Ishwar Gupta Setu () is a long road bridge that crosses the Hooghly River in Bansberia, Hooghly and Kalyani, Nadia in West Bengal, India. The Kalyani Expressway crosses the bridge, connecting National Highway 12 with National Highway 19. It is named after the 19thâÂÂcentury Bengali poet Ishwar Chandra Gupta. The original bridge is a Beam bridge, preâÂÂstressed concrete structure carrying a fourâÂÂlane, 10.5â¯mâÂÂwide roadway over a 676â¯m span of the Hooghly River. Due to increased demand, a second parallel sixâÂÂlane extradosed cableâÂÂstayed bridge with seven spans totaling 714â¯m and a 35â¯mâÂÂwide deck is now under construction to enhance capacity and resilience.
The Ishwar Gupta Setu was named after the famous poet Ishwar Chandra Gupta. This bridge was commissioned in 1978 and was built between 1981 and 1989 to reduce the traffic of Hooghly and Nadia district. On 6 October 1989, Jyoti Basu, the former Chief Minister of West Bengal, inaugurated the bridge in Kalyani. Due to damage to the existing bridge, a new Ishwar Gupta Setu is currently under construction by the West Bengal Highway Development Corporation.
The Ishwarâ¯Guptaâ¯Setu is a Beam Bridge, preâÂÂstressed concrete road bridge commissioned by the West Bengal Public Works Department and opened in 1989. Its main structure carries a fourâÂÂlane carriageway 10.5â¯m wide over the Hooghly River on a total bridgeâÂÂproper length of 676â¯m.
A parallel, extradosed cableâÂÂstayed bridge, Second Ishwarâ¯Guptaâ¯Setu is under construction immediately adjacent, designed by COWI in collaboration with RITES and built by Larsenâ¯&â¯Toubro. It will be six-lane with a span 714â¯m in seven spans (including a 120â¯m main span), carry a 35â¯mâÂÂwide deck for six traffic lanes, and feature inclined extradosed pylons and stays to reduce deck thickness and enhance aesthetic slenderness.