The bridge over the Hooghly is an impressive structure. The deck is a broad
uninterrupted thoroughfare used by every imaginable (and some unimaginable)
means of road transport.

My photos include semi-trailer double-deck busses, horse-drawn carriages,
rickshaws, cycle-rickshaws, carts drawn by donkeys, oxen and men and people
burdened with huge loads trekking over the bridge.

This view gives an idea of the whole bridge. A tram is dwarfed by all
around it.

I agree with Rod that Calcutta is an intriguing place.

http://tdu.to/Calcutta_Hooghly_Bridge.jpg

(PS I'm noticing posters increasingly omitting the hyperlink - did I miss
something?)

From: TramsDownUnder@... [mailto:TramsDownUnder@...]
On Behalf Of Roderick Smith
Sent: Thursday, 9 September 2010 12:47 PM
To: 'TramsDownUnder@...'
Subject: [TramsDownUnder] RE: Oh Calcutta (and Oh Karachi)

Enclosed today: one of two scanned on Mon.24.1.77 afternoon, in the general
Esplanade area (which was the area where our hotel was), plus one of two
scanned next morning when the group bus went to Howrah before visiting a
temple and heading to the airport. It was taken in that smoggy morning
light, which also persists for much of the day in some places. My
independent travel to Howrah on Monday was in better light, but the tram was
so crowded that I couldn't get a photo out of the window when on the bridge.