New Delhi (NVI): Railway Minister Piyush Goyal today called the world’s highest railway bridge arch over Chenab river in Jammu and Kashmir an “Infrastructural Marvel in Making” as the steel arch of rail bridge is reaching closure position.
Goyal took to Twitter and shared a picture of the under-construction Chenab bridge, adding that Indian Railways is well on track to achieve a milestone.
“Infrastructural Marvel in Making: Indian Railways is well on track to achieve another engineering milestone with the steel arch of Chenab bridge reaching at closure position. It is all set to be the world’s highest Railway bridge,” he tweeted.
Infrastructural Marvel in Making: Indian Railways is well on track to achieve another engineering milestone with the steel arch of Chenab bridge reaching at closure position.
It is all set to be the world's highest Railway bridge ? pic.twitter.com/yWS2v6exiP
— Piyush Goyal (@PiyushGoyal) February 25, 2021
The Ministry of Railways also shared the same photograph on Twitter and wrote, “Reaching Arch Completion: The steel arch of Chenab bridge, World’s highest Railway Bridge, finally reaching at closure position.”
Reaching Arch Completion:
The steel arch of Chenab bridge, World's highest Railway Bridge, finally reaching at closure position. pic.twitter.com/jsHWAfHcLe
— Ministry of Railways (@RailMinIndia) February 25, 2021
According to the reports, the bridge dubbed as world’s highest railway bridge worth Rs 1,250-crore is 359 metres above the Chenab river bed, which stands 35 metres taller than the iconic Eiffel Tower in Paris.
The work on putting the main arch of bridge began in November 2017.
Although, the construction of arch bridge started in 2004, but the project was stopped in 2008-09 for safety of rail passengers due to frequent high velocity winds in the area, the reports said.
Apart from that, the 1.3 km long bridge is also a part of an ambitious railway project connecting Jammu and Kashmir to the other parts of the country.
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