Matla Bridge | |
|---|---|
 Matla bridge on Matla river near Canning City | |
| Coordinates | 22°18′25″N 88°40′40″E / 22.30694°N 88.67778°E / 22.30694; 88.67778 |
| Carries | Two paths, one way traffic for all the traffic on every way |
| Crosses | Matla River |
| Locale | Canning, West Bengal, India |
| Official name | Matla Setu |
| Named for | Matla River |
| Characteristics | |
| Total length | 644 metres (2,113 ft) |
| Width | 12 metres (39 ft) |
| History | |
| Opened | 2011 |
| Closed | No |
| Statistics | |
| Toll | No |
| Location | |
 Interactive map of Matla Bridge | |
Matla Setu is a bridge built on Matla River in West Bengal. The 644 meter–long bridge (2113 feet) was inaugurated by Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, former Chief Minister of West Bengal, on Matla River in Canning town of Canning Subdivision in January 2011. It is also known as Matla Bridge. It links Canning with Basanti.12 The bridge is located at 22°18′20″N 88°40′46″E / 22.3056°N 88.6795°E / 22.3056; 88.6795.
Connection
The bridge connects Canning and its tourism center of Jharkhali to the Sundarbans entrance. Since the construction of the bridge, people in the Sundarbans area can easily move to Kolkata and suburban areas by road. Tourists can quickly come to the Sundarbans. As a result, economic development has taken place in the area.
References
References
- "Didi on Singur mind, not CM". See photo caption. The Telegraph, 9 January 2011. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - "Canning bridge inaugurated, CM rolls sops for locals". The Statesman, 9 January 2011. Archived from the original on 14 June 2012. Retrieved 30 September 2011.