Bridge Name: | Matla Bridge |
Caption: | Matla bridge on Matla river near Canning City |
Official Name: | Matla Setu |
Named For: | Matla River |
Carries: | Two paths, one way traffic for all the traffic on every way |
Crosses: | Matla River |
Locale: | Canning, West Bengal, India |
Length: | 644m (2,113feet) |
Width: | 12m (39feet) |
Open: | 2011 |
Closed: | No |
Toll: | No |
Coordinates: | 22.3069°N 88.6778°W |
Matla Setu is a bridge, built on Matla river in West Bengal. The 644 meter (2,113 ft) long bridge inaugurated by Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, former Chief Minister of West Bengal, on Matla river in Canning town of Caning subdivision in January 2011. It is known as at Matla Bridge . It links Canning with Basanti.[1] [2] The bridge is located at 22.3056°N 88.6795°W.
The bridge is connecting Canning with the direct tourism center Jharkhali to the Sundarbans entrance. The construction of this bridge, people of Sundarbans area can easily move to Kolkata and suburban areas by road. Tourists can quickly come to the Sundarbans. As a result, economic development of the area has taken place.