The Chenab Bridge, is 1,178 ft above the riverbed beneath, making it the world’s highest railway bridge. The Chenab bridge has been constructed as part of the bold challenge of ‘Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat’ which is able to join Kashmir to the opposite states within the nation, in line with the video launched by Indian Railways. This railway line shall additionally show helpful for the armed forces deployed on this geographically essential area and in addition assist increase tourism, as elaborated upon within the video. The bridge has a 2015 km lengthy strategy street and is designed to be earthquake resistant, in line with the video posted by the Northern Railways.

This railway line shall additionally show helpful for the armed forces deployed on this geographically essential area and in addition assist increase tourism. (Express Photo)

The bridge, being constructed at round Rs 14,00 crore, is the largest civil-engineering problem confronted by any railway challenge in India in current historical past. The bridge might be a significant milestone in finishing the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link (USBRL), also called the Kashmir hyperlink. Currently, the railway hyperlink to Kashmir is principally a 25-km stretch of Udhampur to Katra, and 18 km of line from Banihal to Qazigund within the valley and after {that a} 118 Qazigund-Baramulla stretch. When the 111-km stretch is completed, a practice to Srinagar can attain all the best way to Kanyakumari uninterrupted.

The bridge, being constructed at round Rs 14,00 crore, is the largest civil-engineering problem confronted by any railway challenge in India. (Express photograph)