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The '''Willindon Bridge''' was constructed as part of the East Indian Railway (EIR) [[Calcutta Chord Railway]], which opened 1931-32 connecting [[Dum Dum]] to [[Dankuni]] <ref>[ "Symphony of Progress: The Saga of Eastern Railway 1854-2003" published by the Eastern Railway in Kolkata 2003, page 31</ref>.
Now known as the 'Vivekananda Setu' Bridge over the Hooghly River in [[West Bengal]]. It links the city of [[Howrah]], at Bally, to its twin city of [[Calcutta]], at [[Dakshineswar]]. Completed in December 1932, it is a multispan steel bridge and was built to provide road and rail link between Calcutta Port]and its hinterland <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivekananda_Setu Wikipedia "Vivekananda Setu"]; Retrieved on 4 Jun 2016</ref>.
