Keane Bridge

E501743

Keane Bridge is a historic steel truss bridge in Sylhet, Bangladesh, often regarded as an iconic symbol of the city.

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Label Occurrences
Keane Bridge canonical 3

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Statements (35)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bridge ⓘ
steel truss bridge ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Gateway to Sylhet ⓘ
cityLandmarkStatus popular tourist attraction in Sylhet ⓘ
constructionCost approximately 5.6 lakh taka (historical) ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1933 ⓘ
country Bangladesh ⓘ
crosses Surma River ⓘ
hasNearbyPlace Surma River bank ⓘ
Sylhet city center ⓘ
linked to: Sylhet
heritageStatus historic bridge ⓘ
historicalEvent damaged during the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971 ⓘ
repaired after the Bangladesh Liberation War ⓘ
inception 1936 ⓘ
length approximately 1200 feet ⓘ
approximately 366 metres ⓘ
locatedIn Sylhet ⓘ
Sylhet District ⓘ
linked to: Sylhet

Sylhet Division ⓘ
maintainedBy Bangladesh Roads and Highways Department ⓘ
material steel ⓘ
namedAfter Michael Keane ⓘ
Sir Michael Keane ⓘ
linked to: Michael Keane
namedAfterOccupation Governor of Assam ⓘ
openedBy Michael Keane ⓘ
openingDate 1936 ⓘ
owner Government of Bangladesh ⓘ
significance iconic landmark of Sylhet ⓘ
major transport link over the Surma River ⓘ
structureType through truss ⓘ
symbolOf Sylhet ⓘ
trafficRestriction heavy vehicles often restricted ⓘ
usage pedestrian traffic ⓘ
road traffic ⓘ
width approximately 5.5 metres ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sylhet → hasLandmark → Keane Bridge ⓘ
Ali Amjad Clock Tower → locatedNear → Keane Bridge ⓘ
Ali Amjad Clock Tower → hasViewOf → Keane Bridge ⓘ