New Delhi: The Chenab bridge, the world’s highest single-arch railway bridge is near completion and will soon be opened for for general public. Built of Chenab river in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district on the Baramulla railway line, the bridge is in the final stages of completion. The bridge, on the upstream of Salal Dam, is situated near Kauri village in the Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district. After completion, the Chenab Railway Bridge will be 35m higher than the Eiffel tower. The highest railway bridge at the time is located on the Bepanjiang River in Guizhou Province, China, with a height of 275 meters above the water level.Also Read - One Migrant Worker Killed, 2 Others Injured As Terrorists Throw Grenade In Pulwama; Area Cordoned Off
Notably, train ran for the first time in Kashmir in 2008 after one and a half hundred years of the introduction of the railway system in the subcontinent, which was inaugurated by the then Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh inaugurated this first train service on October 11, by flagging it off from the Nowgam railway station near summer capital Srinagar. Also Read - Biryani Worth Rs 43 Lakh Puts JKFA In Trouble
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Published Date: August 8, 2022 7:59 AM IST
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