 30.5 meters (100 feet)
Deck width:23 feet

Notes:

  • ISB describes its location: "is situated three quarters of a mile from [Circular Canal's] mouth."

1834: Chitpur

Kolkata, West Bengal, India - Circular Canal
Bridgemeister ID:3559 (added 2019-12-26)
Year Completed:1834
Name:Chitpur
Also Known As:Cheetpoor, Baghbazar
Location:Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Crossing:Circular Canal
Principals:Captain John Thomson
References:ISB
Use:Vehicular
Status:Removed
Main Cables:Chain (iron)
Suspended Spans:1
Main Span:1 x 30.2 meters (99 feet)
Deck width:22 feet

Notes:

  • ISB describes its location: "...is situated at the upper end of the Circular Canal, close to the east bank of the River Hooghly, and in the main road leading direct from Calcutta to Cheetpoor and Kaseepoor."

Ooltadunga

Kolkata, West Bengal, India - Circular Canal
Bridgemeister ID:3562 (added 2019-12-26)
Name:Ooltadunga
Location:Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Crossing:Circular Canal
Principals:Captain A.H.E. Boileau
References:ISB
Suspended Spans:1
Main Span:1 x 31 meters (101.7 feet)
Deck width:18 feet

Notes:

  • Completed 1841 or 1842.
  • ISB describes its location: "...is situated 1-1/4 miles from the mouth of the Circular Canal."


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