Chenab Bridge, Steel arch railway bridge in Reasi district, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
The Chenab Bridge is a steel and concrete deck arch railway bridge between Kauri and Bakkal in Reasi district, Jammu and Kashmir. Its dark grey two-ribbed steel arch, built from concrete-filled box chords, carries a flat truss deck on evenly spaced vertical columns, with a 530 m approach viaduct and a 785 m arch section.
Construction of the bridge began in two thousand seventeen with foundation work and was completed structurally in August two thousand twenty-two after facing multiple technical challenges related to mountainous terrain and harsh Himalayan weather conditions throughout the building process.
The bridge represents a major technological achievement for India and symbolizes infrastructure development in the Jammu and Kashmir region by facilitating connectivity between isolated communities and promoting local economic growth through improved transportation networks.
The bridge is part of the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla railway line and allows trains to travel at maximum speeds of one hundred kilometers per hour while withstanding earthquakes up to magnitude eight and winds reaching two hundred sixty-six kilometers per hour.
It holds the record as the highest railway bridge in the world with its deck positioned three hundred fifty-nine meters above the river bed, surpassing all other existing railway bridges in terms of absolute elevation from ground level.
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