May 30, 2011 1:35 PM

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World's highest railway bridge to come up over Chenab river in J&K

The World's highest railway bridge with a height of 359 metre will come up over the Chenab river in Jammu and Kashmir. The railways have designed the signaling system at the bridge in such a manner that it shows the stop light automatically when wind speed is over 90 kilometres per hour. AIR correspondent reports the bridge will get a special coat of paint with a life span of around 35 years to protect it from rough weather. The construction of one kilometre three hundred fifteen metre long bridge will use 25,000 million tonnes of steel. The bridge after completion will be an engineering marvel, as it will be five times the height of Qutab Minar in Delhi and 35 metres taller than Eiffel tower in Paris. The bridge will rise 359 metres over the Chenab river, on the ambitious Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla rail link project. As of now, the world's tallest rail bridge is on France's Tarn river and its tallest pillar rises 340 metres while the actual height at which trains run on the bridge is 300 metres. After completion of the bridge, India can showcase to the world that Jammu and Kashmir is not only paradise on earth, but also has a landmark which touches its heavenly mountains.

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