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India's pride: Amazing road and railway bridges

June 11, 2014 10:01 IST


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India has an impressive network of road and railway bridges. 

By 2016, India can boast of the highest railway bridge in the world, over river Chenab, 359 meters above the river bed.

Take a tour across India’s amazing bridges…

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India's pride: Amazing road and railway bridges


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People look down from Coronation bridge on the Teesta river.

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India's pride: Amazing road and railway bridges


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A man poses while enjoying a light hearted moment with his friends forming a human pyramid in the waters of the Ganges river in Kolkata.

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India's pride: Amazing road and railway bridges


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Men walk across the rising tide from a pylon under Bandra-Worli sea link bridge, also called the Rajiv Gandhi Sethu, in Mumbai.

India's pride: Amazing road and railway bridges


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Sadhus or Hindu holy men stand on the banks of river Ganges next to a pontoon bridge in Allahabad.

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India's pride: Amazing road and railway bridges


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A boy crosses a canal on a rope bridge during a foggy winter morning on the outskirts of Jammu.

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India's pride: Amazing road and railway bridges


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A man crosses a rope bridge over the Alaknanda river during rescue operations in Govindghat in the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand.

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India's pride: Amazing road and railway bridges


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Hindu devotees cross the river Ganges on pontoon bridges after bathing in the waters at Sangam - the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati rivers.

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India's pride: Amazing road and railway bridges


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A man walks over a bridge built over the Yamuna river amid dense smog in Delhi.

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India's pride: Amazing road and railway bridges


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Light traffic moves on the Howrah bridge during a one-day strike in Kolkata.

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India's pride: Amazing road and railway bridges


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Vehicles move over a bridge built over the river Tapi at Surat, in Gujarat.

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India's pride: Amazing road and railway bridges


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A general view shows the Bandra-Worli sea link bridge, also called the Rajiv Gandhi Sethu, in Mumbai.

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India's pride: Amazing road and railway bridges


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A yellow ambassador taxi crosses the Vidyasagar Setu bridge in Kolkata.

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India's pride: Amazing road and railway bridges


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A woman looks at the newly built Bandra-Worli sea link in Mumbai.

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India's pride: Amazing road and railway bridges


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Voters cross a wooden bridge on the Chenab river to reach a polling station to cast their vote in Prem Nagar in Doda district, north of Jammu.

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India's pride: Amazing road and railway bridges


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Heavy traffic moves in front of the Howrah Bridge during Earth Hour in Kolkata.

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India's pride: Amazing road and railway bridges


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A man walks over a bridge built over the Yamuna river amid dense smog in Delhi.

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India's pride: Amazing road and railway bridges


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A man stands under a bridge built over river Yamuna in New Delhi.

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India's pride: Amazing road and railway bridges


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A man stands under the Mahatma Gandhi Setu bridge built over river Ganges in Patna, in Bihar.

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India's pride: Amazing road and railway bridges


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A Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) train moves over a bridge built over the river Yamuna that is over-flowing in New Delhi.