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India's best railway, road bridges

Last updated on: December 23, 2011 12:04 IST

Image: A passenger train coming from Udhampur moves over a bridge in Bazalata on the outskirts of Jammu.
Photographs: Mukesh Gupta/Reuters.

India has an impressive network of road and railway bridges.

By 2016, India will have the highest railway bridge in the world, over river Chenab, 359 meters above the river bed.

India's rise as an economic power to reckon with has seen the country try to shore up its dilapidated infrastructure.

Rapid infrastructure build-up is essential to sustain India's high economic growth.

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India's best railway, road bridges

Image: Bandra-Worli Sea Link.
Photographs: Mukesh Gupta/Reuters.

Rajiv Gandhi Sea Link (Bandra-Worli Sea Link)
Maharashtra

The Bandra-Worli Sea Link is a cable-stayed bridge which links Bandra and the western suburbs of Mumbai with Worli and central Mumbai.

The 1,600 crore ($356.8 million) project of Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) was executed by Hindustan Construction Company, with design and project management by DAR Consultants.

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India's best railway, road bridges

Image: Annai Indira Gandhi Bridge.
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Annai Indira Gandhi Bridge/Pamban Bridge (Tamil Nadu)

After the Bandra-Worli sea link, Pamban Bridge is the second longest sea bridge in India at a length of about 2.3 km.

This also has the distinction of being India's first sea bridge. A cantilever bridge on the Palk Strait, it connects Rameswaram on Pamban Island to mainland India.


India's best railway, road bridges

Image: Mahatma Gandhi Setu.

Mahatma Gandhi Setu (Bihar)

The bridge over the river Ganges connects Patna to Hajipur in north Bihar. The bridge stretches to a distance of 5.6 kilometres.

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India's best railway, road bridges

Image: Howrah Bridge.

Howrah Bridge/Rabindra Setu (West Bengal)

The Howrah Bridge on the Hoogly River, Kolkata is the largest cantilever bridge in India. The Howrah Bridge connects Kolkata and Howrah.

On 14 June 1965, it was renamed Rabindra Setu, after Rabindranath Tagore, first Indian Nobel laureate.

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India's best railway, road bridges

Image: Chenab Railway Bridge.

Chenab Railway Bridge

Chenab River Railway Bridge is a 359 metres high arch bridge at Katra in Jammu-Kashmir.

It will be the tallest railway bridge in the world, after completion in 2015.

The 1.3-km-long bridge is a part of the 73-km-long Katra-Dharam section of the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link (USBRL) project being executed to provide rail connectivity to the Kashmir valley.

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India's best railway, road bridges

Image: Coronation Bridge.

Coronation Bridge (West Bengal)

The Coronation Bridge, also known as the Sevoke Bridge, in Darjeeling spans across the Teesta River, connecting Darjeeling and Jalpaiguri.

It was named to commemorate the coronation of King George VI in 1937 and was completed in 1941 at a cost of Rs 4 lakh.

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India's best railway, road bridges

Image: Panvalnadi Bridge.

Panvalnadi Bridge (Maharashtra)

The tallest bridge in India is on the Panval river in Maharashtra. The tallest pier of the bridge is 64 metres above bed level and the length of the bridge is 424 metres.

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India's best railway, road bridges

Image: Vembanad Rail Bridge.

Vembanad Rail Bridge (Kerala)

It is the longest rail bridge in India. The bridge is used only for goods traffic.

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India's best railway, road bridges

Image: Saraighat bridge.

Saraighat bridge

Saraighat Bridge is the first rail-cum-road bridge constructed over the Brahmaputra river in Guwahati, Assam.

It was opened to passenger traffic in June 1963.

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India's best railway, road bridges

Image: Godavari Arch Bridge.

Godavari Arch Bridge (Andhra Pradesh)

Also called the Kovvur-Rajahmundry Bridge, it is built across the Godavari River in Rajamundry in Andhra Pradesh.

The single-track railway bridge is designed to run trains at a speed of 160 miles (260 km) per hour.

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India's best railway, road bridges

Image: Vivekananda Setu.

Vivekananda Setu (West Bengal)

Also called Willingdon Bridge, it is built over the Hooghly River in West Bengal.

It links the city of Howrah to Kolkata. Built in 1932, it is a multispan steel bridge built to provide road-cum-rail link between the Calcutta Port and its hinterland.

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India's best railway, road bridges

Image: Yamuna Bridge.

Yamuna Bridge (Uttar Pradesh)

The Naini Bridge over Yamuna River is one of the largest cable-stayed bridges in India, connecting Allahabad with Naini.

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India's best railway, road bridges

Image: Narmada River Bridge.

Narmada River Bridge/Golden Bridge (Gujarat)

The Golden Bridge that connects Ankleshwar to Bharuch was built in 1881 by the British. The bridge was built to enhance the transport network to Mumbai.

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India's best railway, road bridges

Image: Konkan Railway bridge.

Konkan Railway bridge (Goa)

The 1,319 metre (4,327 ft) long Konkan Railway bridge is built across the Zuari river in Goa.

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India's best railway, road bridges

Image: Brahmaputra Bridge.

Brahmaputra Bridge (Assam)

The first rail-cum-road bridge across the Brahmaputra was opened to traffic in April 1962 at Saraighat.

The 3,015 metre long road bridge over river Brahmaputra was built for the North Frontier Railway.

This bridge links the north-eastern states with the rest of India.

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India's best railway, road bridges

Image: Jubilee Bridge.

Jubilee Bridge (West Bengal)

Jubilee Bridge is an important rail bridge over Hooghly River between Naihati and Bandel.

The bridge is flanked on either side by Garifa and Hooghly Ghat stations. The bridge was opened in February 1887 during the jubilee year of the reign of Queen Victoria.

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