Chenab Bridge J&K: Fact guide

The upcoming Chenab Bridge, which will become the tallest railway bridge in the world upon completion, will span the titular river between Bakkal and Kauri. The bridge is a part of the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link (USBRL). The bridge, featuring a half-km steel arch, is being developed at an estimated cost of Rs 1,400 crore.

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Chenab Bridge: Construction

The much-talked about arch was finished in April 2021 while the entire construction was completed in August 2022. Being built at a height of 1,178 foot above the riverbed, the bridge is anticipated to be operational for rail transportation by December 2023.

The current railway connection to Kashmir consists mostly of a 25-km section from Udhampur to Katra, an 18-km section from Banihal to Qazigund in the Valley, and a 118-km section from Qazigund to Baramulla.

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Chenab Bridge: Key features

• The Chenab Bridge is 1,315-metre long.
• The bridge weighs 10,619 metric tonne (mt).
• The bridge will be 35 metre taller than Paris’ Eiffel Tower.
• Afcons Infrastructure, which is a subsidiary of the Shapoorji Pallonji Group, won the contract for the design and construction of the bridge.
• In building the bridge, 28,660 mt of steel will be used for the bridge’s construction along with 10 lakh cubic metre of earthwork and 66,000 cubic metre of concrete.
• The bridge is built to resist winds up to 266 km per hour.
• The structure’s many components were connected by approximately 584 km of welding, which is equivalent to the distance from Jammu Tawi to New Delhi.
• The 127-metre-tall pylon of the cable crane at the Srinagar End is taller than the 72-metre high Qutub Minar.

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