Vidyasagar Setu is India’s longest cable-stayed bridge over the Hooghly River in West Bengal. It is also popularly known as Second Hooghly Bridge as it is the second bridge across the river. It was named after Pandit Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar who was an educationist reformer and one of the distinguished figures of the Bengal Renaissance. The bridge carrys the Kona Expressway (or NH 117) connecting Howrah to Kolkata. Vidyasagar Setu was built with the aim to reduce the traffic congestion on Howrah Bridge which is about 8 kilometers away.
